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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.

Topic
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
All Indian 9
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1 book on Leadership & Management for fundraising

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    Start with Why

    Simon Sinek

    People don't buy what you do, they buy why you do it.

    Sinek introduces the Golden Circle (why, how, what) to explain why some leaders and companies inspire while others merely transact. He argues that starting with a...

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Questions, answered

What books do founders recommend?

Founders on the eChai network recommend titles like Start with Why. 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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