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.

4 books on Hiring, Team & Culture for finding pmf

  1. Maverick cover

    Ricardo Semler

    Hand employees real freedom and watch the company thrive.

    Semler recounts how he tore up the rulebook at Semco, letting workers set their own hours, choose their managers, and even decide their pay. The book chronicles the...

  2. The Fearless Organization cover

    Amy C. Edmondson

    Build teams where people speak up without fear.

    Edmondson argues that psychological safety, the shared belief that it is safe to take interpersonal risks, is the foundation of high-performing teams. Drawing on...

  3. The Founders cover

    Jimmy Soni

    The chaotic origin story of PayPal and the people it launched.

    The Founders chronicles the turbulent early years of PayPal, drawing on extensive interviews and internal material. It traces how a fractious group including Peter...

  4. Turn the Ship Around! cover

    L. David Marquet

    Stop giving orders, start creating leaders at every level.

    Marquet recounts how he took the worst-performing submarine in the U.S. fleet and made it one of the best by abandoning the traditional leader-follower model. Instead...

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