The Hard Thing about Hard Things
General
Ben Horowitz
Running a company is about prioritising what matters and navigating crises while building a strong culture.
Growth Levers and How to Find Them
Sales & Marketing
Matt Lerner
Identify what drives your growth—and double down.
Oversubscribed
Daniel Priestley
Create products people line up for by building demand first.
Accelerate: Building and Scaling High Perfor...
Engineering
Nicole Forsgren, Jez Humble and Gene Kim
Key strategies for building high-performing tech teams at scale.
What You Do Is Who You Are
Culture & Comms
Shape company culture through intentional leadership.
Radical Candor
Kim Scott
Lead with both honesty and care to build strong teams.
7 Powers
Product
Hamilton Helmer
Strategic frameworks for creating lasting competitive advantage.
Shoe Dog
Phil Knight
Nike’s gritty startup story, told by founder Phil Knight.
The Art of Learning
Josh Waitzkin
Lessons on peak performance and mastering difficult skills.
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman
Understand how we think—both logically and instinctively.
The Advantage
Patrick Lencioni
Organizational health as the key to long-term success.
High Growth Handbook
Elad Gil
A tactical guide for scaling startups from seed to IPO.
Zero to One
Peter Thiel and Blake Masters
Build groundbreaking startups that create entirely new markets.
Principles
Operations
Ray Dalio
Ray Dalio’s life and work principles for better decision-making.
The Founder's Dilemmas
Noam Wasserman
Navigate co-founder conflicts, equity splits, and early-stage risks.
How to Win Friends and Influence People
Dale Carnegie
Timeless techniques for effective communication and leadership.
That Will Never Work
Marc Randolph
Netflix’s origin story and startup lessons from Marc Randolph.
The Warren Buffet Way
Investment
Robert G. Hagstrom
Learn investment strategies from one of the world’s best.
Traction
Gabriel Weinberg and Justin Mares
How startups can build growth strategies that actually work.
No Rules Rules
Reed Hastings and Erin Meyer
Netflix’s culture of innovation through freedom and responsibility.
The Almanack of Naval Ravikant
Eric Jorgenson and Tim Ferriss
Naval’s best insights on wealth, happiness, and life.
Essentialism
Greg McKeown
Focus on what really matters by doing less, but better.
Good to Great
Jim Collins
Why some companies make the leap to greatness—and others don’t.
Disciplined Entrepreneurship
Bill Aulet
A 24-step roadmap for turning ideas into scalable startups.
Blitzscaling
Reid Hoffman and Chris Yeh
Scale rapidly by prioritizing speed over efficiency in high-growth stages.
Lean Startup
Eric Ries
Validate ideas fast and build smarter with continuous customer feedback.
Venture Deals
Brad Feld & Jason Mendelson
A founder-friendly guide to understanding term sheets
Angels, Dragons, Vultures
Simon Ackland
Navigate startup funding with confidence.
The Intelligent Investor
Benjamin Graham
Timeless principles for smart investing.
The Ultimate Sales Machine
Chet Holmes
Build repeatable sales systems that scale.
Pitch Anything
Oren Klaff
Master the art and science of persuasive pitching
The Mom Test
Rob Fitzpatrick
Learn how to talk to customers and get honest feedback
Gino Wickman
Startup growth strategies that actually work
Obviously Awesome
April Dunford
Deep dives into the journey of exited founders and their lessons.
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