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Founders Factory Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Book Cover for: Masters of Scale: Surprising Truths from the World's Most Successful Entrepreneurs, Reid Hoffman

Masters of Scale: Surprising Truths from the World's Most Successful Entrepreneurs

Reid Hoffman
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🎧 Masters of Scale by Reid Hoffman (@reidhoffman) Showing how businesses grow from zero to a billion https://t.co/sCHJTynvUb

Hardcover, 2021

$28.00$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World, David Epstein

Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World

David Epstein
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Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World (by @DavidEpstein) Drawing on famous athletes—from Tiger Woods to Roger Federer—to argue in favour of generalists & against overspecialisation 💡 Constructive for founders who, especially at an early stage, must wear many hats

Paperback, 2021

$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Inspired: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love, Marty Cagan

Inspired: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love

Marty Cagan
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INSPIRED: How To Create Tech Products Customers Love (by @cagan) An essential guide to product thinking for tech founders 💡 Lessons from product managers at companies including Adobe, Apple, BBC, Google, Microsoft, and Netflix

Hardcover, 2017

$32.00$16.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable, Patrick M. Lencioni

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable

Patrick M. Lencioni
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📚 The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable by Patrick Lencioni A parable about a fictional CEO facing the ultimate leadership crisis https://t.co/PJCZaHuWas

Hardcover, 2002

$27.00$13.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Design After Capitalism: Transforming Design Today for an Equitable Tomorrow, Matthew Wizinsky

Design After Capitalism: Transforming Design Today for an Equitable Tomorrow

Matthew Wizinsky
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Design After Capitalism (by Matthew Wizinsky) How design can transcend the logics, structures, and subjectivities of capitalism: a framework, theoretical grounding, and practical principles. 💡Inspiring founders to understand new approaches to design

Paperback, 2022

$32.95$16.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Angels, Andy Angel

Angels

Andy Angel
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📚Read the UK Angel 100 report here: https://t.co/xLiMf06GR3 Check out insights from leading angels including @t_blom , @SimonFranksUK , @Andy_ayim , @JordanDargueDA , @nigeldmorris , @basilmonkey , @delingpole

Paperback, 2012

$27.00$13.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, Robert B. Cialdini

Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion

Robert B. Cialdini
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📚 Harnessing the Science of Persuasion by Robert Cialdini Read the seven key principles for having influence https://t.co/USUE9WnRgZ

Hardcover, 2021

$35.00$17.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Happy: The Journal: A Chance to Write Joy Into Every Day and Let Go of Perfect, Fearne Cotton

Happy: The Journal: A Chance to Write Joy Into Every Day and Let Go of Perfect

Fearne Cotton
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🎧 Happy Place by Fearne Cotton (@Fearnecotton ) For staying grounded and keeping up self-care https://t.co/oaKgbuZ59o

Paperback, 2018

$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Value of Everything: Making and Taking in the Global Economy, Mariana Mazzucato

The Value of Everything: Making and Taking in the Global Economy

Mariana Mazzucato
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The Value of Everything: Making and Taking in the Global Economy (by @MazzucatoM) Understanding where value and wealth is actually created, and ideas for reforming capitalism 💡 Critical thinking for founders looking to drive change & impact

Paperback, 2020

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: It's about Damn Time: How to Turn Being Underestimated Into Your Greatest Advantage, Arlan Hamilton

It's about Damn Time: How to Turn Being Underestimated Into Your Greatest Advantage

Arlan Hamilton
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📚 It’s About Damn Time by Arlan Hamilton A memoir “from a black, gay woman who broke into the boys' club of Silicon Valley” https://t.co/cFxcmINowd

Paperback, 2022

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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