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Start or grow a business
From first idea to lasting company. 10 books, 179 bytes, about 1 hr 59 min of reading in total.
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The books
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Zero to One
22 key learnings on creating something genuinely new, from monopoly and secrets to founders and distribution.
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The Lean Startup
23 key learnings on building products under uncertainty: build, measure, learn, and know when to pivot.
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The E-Myth Revisited
16 key learnings on why most small businesses don't work, and how to build one that does.
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Rework
16 key learnings on building a business with less: less planning, less growth, less waste.
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The Hard Thing About Hard Things
16 key learnings on building and running a company when there are no easy answers.
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Good to Great
22 key learnings from Jim Collins’ study of companies that went from good results to great ones.
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Blue Ocean Strategy
16 key learnings on creating uncontested market space instead of fighting competitors.
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The Innovator's Dilemma
16 key learnings on why great companies fail when disruptive technologies arrive.
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Shoe Dog
16 key learnings from Phil Knight's memoir of founding Nike, from a 'crazy idea' to a global brand.
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The Everything Store
16 key learnings on Jeff Bezos and the rise of Amazon.
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Disclaimer: The books summarised here are the intellectual property of their respective authors and publishers, and I claim no rights in them. These bytes are original summaries written in my own words for educational purposes, with no commercial intent, and are intended as fair dealing for private study, criticism and review under Section 52 of the Indian Copyright Act, 1957.