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.
5 books on Fundraising & VC for idea & validation
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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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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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Turn a passion and a tiny budget into a real income business.
Drawing on case studies of 1,500 people who built businesses on small investments, often a hundred dollars or less, the book distills how ordinary people created...
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Inside secrets on venture capital from the people who run it.
Romans compiles advice and insider perspectives from leading venture capitalists, angel investors, and entrepreneurs on how startup funding really works. The book...
Questions, answered
What books do founders recommend?
Founders on the eChai network recommend titles like Build, Do More Faster, and Founder's Pocket Guide: Startup Valuation. 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.
