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https://www.debono.com/book/surpetition/
It's probably out of date now but it inspired me to become an entrepreneur in 1994.
Also this is the best book I've ever read on negotiating by Chester Karass https://www.karrass.com/dr-chester-karrass
https://www.amazon.com/Give-Take-Revised-Negotiating-Strateg...
Pinning down just one would be nearly impossible, but I can tell you a small group that I consider indispensable. The Four Steps to the Epiphany - Steve Blank. This is a MUST read. If you read nothing else, make it this book. Note that there is a 2nd Edition, which changes the title to "The Startup Owner's Manual". There is a lot of overlap in the content, but enough difference to justify reading both, IMO. I would s…
Debt: The First 5000 years is more of a historical examination of the modern origins of debt, not really 'business' per se but still a really solid book that I think many people in this industry could benefit from reading.
Except you reach the point where it talks about Apple and you start doubting every other single fact in it: "Apple Computers is a famous example: it was founded by (mostly Republican) computer engineers who broke from IBM in Silicon Valley in the 1980s, forming little democratic circles of twenty to forty people with their laptops in each other's garages." (Copy/pasted from web, but matches my memory of reading the…
Debt: The First 5000 years is more of a historical examination of the modern origins of debt, not really 'business' per se but still a really solid book that I think many people in this industry could benefit from reading.
Except you reach the point where it talks about Apple and you start doubting every other single fact in it: "Apple Computers is a famous example: it was founded by (mostly Republican) computer engineers who broke from IBM in Silicon Valley in the 1980s, forming little democratic circles of twenty to forty people with their laptops in each other's garages." (Copy/pasted from web, but matches my memory of reading the…
I'll draw heat for this but I think most business books are boring and/or suffer from survivorship bias. The most interesting business book I've ever read was Creativity Inc, by Ed Catmull. He talks in depth about managing a business where creativity is the most important aspect. The Start-up manual is good too, if a little drawn out.
Pinning down just one would be nearly impossible, but I can tell you a small group that I consider indispensable. The Four Steps to the Epiphany - Steve Blank. This is a MUST read. If you read nothing else, make it this book. Note that there is a 2nd Edition, which changes the title to "The Startup Owner's Manual". There is a lot of overlap in the content, but enough difference to justify reading both, IMO. I would s…
Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It - Chris Voss
the Personal MBA, it outlines all the importance points of 2000 business books.
Pinning down just one would be nearly impossible, but I can tell you a small group that I consider indispensable. The Four Steps to the Epiphany - Steve Blank. This is a MUST read. If you read nothing else, make it this book. Note that there is a 2nd Edition, which changes the title to "The Startup Owner's Manual". There is a lot of overlap in the content, but enough difference to justify reading both, IMO. I would s…
Great list. I would add: Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It - Chris Voss
The readme includes a Google Doc summary by Joe Goldberg. It's like a greatest hits of greatest hits.