Gal DubinskiCo-Founder at Poptin
What is your one favorite startup book?
You're on a lonely island and this is going to be the only book you'll read till the end of your life :)
Your recommendation
70 recommended
- Tom FrauenfelderFounder · WrittenProbably no use to me if I'll be stuck on an Island for the rest of my life, but an essential read for founders! And/or 4-stepsZero to One is a great book to share with people outside of the tech industry as well. Lots of practical life lessons that makes you think differently about how you view the world, and what's a good outcome.Janine YorioFounder of Compound, Lover of Hammocks · WrittenThis book changed my worldview and my approach to building a company.
- Simon CockayneFounder & Happiness Nurturer @ WhoZoo.io
I didn't agree with Peter's stance and thinking on all aspects. E.g. early specialization early in education.
But I think that's cool. Even the things I didn't agree with made me think and stretched my mind too.
If you are thinking about a startup or innovation, read this book.
- Michael BennettMarketing, sales, operations.
The most important book you can read on building transformational startups that build and then bring generational technology to the world and live changing returns to teams and investors.
This book is focused on wisdom and frameworks for Type A companies and teams, those with extremely large missions and top talent. I love this book and try to reread once a year. As a disclaimer, it's not geared toward iterative entrepreneurs developing linear solutions to problems, and in fact, calls that out in the book, so be warned :) It will undoubtedly leave anyone who picks it up inspired and ready to get to work.
- Nivas Ravichandran3Product Marketing - Freshsales CRM · WrittenI would recommend The Lean Startup and Zero to One. Two Must Read Books for Entrepreneurs.Charlie KaplanCEO @ Cymbal · WrittenBack when I first realized building companies was what I wanted to do with my life, someone tipped me off to this book and it's remained the healthiest framing for my thinking about any problem in startups to this day. More powerful even than the methodological bent of this book is its brilliant use of anecdotes and examples that come back to mind on a weekly basis. I've sent it to friends who have toyed with the idea of working on new projects, regardless of how serious they are about the pursuit: This book identifies a way of thinking that is useful in many corners of life. I highly recommend it.Vinit Agrawal13Co-Founder at Tars (HelloTars.com) · WrittenI think this is one of the most valuable books you can read if you are thinking of working on your company. Although chances are high that the lessons in this book is something you will understand in retrospect. But even with that you will save a lot of time that could have been wasted.
- Nir Eyal made this productThank you for the upvotes! So happy we wrote something so many talented change-makers found useful. I'm in awe from all that's been done with the Hooked Model. Thank you!Step by step process to teach you how to build and design the great product.Basil AliasDeveloper · WrittenGreat product, found it as a sequel to charles duhigg 'the power of habit'
- Geoffrey BourneCEO and Founder of RETIRETY
It was a great and insightful book - my wife recommended to me and it didn't disappoint. Already helped me with my startup
- Kimberly Shirley Sae-UngBobarista, Sweet A Little
I actually went to a talk that featured Nir, great personality and was very interactive with the audience.
- Leif BaradoyCEO @lightrailhq. Cofounder @giftbit. · WrittenAmazing book. Best read 2-4 years into your startup journey.Yusuf AdeyemoTechcrux Technologies · WrittenI have read Zero to One and I feel like reading it again and again.it widen my horizon about starting up a company.
- Nicolaj HøjerInvestor + entrepreneur => Author · WrittenI know...a cliche, but the book is really great!it was a very interesting story and gave some wonderful insights on what it takes to be as successful as Elon has beenAmazing book giving you and inside look at Elon's trajectory. Not all that glitters is gold, people have to go through ups and downs to be who they are, its a continuous cycle and the more you are willing to accept it, the faster you will grow. Helped me tons!
- Fadhli FaizalMarketing People | Advertising Agency
If you're into businesses magnate story, this one is a must read.
- Tejas Kinger20SaaS Product Marketing @ Freshworks Inc · WrittenIntercom is pretty much my personal reference model when it comes to the subject of scaling a startup. This book summarizes the journey pretty well.Briefly but effectively sums up main challenges faced, and provides proven strategies for overcoming them
- Linda BannonAnalyst, Tech company · WrittenMy team read this book together as we went through the early phases of our B2B startup. As a tech geek and first time entrepreneur, I have read many startup books. I found Nail It Then Scale it to be a very helpful step-by-step guide during the early stages of our startup process. Our team would often re-read sections towards the end of the book as we went through the customer interview process.Marv CluffWeb Marketing, Self · WrittenOne of the first startup books, Nail It Then Scale It has been successfully helping entrepreneurs for over decade. The release of the companion road map called The Big Idea Canvas, a lean startup canvas by Ahlstrom, has kicked this startup processes into high gear. It's just a well thought-out validation process making it one of my favorite go-to startup guides.
- Paul-Henri BrunetHead of Innovation, Digital · WrittenIf you want to build better products fast, you just need to do what it says !
- Steve Blank introduced the concepts of Customer Development and Product-Market Fit. He got Eric Ries started down the Lean Startup path. Just read it.
- 18Predictable Revenue: Turn Your Business Into a Sales Machine
$100 Million Best Practices of Salesforce.com
Deepak SrinivasanHustler | Loves Technology · WrittenThis book gives us insights on most important things such as techniques to increase revenue, profitability and productivity. - A lot of great books on broad theory (like Lean Startup / Ries) or focused on one aspect (like Scrum / Sutherland), but this one really does a great job of touching on all aspects of starting and growing your startup. And it's filled with tons of references to other great books / authors / thought leaders on the various subjects it covers.
- Nick Abouzeid37Words at Product Hunt ✌️ · WrittenRecommended by Naval, Charlie Munger clearly and efficiently walks you through dozens of mental models that he's used to understand the world.
- Step-by-step guide to identifying your Target Customer Profile, Identifying Key Assumptions and much more. A straightforward way to avoid errors of management omission.
- 15How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big
The creator of Dilbert on how to turn failure into success
Robert T. MaisanoI help brands tell their story. 😊 · WrittenIt's a no frills, no bs story about a guy who's setup simple systems instead of goals to find success without any specificly gifted talents. Great book for generalists and creatives. Plus it's hilarious. - Paul MillwardStartup Consultant · WrittenA great guide to evolve your idea and building your company around it.
- The original must-read startup book, by Jessica Livingston
- 11Product Leadership: How Top Product Managers Launch Awesome Products and Build Successful Teams
"If you build products, you need this book."
Martin ErikssonCo-Founder, Mind the Product · WrittenMartin Eriksson made this productI maybe biased but a large part of this book was written based on interviews with founders and product leaders around not just how to build great products but the teams who build them too. - 115 Habits to Building Better Products Faster
Learned from 12 years and 5 multimillion dollar products
Walter Chenfounder, iDoneThis · WrittenBuilding a product that retains users and customers needs to be the 100% focus of every startup.
