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Books like Build
The best books like Build are Steve Jobs, Creative Selection, and The Design of Everyday Things. Build by Tony Fadell is about product development, leadership, startup culture. If that's what drew you in, here are 12 books that share its DNA — each summarized on Superbook, and ready to chat with in the app.
- Steve Jobs
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Walter Isaacson · Biography
Walter Isaacson's biography of Steve Jobs was authorized by Jobs himself, who gave Isaacson more than forty hours of interviews and opened up his family, friends, and colleagues to the same scrutiny.
Both dig into leadership.
Read the summary → - Creative Selection
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Ken Kocienda · Business
Creative Selection is Ken Kocienda's first-hand account of how software gets made at Apple during the period when the iPhone and iPad were born.
A kindred business read.
Read the summary → - The Design of Everyday Things
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Donald Norman · Psychology
The Design of Everyday Things began as The Psychology of Everyday Things when first published in 1988, and Donald Norman revised it substantially for a 2013 edition that updated the examples for a digital age.
A kindred business read.
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- Inspired: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love
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Inspired: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love
Marty Cagan · Business
Inspired is Marty Cagan's guide to how the best technology companies build products that customers actually want.
A kindred business read.
Read the summary → - An Elegant Puzzle
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Will Larson · Business
An Elegant Puzzle is Will Larson's guide to the craft of engineering management, written from his experience leading engineering teams at Digg, Uber, and Stripe.
A kindred business read.
Read the summary → - Lost and Founder
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Rand Fishkin · Business
Rand Fishkin built Moz, the SEO software company, from a bootstrapped consultancy into a venture-backed business with millions in revenue — and then watched it nearly collapse under the weight of that growth.
Shares leadership and startup culture with Build.
Read the summary → - Accelerate
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Nicole Forsgren, Jez Humble, and Gene Kim · Business
Accelerate is the research-backed account of what actually makes software delivery teams fast without sacrificing stability.
Both dig into leadership.
Read the summary → - Amp It Up: Leading for Hypergrowth by Raising Expectations, Increasing Urgency, and Elevating Intensity
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Frank Slootman · Business
Amp It Up is Frank Slootman's account of how he approaches leading organizations through rapid growth.
Both dig into leadership.
Read the summary → - Behind the Cloud
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Marc Benioff · Business
Behind the Cloud is Marc Benioff's account of building Salesforce from a startup in his apartment to the first cloud computing company to reach $1 billion in revenue.
Both dig into leadership.
Read the summary → - Beyond Entrepreneurship
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Jim Collins & William Lazier · Business
Beyond Entrepreneurship is Jim Collins's first major book, co-written with William Lazier and published in 1992, before the research that produced Built to Last and Good to Great.
Both dig into leadership.
Read the summary → - Brave New Work
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Aaron Dignan · Business
Brave New Work is Aaron Dignan's diagnosis of why most organizations are dysfunctional and a practical guide to building something better.
Both dig into leadership.
Read the summary → - Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies
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Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies
Jim Collins and Jerry I. Porras · Business
Built to Last is Jim Collins and Jerry Porras's six-year research project into what separates companies that endure for decades from those that simply perform well for a season.
Both dig into leadership.
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Books like Build: quick answers
What are the best books like Build?
The best books like Build by Tony Fadell are Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson, Creative Selection by Ken Kocienda, The Design of Everyday Things by Donald Norman, Inspired: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love by Marty Cagan, An Elegant Puzzle by Will Larson, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with Build, such as product development, leadership, startup culture.
What should I read after Build?
A natural next read after Build is Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson. Both dig into leadership. Other strong choices are Creative Selection by Ken Kocienda, The Design of Everyday Things by Donald Norman, Inspired: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love by Marty Cagan.
What books are similar to Build by Tony Fadell?
Build centers on product development, leadership, startup culture. Books with a similar feel include Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson, Creative Selection by Ken Kocienda, The Design of Everyday Things by Donald Norman, Inspired: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love by Marty Cagan, An Elegant Puzzle by Will Larson, Lost and Founder by Rand Fishkin — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
