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Books like Shape Up
The best books like Shape Up are The Lean Startup, The Mom Test, and High Output Management. Shape Up by Ryan Singer is about product development, project management, software teams. 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.
- The Lean Startup
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Eric Ries · Business
The Lean Startup is Eric Ries's argument that the biggest cause of startup failure is not building the wrong product — it's spending months or years building something before finding out whether anyone wants it.
Both dig into product development.
Read the summary → - The Mom Test
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Rob Fitzpatrick · Business
The Mom Test is Rob Fitzpatrick's short guide to customer development interviews — the conversations founders and product teams have with potential customers before building something.
Both dig into product development.
Read the summary → - High Output Management
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Andrew S. Grove · Business
High Output Management is Andrew Grove's manual for how managers at any level should think about their work.
Both dig into decision-making.
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- Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
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Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
Greg McKeown · Self-help
Essentialism is Greg McKeown's argument that the way most people approach work and life — saying yes to almost everything — is a slow form of defeat.
Both dig into decision-making.
Read the summary → - Build
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Tony Fadell · Business
Tony Fadell was the engineer who built the iPod, the executive who led the team that created the original iPhone, and the founder of Nest, the thermostat company he sold to Google for $3.2 billion.
Both dig into product development.
Read the summary → - Do More Faster: TechStars Lessons to Accelerate Your Startup
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Do More Faster: TechStars Lessons to Accelerate Your Startup
Brad Feld and David Cohen · Business
Do More Faster is a collection of short essays and lessons drawn from the TechStars accelerator program, organized by Brad Feld and David Cohen, the program's co-founders.
Both dig into product development.
Read the summary → - Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In
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Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In
Roger Fisher and William Ury · Business
Getting to Yes emerged from the Harvard Negotiation Project in the late 1970s and laid out a method its authors called principled negotiation.
Both dig into decision-making.
Read the summary → - Good Strategy Bad Strategy
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Richard Rumelt · Business
Good Strategy Bad Strategy is Richard Rumelt's indictment of the strategic planning process as it is practiced in most organizations, and his articulation of what genuine strategy actually requires.
Both dig into decision-making.
Read the summary → - Leadership Is Language
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L. David Marquet · Business
Leadership Is Language is L.
Both dig into decision-making.
Read the summary → - Leading
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Alex Ferguson & Michael Moritz · Business
Leading is Sir Alex Ferguson's account of what he learned managing Manchester United for twenty-seven years, written with Silicon Valley investor Michael Moritz.
Both dig into decision-making.
Read the summary → - Mindful Leadership
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Maria Gonzalez · Business
Mindful Leadership is Maria Gonzalez's argument that mindfulness practice is not a wellness accessory for leaders but a core performance tool.
Both dig into decision-making.
Read the summary → - Only the Paranoid Survive
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Andrew S. Grove · Business
Only the Paranoid Survive is Andrew Grove's account of how he understood and navigated the most dangerous moments in a company's life — what he calls strategic inflection points.
Both dig into decision-making.
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Books like Shape Up: quick answers
What are the best books like Shape Up?
The best books like Shape Up by Ryan Singer are The Lean Startup by Eric Ries, The Mom Test by Rob Fitzpatrick, High Output Management by Andrew S. Grove, Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown, Build by Tony Fadell, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with Shape Up, such as product development, project management, software teams.
What should I read after Shape Up?
A natural next read after Shape Up is The Lean Startup by Eric Ries. Both dig into product development. Other strong choices are The Mom Test by Rob Fitzpatrick, High Output Management by Andrew S. Grove, Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown.
What books are similar to Shape Up by Ryan Singer?
Shape Up centers on product development, project management, software teams. Books with a similar feel include The Lean Startup by Eric Ries, The Mom Test by Rob Fitzpatrick, High Output Management by Andrew S. Grove, Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown, Build by Tony Fadell, Do More Faster: TechStars Lessons to Accelerate Your Startup by Brad Feld and David Cohen — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
