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.

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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
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2 books on Negotiation & Influence for idea & validation

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    Contagious

    Jonah Berger

    Word of mouth, not advertising, is what really makes things spread.

    Jonah Berger investigates the science of why certain products, ideas, and behaviors catch on through word of mouth. He identifies six principles, captured by the...

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    The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership

    John C. Maxwell

    Twenty-one timeless laws that govern how leadership actually works.

    Maxwell argues that leadership follows consistent, learnable laws, each illustrated with stories and examples. From the Law of the Lid (leadership ability caps...

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