The 10 best Startup story books
Books about startup stories.
1. Never Enough: From Barista to Billionaire
2024Pages: 288 My rating: 5Goodreads: 4.4
The journey to become a billionaire by the age of 36 - by building and growing tech startups. Lessons on life and business. How you learn the appreciate what you have, what is enough, and how to build something big.
Andrew Wilkinson
2. The $150M Secret
Pages: 222 My rating: 5Goodreads: 4.3
How to bootstrap and sell a $150M company in 3.5 years. Practical tips - for example: screenshots of cold outreach templates to use, LinkedIn content plays, and learning from big startup failures. Finally, a hands-on guide on startup acquisition.
Guillaume Moubeche
3. 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
4. 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
5. Rework
2010Pages: 279 My rating: 4Goodreads: 3.98
How to become a founder that works smarter, not harder. And build a profitable business while your at it. You need less than you think.
Jason Fried
6. Getting Acquired: How I Built and Sold My SaaS Startup
Pages: 214 My rating: 4Goodreads: 4.03
How to grow a SaaS company, build a compelling brand story to scale, and optimize likelihood of a great exit for the founder.
Andrew Gazdecki
7. The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon
Pages: 386 My rating: 4Goodreads: 4.1
Brad Stone
8. Founders at work - Stories of Startups' Early Days
Pages: 456 My rating: 4Goodreads: 3.97
Jessica Livingstone
9. 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
10. The Minimalist Entrepreneur
2021Pages: 256 Goodreads: 4.22
Sahil Lavingia
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