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'How to F*ck Up Your Startup: The Science Behind Why 90% of Companies Fail--and How You Can Avoid It' book cover image

How to F*ck Up Your Startup: The Science Behind Why 90% of Companies Fail--and How You Can Avoid It

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4.71

Every business owner dreams of success, but the majority of businesses are doomed to fail. This book offers a journey through the pitfalls that cause 90% of companies to crash—and the crucial remedies entrepreneurs can use to avoid (or fix) them. Kim Hvidkjaer was 29 years old when he became a...
'$100M Leads: How to Get Strangers To Want To Buy Your Stuff' book cover image

$100M Leads: How to Get Strangers To Want To Buy Your Stuff

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4.64

You can get 2x, 10x, or 100x more leads than you currently are without changing anything about what you sell…This book contains the playbooks that took me from sleeping on my gym floor to owning a portfolio of companies that generate $200,000,000 per year in under a decade. Wanna know the...
'$100M Offers: How To Make Offers So Good People Feel Stupid Saying No' book cover image

$100M Offers: How To Make Offers So Good People Feel Stupid Saying No

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4.61

I took home more in a year than the CEOs of McDonalds, IKEA, Ford, Motorola, and Yahoo….combined….as a kid in my twenties….using the $100M Offer method. It works. And it will work for you. Not that long ago though, my business had gotten so bad that I literally couldn’t even give my...
'Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike' book cover image

Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike

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4.47

In this candid and riveting memoir, for the first time ever, Nike founder and CEO Phil Knight shares the inside story of the company’s early days as an intrepid start-up and its evolution into one of the world’s most iconic, game-changing, and profitable brands. In 1962, fresh out of business...
'Elon Musk' book cover image

Elon Musk

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4.42

From the author of Steve Jobs and other bestselling biographies, this is the astonishingly intimate story of the most fascinating and controversial innovator of our era—a rule-breaking visionary who helped to lead the world into the era of electric vehicles, private space exploration, and...
'The Perfect Week Formula: Build Your Business Around Your Life, Not Your Life Around Your Business' book cover image

The Perfect Week Formula: Build Your Business Around Your Life, Not Your Life Around Your Business

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4.39

If you're' struggling to grow your business...working 60+ hours a week...burned out on your career...missing precious family and personal time to put out fires...and trapped by the “golden handcuffs” of success... I have good news. It isn’t your fault and it doesn’t have to stay this way. In my...
'The Mom Test: How to talk to customers & learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you' book cover image

The Mom Test: How to talk to customers & learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you

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4.37

The Mom Test is a quick, practical guide that will save you time, money, and heartbreak. They say you shouldn't ask your mom whether your business is a good idea, because she loves you and will lie to you. This is technically true, but it misses the point. You shouldn't ask anyone if your...
'Never Split the Difference: Negotiating as if Your Life Depended on It' book cover image

Never Split the Difference: Negotiating as if Your Life Depended on It

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4.36

A former FBI hostage negotiator offers a new, field-tested approach to negotiating – effective in any situation. After a stint policing the rough streets of Kansas City, Missouri, Chris Voss joined the FBI, where his career as a kidnapping negotiator brought him face-to-face with bank robbers,...
'Buy Then Build: How Acquisition Entrepreneurs Outsmart the Startup Game' book cover image

Buy Then Build: How Acquisition Entrepreneurs Outsmart the Startup Game

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4.29

Entrepreneurs have a startups. Almost all startups either fail or never truly reach a sustainable size. Despite the popularity of entrepreneurship, we haven’t engineered a better way to start. …Until now. What if you could skip the startup phase and generate profitable revenue on day one? In Buy...
'Million Dollar Weekend: The Surprisingly Simple Way to Launch a 7-Figure Business in 48 Hours' book cover image

Million Dollar Weekend: The Surprisingly Simple Way to Launch a 7-Figure Business in 48 Hours

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4.25

The founder and CEO of AppSumo.com, Noah Kagan, knows how to launch a seven-figure business in a single weekend—and he’s done it seven times. Million Dollar Weekend will show you how. Now is the best time in history for entrepreneurship. More than ever, the world needs new businesses and it’s...
'The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers' book cover image

