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Business Building

23 books and 2 reading paths in Business Building.

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Reading paths in Business Building

The Startup Founder's Bookshelf

A sequenced founder shelf: customer discovery, startup experiments, strategy, product, go-to-market, leadership, and survival.

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Best Books for Starting a Small Business

A practical business shelf for service owners, bootstrappers, and people who want a business that works in real life.

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Influence

Robert Cialdini

persuasion / psychology

Made to Stick

Chip Heath and Dan Heath

communication / ideas

High Output Management

Andrew S. Grove

management / operations

Never Split the Difference

Chris Voss and Tahl Raz

negotiation / sales

The Goal

Eliyahu M. Goldratt and Jeff Cox

constraints / operations

Good Strategy Bad Strategy

Richard Rumelt

strategy / focus

7 Powers

Hamilton Helmer

strategy / moats

The Innovator's Dilemma

Clayton M. Christensen

disruption / innovation

Zero to One

Peter Thiel with Blake Masters

startups / monopoly

The Lean Startup

Eric Ries

startups / experiments

The E-Myth Revisited

Michael E. Gerber

small business / systems

Built to Sell

John Warrillow

services / positioning

Profit First

Mike Michalowicz

cash flow / small business

The Mom Test

Rob Fitzpatrick

customer research / startups

Hooked

Nir Eyal

engagement / habit-forming products

The Cold Start Problem

Andrew Chen

network effects / marketplaces

The Hard Thing About Hard Things

Ben Horowitz

founders / leadership

Founders at Work

Jessica Livingston

founder stories / startups

Venture Deals

Brad Feld and Jason Mendelson

fundraising / venture capital

Zero to Sold

Arvid Kahl

bootstrapping / selling a business

Obviously Awesome

April Dunford

positioning / marketing

Crossing the Chasm

Geoffrey A. Moore

markets / positioning

Positioning

Al Ries and Jack Trout

positioning / marketing