The Lean Startup
Ries lays out Build-Measure-Learn, MVPs, pivots and validated learning for building companies under extreme uncertainty.
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business + nonfiction
11 books tagged both “business” and “nonfiction”.
Think and Grow Rich
Hill teaches desire, faith and autosuggestion, distilling lessons from Carnegie interviews into thirteen principles for success.
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Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
Thiel argues monopolies create value through vertical progress, not by copying competition.
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Who Moved My Cheese?
A tiny parable about two mice and two little people hunting cheese in a maze, and why adapting to change beats waiting for old days to return.
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The Power of Habit
Why we do what we do: the cue routine reward loop, keystone habits, and how companies and movements use the same science, from toothpaste to the bus boycott.
2,207-word summary · 10 min read
Outliers: The Story of Success
Success comes from practice, timing, and hidden chances more than talent alone.
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Rich Dad Poor Dad
Kiyosaki contrasts his poor dad and rich dad to teach assets, liabilities and minding your business.
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The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
How tiny shifts push ideas and products past a tipping point into epidemics.
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How to Win Friends and Influence People
Carnegie's 1936 guide to getting along offers plain habits for listening, praise, and persuasion. This summary walks through its parts, stories, limits, and…
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Steve Jobs
Walter Isaacson's authorized Steve Jobs: forty interviews covering the garage, the 1985 ouster, Pixar, and the return that made the iPhone.
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Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
Cal Newport's Deep Work in full: what focused work actually is, why shallow busyness wins by default, and the four philosophies he recommends for protecting…
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