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The 4 best Company culture books

Books about building company culture.

1. Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action

Pages: 255 My rating: 5Goodreads: 4.1
People do not buy what you do, they buy why you do it. Start With Why talks about how great leaders lead with a strong why - and inspire everyone to take action.
Simon Sinek

2. The Cold Start Problem

2021Pages: 386 My rating: 5Goodreads: 4.2
How to ignite a network from zero, and use network effects in a product to scale a startup rapidly.
Andrew Chen

3. Lost and Founder

2018Pages: 320 My rating: 4Goodreads: 4.3
A painfully honest field guide to the startup world - from a founder who did it himself; growing a SaaS startup to $45M in yearly revenue. Hard-earned lessons on fundraising, building culture, and the emotional rollercoaster of being an entrepreneur.
Rand Fishkin

4. Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike

Pages: 400 My rating: 4Goodreads: 4.47
The transparent story of how one of the world’s most famous and profitable companies, Nike, was formed - told from the founder's perspective.
Phil Knight
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