The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers

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4.22

A lot of people talk about how great it is to start a business, but only Ben Horowitz is brutally honest about how hard it is to run one. In The Hard Thing About Hard Things, Ben Horowitz, cofounder of Andreessen Horowitz and one of Silicon Valley's most respected and experienced entrepreneurs,...
'How to Win Friends and Influence People' book cover image

How to Win Friends and Influence People

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4.22

You can go after the job you want...and get it! You can take the job you have...and improve it! You can take any situation you're in...and make it work for you! Since its release in 1936, How to Win Friends and Influence People has sold more than 30 million copies. Dale Carnegie's first book is a...
'That Will Never Work: The Birth of Netflix and the Amazing Life of an Idea' book cover image

That Will Never Work: The Birth of Netflix and the Amazing Life of an Idea

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4.22

In the tradition of Phil Knight's Shoe Dog comes the incredible untold story of how Netflix went from concept to company-all revealed by co-founder and first CEO Marc Randolph. Once upon a time, brick-and-mortar video stores were king. Late fees were ubiquitous, video-streaming unheard was of,...
'Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future' book cover image

Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future

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4.16

The great secret of our time is that there are still uncharted frontiers to explore and new inventions to create. In Zero to One, legendary entrepreneur and investor Peter Thiel shows how we can find singular ways to create those new things. Thiel begins with the contrarian premise that we live in...
'Steve Jobs' book cover image

Steve Jobs

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4.16

Walter Isaacson's worldwide bestselling biography of Apple cofounder Steve Jobs. Based on more than forty interviews with Steve Jobs conducted over two years--as well as interviews with more than 100 family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues--Walter Isaacson has written a...
'The Lean Startup' book cover image

The Lean Startup

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4.11

Most startups fail. But many of those failures are preventable. The Lean Startup is a new approach being adopted across the globe, changing the way companies are built and new products are launched. Eric Ries defines a startup as an organization dedicated to creating something new under...
'Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action' book cover image

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

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4.1

Why do you do what you do? Why are some people and organizations more innovative, more influential, and more profitable than others? Why do some command greater loyalty from customers and employees alike? Even among the successful, why are so few able to repeat their success over and over? People...
'Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity' book cover image

Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity

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4.01

In today's world, yesterday's methods just don't work. In Getting Things Done, veteran coach and management consultant David Allen shares the breakthrough methods for stress-free performance that he has introduced to tens of thousands of people across the country. Allen's premise is simple: our...
'The Big Leap: Conquer Your Hidden Fear and Take Life to the Next Level' book cover image

The Big Leap: Conquer Your Hidden Fear and Take Life to the Next Level

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3.99

Most of us believe that we will finally feel satisfied and content with our lives when we get the good news we have been waiting for, find a healthy relationship, or achieve one of our personal goals. However, this rarely happens. Good fortune is often followed by negative emotions that overtake us...
'The 4-Hour Workweek' book cover image

The 4-Hour Workweek

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3.92

What do you do? Tim Ferriss has trouble answering the question. Depending on when you ask this controversial Princeton University guest lecturer, he might answer: "I race motorcycles in Europe." "I ski in the Andes." "I scuba dive in Panama." "I dance tango in Buenos Aires." He has spent more than...
'Company Of One: Why Staying Small Is the Next Big Thing for Business' book cover image

Company Of One: Why Staying Small Is the Next Big Thing for Business

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3.91

What if the real key to a more fulfilling career was not to scale up but to work for yourself and become a successful and sustainable company of one? The New York Times bestselling author of Deep Work Cal Newport calls this book a “must-read for any entrepreneur who prioritizes a rich life over...
'The ChatGPT Millionaire' book cover image

The ChatGPT Millionaire

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3.87

By following this step-by-step guide you will be able to: * Create passive income sources that keep on giving - in minutes. * Research, create and promote engaging content effortlessly. * Impress your customers by getting their projects finished extremely fast with high quality (with zero...