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Ask HN: Best books you've read on how to start a startup?

2 pointsby pariyaover 10 years ago
Classics, new books, tech, non-tech... what's helped you grow the most?

2 comments

pinky1417over 10 years ago
Peter Thiel&#x27;s Zero to One was outstanding. Its advice was actually different from most other entrepreneurship books out there. It&#x27;s most appropriate for startups trying to make it big (i.e. become &quot;unicorns&quot;).<p>Ben Horowitz&#x27;s The Hard Thing About Hard Things is a great startup managerial book. It chronicles Ben Horowitz&#x27;s struggles as CEO of LoudCloud. Probably most appropriate for more mature startups.
angersockover 10 years ago
The phonebook, because it has customers and your competition.<p>Nothing has helped me grow more than <i>actually running a startup</i> a couple of times.<p>If you&#x27;re just looking for startup-themed books, I&#x27;d honestly suggest <i>Masters of Doom</i>, <i>Dreaming in Code</i>, and <i>Soul of a New Machine</i>.<p><i>Lean Startup</i> if you&#x27;re feeling trendy.