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Books like Inside the Rise of HBO

Inside the Rise of HBO by Bill Mesce Jr. is about television history, media industry, creative risk-taking. If that's what drew you in, here are 6 books that share its DNA — each summarized on Superbook, and ready to chat with in the app.

  1. Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration
    Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration
  2. The Hard Thing About Hard Things
    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.

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  3. No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention
    No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention

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    No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention

    Reed Hastings and Erin Meyer · Business

    No Rules Rules is Reed Hastings's account of the management philosophy that has governed Netflix since the company pivoted from DVDs to streaming and built one of the most watched entertainment platforms in the world.

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  4. Good to Great
    Good to Great

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    Good to Great

    Jim Collins · Business

    Good to Great is Jim Collins's attempt to answer a deceptively simple question: why do some good companies make the leap to sustained greatness while most don't?

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  5. 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
    1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus

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    1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus

    Charles C. Mann · History

    Charles Mann's 1491 sets out to correct a widespread misconception: that the Americas before Columbus were a mostly empty wilderness populated by small, isolated bands of hunter-gatherers living in gentle harmony with an untouched nature.

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  6. 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created
    1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created

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    1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created

    Charles C. Mann · History

    Where 1491 ends, 1493 begins.

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