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 Mindset & Resilience for finding pmf

  1. Founders at Work cover

    Jessica Livingston

    What really happened in the earliest days of famous tech startups.

    A collection of candid interviews with founders of companies like Apple, PayPal, Hotmail, Flickr, and Adobe about the chaotic beginnings of their startups. Rather than...

  2. Growth Hacker Marketing cover

    Ryan Holiday

    A short primer on marketing as product-driven, testable growth.

    A concise introduction to the growth hacker mindset, arguing that the line between product and marketing has blurred. Holiday walks through a simple sequence: achieve...

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