Before Starting a Startup...read these
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Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
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Peter Thiel
4.15 avg rating — 381,658 ratings 
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The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers―Straight Talk on the Challenges of Entrepreneurship
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Ben Horowitz
4.21 avg rating — 105,246 ratings 8. 
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change
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Stephen R. Covey
4.16 avg rating — 801,891 ratings 
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Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity
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David Allen
4.01 avg rating — 165,254 ratings 12. 
Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist
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Brad Feld
4.11 avg rating — 17,046 ratings 13. 
The Startup Owner's Manual: The Step-By-Step Guide for Building a Great Company
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Steve Blank
4.11 avg rating — 12,744 ratings 
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Secret to Startup Failure: Fail Fast. Fail Cheap. Fail Happy.
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Sonia Lin
3.99 avg rating — 123 ratings 
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The Merchant of Stories: A Creative Entrepreneur's Journey
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Dipa Sanatani
4.59 avg rating — 128 ratings 18. 
Running Lean: Iterate from Plan A to a Plan That Works (Lean Series)
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Ash Maurya
4.09 avg rating — 20,355 ratings 
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Do More Faster: Techstars Lessons to Accelerate Your Startup
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Brad Feld
3.98 avg rating — 4,389 ratings 21. 
School for Startups: The Breakthrough Course for Guaranteeing Small Business Success in 90 Days or Less
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Jim Beach
3.85 avg rating — 102 ratings 
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The $100 Startup: Reinvent the Way You Make a Living, Do What You Love, and Create a New Future
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Chris Guillebeau
3.89 avg rating — 69,643 ratings 
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Lessons My Brothers Taught Me: How to Transform Your Personal Qualities Into A Successful Business 4.71 avg rating — 21 ratings
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The Innovator's DNA: Mastering the Five Skills of Disruptive Innovators
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Jeffrey H. Dyer
3.97 avg rating — 4,596 ratings 
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The Keystone Advantage: What the New Dynamics of Business Ecosystems Mean for Strategy, Innovation, and Sustainability
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Marco Iansiti
3.95 avg rating — 39 ratings 30. 
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Equity Crowdfunding: The Complete Guide For Startups And Growing Companies (Alternative Finance Series)
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Nathan Rose
4.07 avg rating — 60 ratings 32. 
THE CHEATSHEET TO BEAT YOUR RIVALS IN BUSINESS & AT WORK: Actionable tips for street smart entrepreneurs & rising executives
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RENE DOMINGO
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings 33. 
Selling with EASE: The Four Step Sales Cycle Found in Every Successful Business Transaction
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Chris Murray
4.12 avg rating — 34 ratings 34. 
Alibaba's World: How a Remarkable Chinese Company is Changing the Face of Global Business
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Porter Erisman
3.90 avg rating — 2,087 ratings 35. 
The Art of the Start: The Time-Tested, Battle-Hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything
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Guy Kawasaki
3.90 avg rating — 29,086 ratings 36. 
The Entrepreneur's Guide to Customer Development: A cheat sheet to The Four Steps to the Epiphany
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Brant Cooper
4.02 avg rating — 5,395 ratings 37. 
HOT or NOT:: How to know if your Business Idea will Fly or Fail
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Sean Evan Wise
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 49 ratings 38. 
A Leader's Gift: How to Earn the Right to Be Followed
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Barry Banther
4.12 avg rating — 68 ratings 
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The Funding Is Out There! Access the Cash You Need to Impact Your Business 4.43 avg rating — 14 ratings
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Nothing to Lose, Everything to Gain: How I Went from Gang Member to Multimillionaire Entrepreneur
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Ryan Blair
3.57 avg rating — 818 ratings 38. 
Late-Blooming Entrepreneurs: Eight Principles for Starting a Business After Age 40 4.75 avg rating — 8 ratings
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Creative Confidence: Unleashing the Creative Potential Within Us All
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Tom Kelley
3.98 avg rating — 14,021 ratings 38. 
No Shortcuts: Rare Insights from 15 Successful Startup Founders
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Nistha Tripathi
4.14 avg rating — 80 ratings 
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The Journey to Success: Entrepreneurship 101 for Aspiring Women it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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The Rugged Entrepreneur: What Every Disruptive Business Leader Should Know
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Scott Andrew
3.86 avg rating — 21 ratings 
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17 Reasons Why Businesses Fail :Unscrew Yourself From Business Failure
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Pooja Agnihotri
4.46 avg rating — 78 ratings 
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Getting Real: The Smarter, Faster, Easier Way to Build a Web Application
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Jason Fried
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 10,710 ratings 51. 
