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.
6 books on Startups & Entrepreneurship for fundraising
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Hard-won advice on building products, teams, and a career worth having.
Build is part memoir, part mentorship manual from one of the people behind the iPod, iPhone, and Nest. Fadell shares blunt advice on careers, product design, startups,...
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Practical startup wisdom distilled from Techstars mentors and founders.
Built from the Techstars accelerator experience, the book collects short, punchy lessons from mentors, founders, and investors. It is organized into themes like idea,...
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Read your own financials and understand what the numbers really mean.
A practical guide that teaches entrepreneurs how to read and use the three core financial statements: income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow. It demystifies...
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A plain-language crash course in valuing your early-stage startup.
This concise pocket guide walks first-time founders through the core concepts behind early-stage startup valuation. It explains how investors think about pre-money and...
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Build the relationships and the deck that get you funded.
Get Backed is a hands-on handbook for raising money, built around the pitch deck and the relationships behind it. The authors share real decks that raised millions, a...
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A modern, step-by-step playbook for raising startup capital.
Cremades offers a practical guide to startup fundraising in the post-JOBS Act era, covering everything from crafting a pitch and building a deck to identifying...
Questions, answered
What books do founders recommend?
Founders on the eChai network recommend titles like Build, Do More Faster, and Financial Intelligence for Entrepreneurs. 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.
