The Founder Bookshelf

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5 books on Finance for finding pmf

  1. Angel cover

    Jason Calacanis

    A blunt playbook for getting into early-stage tech investing.

    Jason Calacanis lays out how an outsider can break into angel investing in technology startups. He covers building deal flow, evaluating founders, picking winners, and...

  2. Misbehaving cover

    Richard H. Thaler

    How economics learned that humans are not perfectly rational.

    Thaler tells the story of how behavioral economics grew from a fringe idea into a mainstream discipline. He recounts his own career and the resistance he faced arguing...

  3. Poor Economics cover

    Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo

    Fighting poverty by testing what actually works.

    Poor Economics draws on years of randomized controlled trials to examine how the world's poor actually make decisions about health, education, savings, and risk....

  4. Profit First cover

    Mike Michalowicz

    Take your profit first, then run the business on what is left.

    Profit First flips the conventional accounting formula from Sales minus Expenses equals Profit to Sales minus Profit equals Expenses. Michalowicz lays out a behavioral...

  5. Raising Venture Capital for the Serious Entrepreneur cover

    Dermot Berkery

    A toolkit for how VCs value, structure, and fund a company.

    Berkery lays out the mechanics of how venture capitalists finance companies: what they look for in a business plan, how they value an early-stage venture, and how they...

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