Startup Reading List

New Year's Resolution: Read More Awesome Books that will Help Build and Grow Your Startup!

Here are some books I've read and enjoyed recently that would be useful for anyone with a startup idea or for those interested in learning more about Lean Startup methodologies.

  • The Lean Startup by Eric Ries
  • Running Lean by Ash Maurya
  • Four Steps to the Epiphany by Steve Blank
  • ReWork by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson
  • Do More Faster by David Cohen and Brad Feld
  • Venture Deals by Brad Feld and Jason Mendelson
  • Heart, Smarts, Guts & Luck by Anthony K. Tjan, Richard J. Harrington and Tsun-Yan Hsieh
  • Startup Communities by Brad Feld
  • Inside Apple by Adam Lashinsky
  • Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson

Here are some other startup books that are on my reading list for the next couple of months. If you've already read some of these, feel free to comment on this post and let me know what you thought of them.

  • Making Ideas Happen by Scott Belsky
  • Business Model Generation by Alexander Osterwalder
  • Founders at Work by Jessica Livingston
  • The Art of the Start by Guy Kawasaki
  • The Startup Owner’s Manual by Steve Blank
  • Winning the Story Wars by Jonah Sachs
  • The Infinite Organization by Michael F. Broom
  • Women Who Don't Wait in Line by Reshma Saujani
  • Screw Business as Usual by Richard Branson
  • The Entrepreneur's Guide to Customer Development by Brant Cooper and Patrick Vlaskovits

What other books are you reading this month to help jumpstart your business? I'd love to hear your suggestions.