The Bookshelf

Books founders recommend to each other.

Browse by topic or by where you are as you grow, mark what you have read, and add what is next.

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Topic

As you grow

1 book on Founder Memoirs for idea & validation

  1. That Will Never Work cover

    How a doubted idea became Netflix, told by its first CEO.

    Marc Randolph recounts the founding of Netflix, from the brainstorming that produced the idea through the scrappy early days of a DVD-by-mail startup. He is candid...

Questions, answered

What books do founders recommend?

Founders on the eChai network recommend titles like That Will Never Work. 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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