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Book list

Book list

A collection of books that have shaped my thinking on startups, leadership, product development, and life.

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

Life & health

Stephen Covey

1988 · 372 pages

The Art of War

The Art of War

Life & health

Sun Tzu

401 · 273 pages

Atomic Habits

Atomic Habits

Life & health

James Clear

2018 · 319 pages

The Automatic Customer

The Automatic Customer

Sales & GTM

John Warrillow

2015 · 224 pages

Building a StoryBrand

Building a StoryBrand

Customers

Donald Miller

2017 · 228 pages

Competing Against Luck

Competing Against Luck

Starting out

Clayton Christensen

2016 · 288 pages

Contagious

Contagious

Customers

Jonah Berger

2013 · 210 pages

Crossing the Chasm

Crossing the Chasm

Customers

Geoffrey Moore

2006 · 211 pages

The Design of Everyday Things

The Design of Everyday Things

Product dev

Donald A. Norman

1988 · 257 pages

Don't Make Me Think, Revisited

Don't Make Me Think, Revisited

Product dev

Steve Krug

2013 · 216 pages

The E-myth Revisited

The E-myth Revisited

Customers

Michael E. Gerber

1985 · 269 pages

The Effective Executive

The Effective Executive

Leadership

Peter Drucker

1966 · 208 pages

The Elements of Style

The Elements of Style

Life & health

William Strunk

1918 · 105 pages

Getting Real

Getting Real

Product dev

37 Signals / Basecamp

2006 · 171 pages

The Greatest Salesman in the World

The Greatest Salesman in the World

Sales & GTM

Og Mandino

1968 · 128 pages

Grit

Grit

Leadership

Angela Duckworth

2016 · 277 pages

The Hard Thing About Hard Things

The Hard Thing About Hard Things

Leadership

Ben Horowitz

2014 · 304 pages

High Output Management

High Output Management

Leadership

Andy Grove

1983 · 272 pages

How I Built This

How I Built This

Starting out

Guy Raz

2020 · 320 pages

How to Win Friends & Influence People

How to Win Friends & Influence People

Customers

Dale Carnegie

1936 · 288 pages

The Innovator's Dilemma

The Innovator's Dilemma

Starting out

Clayton Christensen

1997 · 320 pages

Inspired

Inspired

Product dev

Marty Cagan

2008 · 349 pages

Intercom on Product Management

Intercom on Product Management

Product dev

Intercom / John Collins

2015 · 88 pages

The Lean Product Playbook

The Lean Product Playbook

Product dev

Dan Olsen

2015 · 307 pages

Lean Startup

Lean Startup

Starting out

Eric Ries

2011 · 299 pages

Mindset

Mindset

Life & health

Carol Dweck

2006 · 276 pages

The Mom Test

The Mom Test

Starting out

Rob Fitzpatrick

2013 · 138 pages

Never Split the Difference

Never Split the Difference

Customers

Chris Voss, Tahl Raz

2016 · 274 pages

Obviously Awesome

Obviously Awesome

Sales & GTM

April Dunford

2019 · 204 pages

Only The Paranoid Survive

Only The Paranoid Survive

Leadership

Andy Grove

1996 · 224 pages

Running Lean

Running Lean

Starting out

Ash Maurya

2012 · 235 pages

Sales EQ

Sales EQ

Sales & GTM

Jeb Blount

2017 · 305 pages

Sapiens

Sapiens

Life & health

Yuval Noah Harari

2011 · 512 pages

The Startup Owner's Manual

The Startup Owner's Manual

Starting out

Steve Blank, Bob Dorf

2012 · 608 pages

Talking To Humans

Talking To Humans

Customers

Giff Constable

2014 · 75 pages

Traction

Traction

Customers

Gabriel Weinberg, Justin Mares

2014 · 288 pages

Venture Deals

Venture Deals

Fundraising

Brad Feld, Jason Mendelson

2011 · 240 pages

Zero to One

Zero to One

Customers

Peter Thiel, Blake Masters

2014 · 195 pages