Ask HN: As a technical founder what is the best business book you've read? ↗

The books people recommended

2018-09-08 · 107 points · 38 comments · 34 books named by at least one person here and at least 3 people overall. The number on the left is how many people named it in this thread.

3
Zero to One
Peter Thiel, Blake Masters
3 here · 89 all-time · #37 overall
Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 40,093 ratings on Amazon
3
Creativity Inc.
Ed Catmull
3 here · 43 all-time · #107 overall
Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 10,683 ratings on Amazon
2
How to Win Friends and Influence People
Dale Carnegie
2 here · 175 all-time · #8 overall
Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 106,505 ratings on Amazon
2
The Hard Thing About Hard Things
Ben Horowitz
2 here · 56 all-time · #67 overall
Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 15,933 ratings on Amazon
2
Principles
Ray Dalio
2 here · 49 all-time · #88 overall
Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 19,363 ratings on Amazon
2Rework
Rework
Jason Fried, David Heinemeier Hansson
2 here · 43 all-time · #106 overall
Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 11,954 ratings on Amazon
2
The Four Steps to the Epiphany
Steve Blank
2 here · 36 all-time · #137 overall
Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 673 ratings on Amazon
2
The Personal MBA
Josh Kaufman
2 here · 23 all-time · #264 overall
Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 5,404 ratings on Amazon
2Radical Candor
Radical Candor
Kim Scott
2 here · 16 all-time · #392 overall
Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 10,178 ratings on Amazon
2The Art of the Start
The Art of the Start
Guy Kawasaki
2 here · 11 all-time · #578 overall
Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 1,667 ratings on Amazon
1
Never Split the Difference
Chris Voss
1 here · 62 all-time · #60 overall
Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 51,660 ratings on Amazon
1
The Lean Startup
Eric Ries
1 here · 56 all-time · #68 overall
Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 17,985 ratings on Amazon
1
Debt: The First 5000 Years
David Graeber
1 here · 41 all-time · #120 overall
Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 2,289 ratings on Amazon
1
The Innovator's Dilemma
Clayton Christensen
1 here · 30 all-time · #185 overall
Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 4,076 ratings on Amazon
1
Traction
Gabriel Weinberg
1 here · 30 all-time · #189 overall
Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 2,092 ratings on Amazon
1
How to Measure Anything
Douglas Hubbard
1 here · 27 all-time · #214 overall
Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 595 ratings on Amazon
1Crossing the Chasm
Crossing the Chasm
Geoffrey Moore
1 here · 21 all-time · #286 overall
Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 2,624 ratings on Amazon
1
Getting Real
37 Signals
1 here · 20 all-time · #310 overall
Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 281 ratings on Amazon
1Good to Great
Good to Great
Jim Collins
1 here · 10 all-time · #649 overall
1The Startup Owner's Manual
The Startup Owner's Manual
Steve Blank
1 here · 10 all-time · #669 overall
Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 915 ratings on Amazon
1How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk
How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk
Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish
1 here · 10 all-time · #683 overall
1Blue Ocean Strategy
Blue Ocean Strategy
W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne
1 here · 9 all-time · #698 overall
1The Anatomy of Peace
The Anatomy of Peace
The Arbinger Institute
1 here · 8 all-time · #791 overall
1Mastering The Complex Sale
Mastering The Complex Sale
Jeff Thull
1 here · 8 all-time · #807 overall
122 Immutable Laws of Marketing
22 Immutable Laws of Marketing
Al Ries and Jack Trout
1 here · 8 all-time · #821 overall
1Give and Take
Give and Take
Adam Grant
1 here · 6 all-time · #1069 overall
1Differentiate or Die
Differentiate or Die
Jack Trout
1 here · 5 all-time · #1354 overall
1Scrum
Scrum
Jeff Sutherland
1 here · 5 all-time · #1445 overall
1It's Not The Big That Eat The Small, It's The Fast That Eat The Slow
It's Not The Big That Eat The Small, It's The Fast That Eat The Slow
Jason Jennings
1 here · 4 all-time · #1704 overall
1Leadership and Self Deception
Leadership and Self Deception
The Arbinger Institute
1 here · 4 all-time · #1715 overall
1It doesn't have to be crazy at work
It doesn't have to be crazy at work
David Heinemeier Hansson and Jason Fried
1 here · 4 all-time · #1849 overall
1The Discipline of Market Leaders
The Discipline of Market Leaders
Michael Treacy, Fred Wiersema
1 here · 3 all-time · #1987 overall
1The Prime Solution
The Prime Solution
Jeff Thull
1 here · 3 all-time · #2226 overall
1Exceptional Selling
Exceptional Selling
Jeff Thull
1 here · 3 all-time · #2227 overall