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Entrepreneur's Bookshelf
Art of the Start, TheArt of the Start, The by Guy Kawasaki
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Your startup checklist
Seeing What's Next: Using Theories of Innovation to Predict Industry ChangeSeeing What's Next: Using Theories of Innovation to Predict Industry Change by Clayton M. Christensen
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Understand your market, your positioning and what to do about it
Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don'tGood to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't by Jim Collins
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What your investors *should* mean when they say "focus"
Joel on Software: And on Diverse & Occasionally Related Matters That Will Prove of Interest etc..: And on Diverse and Occasionally Related Matters ... or Ill-Luck, Work with Them in Some CapacityJoel on Software: And on Diverse & Occasionally Related Matters That Will Prove of Interest etc..: And on Diverse and Occasionally Related Matters ... or Ill-Luck, Work with Them in Some Capacity by Joel Spolsky
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People - technology - motivation - teams - recruitment... software
Leading at the Speed of Growth: Journey from Entrepreneur to CEO (The Kauffman Center series on managing growth)Leading at the Speed of Growth: Journey from Entrepreneur to CEO (The Kauffman Center series on managing growth) by Katherine Catlin
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Start a business... lead a business... direct a business: these are stages of growth
Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early DaysFounders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days by Jessica Livingston
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No, you are not alone. Yes, things go wrong. Yes, you can get lucky!
In Search of Stupidity: Over Twenty Years of High Tech Marketing Disasters 2nd EditionIn Search of Stupidity: Over Twenty Years of High Tech Marketing Disasters 2nd Edition by Merrill R. (Rick) Chapman
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Businesses failing because of odd, thoughtless or ego-driven decision making.
The Laws of Simplicity (Simplicity: Design, Technology, Business, Life)The Laws of Simplicity (Simplicity: Design, Technology, Business, Life) by J Maeda
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A difficult book... but so is really good design.
Official "Dilbert" Block Calendar 2008 2008Official "Dilbert" Block Calendar 2008 2008
Have a laugh, and remind yourself every day of the business that you are *not* building.