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Books like The Cold Start Problem

The Cold Start Problem by Andrew Chen is about network effects, growth, product strategy. 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. Blitzscaling: The Lightning-Fast Path to Building Massively Valuable Companies
    Blitzscaling: The Lightning-Fast Path to Building Massively Valuable Companies

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    Blitzscaling: The Lightning-Fast Path to Building Massively Valuable Companies

    Reid Hoffman and Chris Yeh · Business

    Blitzscaling is Reid Hoffman's argument that certain markets — primarily those with strong network effects and winner-take-most dynamics — reward companies that prioritize speed of growth over efficiency, even at the cost of significant operational risk.

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  2. Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products
    Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products

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    Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products

    Nir Eyal · Business

    Hooked is Nir Eyal's framework for designing products that people return to without external prompting.

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  3. The Lean Startup
    The Lean Startup

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    The Lean Startup

    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.

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  4. Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
    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.

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  5. Crossing the Chasm
    Crossing the Chasm

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    Crossing the Chasm

    Geoffrey A. Moore · Business

    Crossing the Chasm is Geoffrey Moore's analysis of why so many technology companies succeed with early adopters and then stall before reaching mainstream customers.

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  6. 100 Baggers: Stocks That Return 100-to-1 and How to Find Them
    100 Baggers: Stocks That Return 100-to-1 and How to Find Them

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    100 Baggers: Stocks That Return 100-to-1 and How to Find Them

    Christopher Mayer · Business

    Christopher Mayer built this book on research conducted earlier by Thomas Phelps, whose 1972 book 100 to 1 in the Stock Market studied stocks that returned one hundred times their purchase price.

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