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Books like How to Get Rich
The best books like How to Get Rich are Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future, Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike, and The Hard Thing About Hard Things. How to Get Rich by Felix Dennis is about entrepreneurship, wealth creation, risk-taking. 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.
- Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
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Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
Peter Thiel · Business
Zero to One began as notes from a Stanford course Thiel taught on startups in 2012, assembled into a book with co-author Blake Masters.
A kindred business read.
Read the summary → - Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike
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Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike
Phil Knight · Memoir
Shoe Dog is Phil Knight's account of the first two decades of Nike, from the $50 loan he borrowed from his father in 1964 to fund his first shipment of Japanese running shoes to the company's IPO in 1980.
Shares entrepreneurship and risk-taking with How to Get Rich.
Read the summary → - The Hard Thing About Hard Things
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The Hard Thing About Hard Things
Ben Horowitz · Business
The Hard Thing About Hard Things is Ben Horowitz's account of what it actually feels like to run a company through crisis.
A kindred business read.
Read the summary → - The Millionaire Fastlane
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MJ DeMarco · Self-help
The Millionaire Fastlane is MJ DeMarco's argument that conventional financial advice — work for forty years, save 10 percent, invest in index funds, retire at 65 — is not a path to wealth but a path to a modestly funded old age, and that genuine financial freedom requires building a business rather than an investment portfolio.
Both dig into entrepreneurship.
Read the summary → - Rich Dad Poor Dad
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Robert T. Kiyosaki · Self-help
Rich Dad Poor Dad is Robert Kiyosaki's semi-autobiographical argument that the financial education most people receive — from schools, from parents, from conventional wisdom — prepares them for the wrong life.
Both dig into entrepreneurship.
Read the summary → - Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
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Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
Ashlee Vance · Biography
Ashlee Vance's biography of Elon Musk is the most comprehensive account of Musk's life and companies up to 2015, written with Musk's cooperation after an initial refusal and a long negotiation.
Shares entrepreneurship and risk-taking with How to Get Rich.
Read the summary → - AI Superpowers
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Kai-Fu Lee · Business
AI Superpowers is Kai-Fu Lee's argument that the geopolitical competition to lead in artificial intelligence is primarily a two-country race between the United States and China, and that the outcome will reshape the global economy in ways most people haven't started to reckon with.
Both dig into entrepreneurship.
Read the summary → - Anything You Want
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Derek Sivers · Business
Anything You Want is Derek Sivers' account of building, running, and eventually selling CD Baby, the independent musician distribution company he founded accidentally in 1998 when a few friends asked him to sell their CDs online.
Both dig into entrepreneurship.
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 entrepreneurship.
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 entrepreneurship.
Read the summary → - Built to Sell: Creating a Business That Can Thrive Without You
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Built to Sell: Creating a Business That Can Thrive Without You
John Warrillow · Business
Built to Sell is John Warrillow's argument that every business owner — regardless of whether they ever intend to sell — should build their company as if they were going to.
Both dig into entrepreneurship.
Read the summary → - Disciplined Entrepreneurship
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Bill Aulet · Business
Bill Aulet's Disciplined Entrepreneurship is a structured walkthrough of 24 steps for building a new venture, developed from MIT's entrepreneurship curriculum and Aulet's own experience as a serial entrepreneur.
Both dig into entrepreneurship.
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Books like How to Get Rich: quick answers
What are the best books like How to Get Rich?
The best books like How to Get Rich by Felix Dennis are Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel, Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike by Phil Knight, The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz, The Millionaire Fastlane by MJ DeMarco, Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert T. Kiyosaki, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with How to Get Rich, such as entrepreneurship, wealth creation, risk-taking.
What should I read after How to Get Rich?
A natural next read after How to Get Rich is Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel. A kindred business read. Other strong choices are Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike by Phil Knight, The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz, The Millionaire Fastlane by MJ DeMarco.
What books are similar to How to Get Rich by Felix Dennis?
How to Get Rich centers on entrepreneurship, wealth creation, risk-taking. Books with a similar feel include Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel, Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike by Phil Knight, The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz, The Millionaire Fastlane by MJ DeMarco, Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert T. Kiyosaki, Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future by Ashlee Vance — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
