Founders at Work
Jessica Livingston
51 people recommended it in 30 threads, 2007–2025.
1 commenter pushed back on it — worth reading the threads.
What people on Hacker News said
Great interviews by incredibly successful start up founders. Lesson 1: determination was the number one predictor of start up success. Lesson 2: most of the founders had no idea on how huge some of the companies would become nor the huge amounts of revenue their ideas would generate. Their number one focus was always grounded in solving a problem or delivering something great; everything else was secondary.
I loved reading about the founder's stories and first-hand perspectives of notable programmers.
Excellent book covering interviews with founders of companies that became really big. I thought this book was really insightful and inspirational.
I found it relevant to what I am doing, good lessons, and interesting insights
Founders At Work. Biographical - "Entrepreneurship stories at it's best"
a great insight into the first computer revolution - interviews with a lot of very interesting people.
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