Accounting for the Numberphobic: A Survival Guide for Small Business Owners
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Dawn Fotopulos
4.33 avg rating — 287 ratings 51. 
The Talent Code: Unlocking the Secret of Skill in Sports, Art, Music, Math, and Just About Everything Else
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Daniel Coyle
4.03 avg rating — 26,516 ratings 
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Built to Sell: Creating a Business That Can Thrive Without You
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John Warrillow
4.24 avg rating — 7,321 ratings 56. 
Spark: Take Your Business From Struggle to Significance
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David A. Hilton
4.47 avg rating — 15 ratings 56. 
The School of Greatness: A Real-World Guide to Living Bigger, Loving Deeper, and Leaving a Legacy
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Lewis Howes
4.02 avg rating — 3,383 ratings 59. 
Don't Hire a Software Developer Until You Read this Book: The software survival guide for tech startups & entrepreneurs
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K.N. Kukoyi
4.12 avg rating — 77 ratings 60. 
My First 1000 Dollars: A practical workbook for acquiring early startup customers
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Yogi Raj
3.91 avg rating — 11 ratings 
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Ninja Innovation: The Ten Killer Strategies of the World's Most Successful Businesses
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Gary Shapiro
3.05 avg rating — 210 ratings 
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The Fifth Wave: A Strategic Vision for Mobile Internet Innovation, Investment and Return
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Robert Marcus
4.02 avg rating — 53 ratings 62. 
Do Good Well: Your Guide to Leadership, Action, and Social Innovation
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Nina Vasan
4.05 avg rating — 59 ratings 62. 
No Excuses, The Fit Mind-Fit Body Strategy Book (3 Off the Tee, #3)
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Lorii Myers
3.98 avg rating — 44 ratings 62. 
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Are you Creating Wealth with your Business or Just Making Money?: Wealth Building Exit Strategies and Succession Planning it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Buffett's Biggest Blunders: The Greatest Investor's Greatest Mistakes
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Grigory Lukin
3.67 avg rating — 18 ratings 62. 
Online Business Startup: The entrepreneur's guide to launching a fast, lean and profitable online venture
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Robin Waite
3.68 avg rating — 177 ratings 62. 
The Middleman Economy: How Brokers, Agents, Dealers, and Everyday Matchmakers Create Value and Profit
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Marina Krakovsky
4.10 avg rating — 70 ratings 
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The Joy of SOX: Why Sarbanes-Oxley and Services Oriented Architecture May Be the Best Thing That Ever Happened to You
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Hugh Taylor
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 11 ratings 
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Innovation Workout, The: The 10 Tried-And-Tested Steps That Will Build Your Creativity And Innovation Skills
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Lucy Gower
4.17 avg rating — 30 ratings 62. 
Life Re-Scripted: Find Your Purpose and Design Your Dream Life Before The Curtains Close 4.32 avg rating — 22 ratings
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The Aha! Moment: The Guide to Creating a Game Changer
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Cory
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings 62. 
Valley Speak: Deciphering the Jargon of Silicon Valley
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Rochelle Kopp
3.52 avg rating — 23 ratings 62. 
Habit Stacking: 127 Small Actions That Take Five Minutes or Less
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S.J. Scott
3.63 avg rating — 1,620 ratings 62. 
Loyal: Listen or You Always Lose: A Leader's Guide to Winning Customer and Employee Loyalty
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Aaron Painter
4.11 avg rating — 19 ratings 62. 
The Right-Brain Business Plan: A Creative, Visual Map for Success
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Jennifer Lee
4.03 avg rating — 679 ratings 62. 
Inner Disruption: Startup Founder Psychology 101
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Vasco Patrício
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings 62. 
Sprouting Into Greatness: Principles of Personal Development That Will Empower You to Create Your Own Destiny
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Thea Long White
4.87 avg rating — 39 ratings 62. 
U.S. Taxes for Worldly Americans: The Traveling Expat's Guide to Living, Working, and Staying Tax Compliant Abroad
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Olivier Wagner
4.21 avg rating — 132 ratings 
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Top Sellers Dropshipping Suppliers Revealed!!: 2019 Top Notch- No Fee Dropshipping Wholesale Suppliers List 4.87 avg rating — 15 ratings
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Blockchain Bubble or Revolution: The Present and Future of Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies
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Neel Mehta
4.32 avg rating — 1,613 ratings