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Books like The Art of the Start 2.0
The best books like The Art of the Start 2.0 are Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future, The Lean Startup, and Rework. The Art of the Start 2.0 by Guy Kawasaki is about entrepreneurship, startups, pitching. 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.
Shares startups and innovation with The Art of the Start 2.0.
Read the summary → - 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.
Shares entrepreneurship and innovation with The Art of the Start 2.0.
Read the summary → - Rework
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Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson · Business
Rework is Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson's deliberately provocative argument against most conventional wisdom about building a business.
Shares entrepreneurship and startups with The Art of the Start 2.0.
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- Start with Why
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Simon Sinek · Business
Start with Why is Simon Sinek's argument that the most influential leaders and organizations in history didn't succeed because they made better products or ran smarter campaigns.
Both dig into leadership.
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.
Both dig into entrepreneurship.
Read the summary → - The Startup Playbook
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David S. Kidder · Business
The Startup Playbook is David Kidder's collection of firsthand lessons from forty prominent founders, including Reid Hoffman, Sara Blakely, Kevin Plank, and Alexis Ohanian.
Shares entrepreneurship and startups with The Art of the Start 2.0.
Read the summary → - Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration
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Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration
Ed Catmull and Amy Wallace · Business
Creativity, Inc.
Shares startups and leadership with The Art of the Start 2.0.
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.
Shares entrepreneurship and startups with The Art of the Start 2.0.
Read the summary → - That Will Never Work
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Marc Randolph · Business
That Will Never Work is Marc Randolph's memoir of co-founding Netflix with Reed Hastings, covering the period from the original idea in 1997 through the company's IPO in 2002.
Shares entrepreneurship and startups with The Art of the Start 2.0.
Read the summary → - The Ride of a Lifetime
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Robert Iger · Business
The Ride of a Lifetime is Robert Iger's account of his fifteen years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company, from his appointment in 2005 to his planned retirement in 2020.
Shares entrepreneurship and leadership with The Art of the Start 2.0.
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.
Shares entrepreneurship and leadership with The Art of the Start 2.0.
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.
Shares entrepreneurship and leadership with The Art of the Start 2.0.
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Books like The Art of the Start 2.0: quick answers
What are the best books like The Art of the Start 2.0?
The best books like The Art of the Start 2.0 by Guy Kawasaki are Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel, The Lean Startup by Eric Ries, Rework by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson, Start with Why by Simon Sinek, Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike by Phil Knight, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with The Art of the Start 2.0, such as entrepreneurship, startups, pitching.
What should I read after The Art of the Start 2.0?
A natural next read after The Art of the Start 2.0 is Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel. Shares startups and innovation with The Art of the Start 2.0. Other strong choices are The Lean Startup by Eric Ries, Rework by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson, Start with Why by Simon Sinek.
What books are similar to The Art of the Start 2.0 by Guy Kawasaki?
The Art of the Start 2.0 centers on entrepreneurship, startups, pitching. Books with a similar feel include Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel, The Lean Startup by Eric Ries, Rework by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson, Start with Why by Simon Sinek, Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike by Phil Knight, The Startup Playbook by David S. Kidder — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
