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Books like Working in Public
The best books like Working in Public are Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future, The Innovator's Dilemma, and An Elegant Puzzle. Working in Public by Nadia Eghbal is about open source, creator economy, online communities. 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 → - The Innovator's Dilemma
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Clayton M. Christensen · Business
Christensen's argument, published in 1997, is deceptively simple: the very practices that make companies excellent at serving their current customers — listening carefully, investing in proven technologies, targeting the most profitable segments — are precisely what causes them to miss disruptive innovations.
A kindred business read.
Read the summary → - An Elegant Puzzle
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Will Larson · Business
An Elegant Puzzle is Will Larson's guide to the craft of engineering management, written from his experience leading engineering teams at Digg, Uber, and Stripe.
A kindred business read.
Read the summary → - The Cathedral and the Bazaar
- The Mythical Man-Month
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Frederick P. Brooks Jr. · Business
Frederick Brooks managed the development of OS/360, IBM's operating system for the System/360 mainframe, in the early 1960s.
Both dig into software development.
Read the summary → - 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.
A kindred business read.
Read the summary → - 7 Powers: The Foundations of Business Strategy
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7 Powers: The Foundations of Business Strategy
Hamilton Helmer · Business
7 Powers is Hamilton Helmer's attempt to distill the full landscape of business strategy into a single rigorous framework.
A kindred business read.
Read the summary → - A World Without Email
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Cal Newport · Business
A World Without Email is Cal Newport's most targeted critique of modern knowledge work culture.
A kindred business read.
Read the summary → - Accelerate
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Nicole Forsgren, Jez Humble, and Gene Kim · Business
Accelerate is the research-backed account of what actually makes software delivery teams fast without sacrificing stability.
A kindred business read.
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.
A kindred business read.
Read the summary → - All Marketers Are Liars
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Seth Godin · Business
All Marketers Are Liars — later republished as All Marketers Tell Stories — is Seth Godin's argument that successful marketing is not about facts or features but about stories that confirm what consumers already believe about the world.
A kindred business read.
Read the summary → - Amp It Up: Leading for Hypergrowth by Raising Expectations, Increasing Urgency, and Elevating Intensity
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Frank Slootman · Business
Amp It Up is Frank Slootman's account of how he approaches leading organizations through rapid growth.
A kindred business read.
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Books like Working in Public: quick answers
What are the best books like Working in Public?
The best books like Working in Public by Nadia Eghbal are Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel, The Innovator's Dilemma by Clayton M. Christensen, An Elegant Puzzle by Will Larson, The Cathedral and the Bazaar by Eric S. Raymond, The Mythical Man-Month by Frederick P. Brooks Jr., plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with Working in Public, such as open source, creator economy, online communities.
What should I read after Working in Public?
A natural next read after Working in Public is Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel. A kindred business read. Other strong choices are The Innovator's Dilemma by Clayton M. Christensen, An Elegant Puzzle by Will Larson, The Cathedral and the Bazaar by Eric S. Raymond.
What books are similar to Working in Public by Nadia Eghbal?
Working in Public centers on open source, creator economy, online communities. Books with a similar feel include Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel, The Innovator's Dilemma by Clayton M. Christensen, An Elegant Puzzle by Will Larson, The Cathedral and the Bazaar by Eric S. Raymond, The Mythical Man-Month by Frederick P. Brooks Jr., 100 Baggers: Stocks That Return 100-to-1 and How to Find Them by Christopher Mayer — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
