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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.

2 books on Investing 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. Michael Schrage

    Cheap, fast experiments beat big, untested ideas.

    Schrage argues that organizations get more innovation value from running many cheap experiments than from chasing a few good ideas. He introduces the 5x5 framework:...

Questions, answered

What books do founders recommend?

Founders on the eChai network recommend titles like Angel and The Innovator's Hypothesis. The bookshelf ranks books by how many founders have read them.

Where can I find a startup reading list?

The eChai founder bookshelf is a curated, founder-recommended reading list you can browse by topic (fundraising, product, hiring) and by stage.

How is the bookshelf ordered?

By recommendation: the more founders mark a book read, the higher it ranks. You can also sort by newest or A to Z.

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