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6 points by triviatise ↗ HN
I just finished founders at work which is really inspiring and Im looking for other book ideas.

Here are some of my favorites General: emyth revisited leadership: 5 dysfunctions of a team marketing: blue ocean strategy, purple cow sales: spin selling, getting to yes hiring: you arent the person I hired, top grading accounting: accounting for dummies

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mindcrime
The Four Steps to the Epiphany - @sgblank

Built To Last - Jim Collins

The Purple Cow - Seth Godin

The Art of the Start - Guy Kawasaki

start123
"Founders At Work" and "So You Want To Be An Entrepreneur"
dglassan
I agree with "Founders At Work"

It really gives you an insight into the ups and downs and events that lead to the beginning of some well known companies.

kruegerb
"REWORK" by 37Signals is a good, quick read.

It is also useful to refer back to some of the bite-size chunks of advice in the book as reminders.

kirpekar
When you're slugging it out at your startup, it's important to read something fun at night:

Catcher in the Rye

Three Men in a Boat

Cold Comfort Farm

In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash

And my personal favorite: English August

russjhammond
Any of the books by the IDEO folks is great.

Masters of Innovation The Art of Innovation

I find also though that books are harder to fit in lately and podcasts work better. 1) they can be listened to on the commute to work, at the gym, etc 2) they are more incremental 3) they keep going - so when you find one that is good you can take a really deep dive with it for a while