The Founder Bookshelf

Books founders recommend to each other. Browse by topic or by where you are as you grow, mark what you've read, and add what's next.

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All topics Startups & Entrepreneurship 40 Product & Design 51 Sales 45 Marketing & Growth 80 Branding & Storytelling 49 Fundraising & VC 17 Finance 65 Strategy 86 Leadership & Management 62 Hiring, Team & Culture 28 Operations & Scaling 20 Negotiation & Influence 12 Customer & Human Behavior 15 Productivity & Habits 27 Mindset & Resilience 6 Investing 32 Founder Memoirs 11 Economics & Classics 4
As you grow
All stages Idea & validation 66 Finding PMF 39 Go-to-market 23 Fundraising 21 Growth & scaling 89 Leading at scale 23 Timeless 143
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2 books on Startups & Entrepreneurship

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    Connect the Dots

    Rashmi Bansal

    Twenty Indian entrepreneurs who built ventures without an MBA.

    Connect the Dots profiles 20 entrepreneurs who succeeded without an MBA, organized into three sections the author calls Jugaad, Junoon, and Zubaan. The book argues...

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    Stay Hungry Stay Foolish

    Rashmi Bansal

    Twenty-five IIM graduates who chose the hard road of building businesses.

    Stay Hungry Stay Foolish tells the stories of 25 MBAs from IIM Ahmedabad who left secure, lucrative jobs to become entrepreneurs. Through their journeys, the book...

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