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By: Vladimir Canro (@VCanro)

Vladimir Canro (@VCanro) — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:43:17 +0000

Steve,

Don’t forget to add Ash’s book Running Lean O’Reilly Eric Ries, Series Editor.

By: GoodRevu » Customer Engagement, Strong Product-Market Fit & Steve Blank’s “The Four Steps to the Epiphany”

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:09:03 +0000

[...] The book “Four Steps to the Epiphany” has become a popular manual for technology entrepreneurs seeking a strong match between their products and customer needs and behaviors that lead to strong business models. In his book, Steve Blank describes how important it is to be in front of customers getting continuous feedback throughout the entire product creation, go-to-market and business model development process. If you’re responsible for a product, developing a market, running business or starting a company, we highly recommend Steve Blank’s website: http://steveblank.com and book http://steveblank.com/books-for-startups/ [...]

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Workshop in Denmark: Pre-reading — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 10:15:39 +0000

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Mon, 28 Nov 2011 09:37:36 +0000

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By: R Sriram

R Sriram — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 18:21:07 +0000

Great work Steve, this is a valuable resource for an entrepreneur or leader, thank you.

I would like to share my list of recommended books:

Jessica Livingston’s ‘Founders at Work’
Guy Kawasaki’s ‘The Art of the Start’
Richard Bach’s ‘Jonathan Livingston Seagull’
William C Taylor & Polly LaBarre’s ‘Mavericks at Work’
Michael J. Lanning’s ‘Delivering Profitable Value’
Nirmalya Kumar’s ‘Marketing as Strategy’
Chan Kim & Renee Mauborgne’s ‘Blue Ocean Strategy’
Michael Porter’s ‘Competitive Strategy’ & ‘Competitive Advantage’
Kenichi Ohmae’s ‘The Mind of the Strategist’
Peter Drucker’s ‘The Five Most Important Questions You Will Ever Ask About Your Organization’
Rafi Mohammed’s ‘The Art of Pricing’
C K Prhalad & Venkat Ramaswamy’s ‘The Future of Competition’
Ram Charan & Noel Tichy’s ‘Every Business is a Growth Business’
Mark Morgan, Raymond Levitt & William Malek’s ‘Executing Your Strategy’
Jim Collins’ ‘Good to Great’
Porus Munshi’s ‘Making Breakthrough Innovation Happen’
Joseph Pine II & James Gilmore’s ‘The Experience Economy’
Vijay Govindarajan & Chris Trimble’s ‘Ten Rules of Strategic Innovators’
Rita Gunther McGrath & Ian MacMillan’s ‘The Entrepreneurial Mindset’
Marcus Buckingham & Curt Coffman’s ‘First Break All the Rules’
Steven Covey’s ‘Seven Habits of Highly Effective People’
Warren Bennis’ ‘On Becoming a Leader’
Seth Godin’s ‘The Purple Cow’
Chip and Dan Heath’s ‘Made to Stick’
Malcolm Gladwell’s ‘The Tipping Point’
James Surowiecki’s ‘The Wisdom of Crowds’

By: rob

rob — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 02:54:39 +0000

thanks for the quick reply, steve. Do you know any books which gives a quick primer on how to be a great visionary and innovator?

rob

By: steveblank

steveblank — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 22:13:58 +0000

Rob,
I love Tom (he’s my boss at Stanford) and I think his book is the best of the bunch. If I had to pick one the textbooks it would be his.

steve

By: rob

rob — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 22:00:51 +0000

I see you have added textbooks also. Don’t you think the technology venutres by tom byers should be must read books other then that its highly priced. I see it covers everything holistically which is good as it really connect the dots.

By: Looking for good books about entrepreneurship? » Business books make you rich (or not)

Sat, 17 Sep 2011 20:50:39 +0000

[...] for those interested, Steve has an awesome (but very extensive) list of ”Books for Startups” on his own [...]

By: Kevin Cullis: How to Start a Business Mac Version » 45 Startup Incubators

Kevin Cullis: How to Start a Business Mac Version » 45 Startup Incubators — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 13:05:41 +0000

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By: Start-Up : le livre » Blog Archive » Steve Blank et le développement des start-up

Wed, 31 Aug 2011 14:18:14 +0000

[...] je vais expliquer avec plus de détails sa théorie mais la raison principale pour laquelle j’aime ce livre est qu’il explique pourquoi les fondateurs sont essentiels aux premières phases de développement d’une start-up. Ce n’est pas le discours habituel de “mettre en place les compétences commerciales et cacher les fondateurs” mais plutôt d’ “apprendre et devenir des experts jusqu’au point d’atteindre vos limites”. Je dois tout de suite ajouter que ce n’est pas un livre facile à lire et qu’il est surtout utile à ceux qui se lancent dans l’aventure entrepreneuriale mais aussi dans le développement de produits. Son site web steveblank.com est bourré d’informations, vous trouverez des tonnes de documents sur ses enseignements sur internet et je recommande en particulier sa liste de conseils de lecture Books for Startups. [...]

By: Start-Up: the book » Blog Archive » Steve Blank - Customer Development

Start-Up: the book » Blog Archive » Steve Blank - Customer Development — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 11:36:35 +0000

[...] I will explain into some details his theory but the main reason I love this book is how he explains why founders are critical in all the decisions of the early phases of a start-up. Not the usual “hire business people”, but “learn and become an expert until you reach your limits”. I should immediately add that it is not an easy book to read and certainly mostly useful to people in the process of launching a start-up. His web site steveblank.com is also very informative, you will find tons of slides of his teachings on the web and I particularly recommend the list of books he suggests reading. [...]

By: Lean Startup event comes to Grand Rapids | Atomic Spin

Lean Startup event comes to Grand Rapids | Atomic Spin — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 17:53:42 +0000

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By: Eric J. Gruber

Eric J. Gruber — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 20:08:47 +0000

Hi Steve,

The link to Cross the Chasm isn’t working in the first bulleted list in this section at the top of the page.

By: jon kirkegaard

jon kirkegaard — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 19:03:05 +0000

What a great reference list of good useful books/ references

Start with the “Goal” even if not a manufacturing guy The move to the “Art of War” and you can piece together what is happening to US competitiveness

check out http://www.Texaslcc.org as a knowlegebase to deal with the gap

Good luck
Jon Kirkegaard
President
DCRA Inc.

By: Rk

Rk — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 23:15:06 +0000

Thanks for the great list. As a part of the course, I had to study “Starting something..” by Wayne McVicker, it was a great book on starting up, culture, making decisions, and everything in a company that started small , went public and got bought out.

By: Serial Entrepreneur Spotlight: Steve Blank | Alltopstartups

Serial Entrepreneur Spotlight: Steve Blank | Alltopstartups — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 08:36:16 +0000

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» Summer Reading Round Up: Best Business Books For Entrepreneurs — Fri, 27 May 2011 22:49:04 +0000

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By: Tárik

Tárik — Wed, 18 May 2011 22:37:24 +0000

I would like to add at least one book to the list. The topic is human behavior. As an entrepreneur I risk saying that on the end we’re all Illusionists, because we offer lust for a better future in uncertain present. And for us the only way to succeed is to create commitment, retention and passion on our customers, co-workers and employees. So the understanding of the mechanics of the human motivation, urgency and decision are key knowledges to the entrepreneur.

After my long speech I suggest:
Influence – The Psychology of Persuasion
Robert B. Cialdini