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.

3 books on Marketing & Growth for leading at scale

  1. How Google Works cover

    Eric Schmidt and Jonathan Rosenberg

    How Google built a company around smart creatives.

    Schmidt and Rosenberg explain the management principles that guided Google's growth, centered on attracting and empowering people they call smart creatives. They cover...

  2. Management cover

    Peter F. Drucker

    Drucker's comprehensive encyclopedia of the manager's job.

    This sweeping volume gathers Drucker's mature thinking into a single reference on what managers actually do. It covers the tasks of management (economic performance,...

  3. The Manager's Path cover

    Camille Fournier

    A stage-by-stage map from engineer to technical executive.

    Camille Fournier walks through each step of the technical leadership ladder, from mentoring and tech lead to manager, director, and CTO. Each chapter gives practical,...

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