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How to Write a Good Advertisement Summary
How to Write a Good Advertisement
A Short Course in Copywriting
by Victor O. Schwab 1980 236 pages
4.21
500+ ratings
Business
Writing
Education
Lean UX Summary
Lean UX
Applying Lean Principles to Improve User Experience
by Jeff Gothelf 2012 148 pages
3.99
6k+ ratings
Design
Business
Technology
Jobs to be Done Summary
Jobs to be Done
Theory to Practice
by Anthony W. Ulwick 2016 202 pages
3.73
500+ ratings
Business
Design
Entrepreneurship
The Founder's Mentality Summary
The Founder's Mentality
How to Overcome the Predictable Crises of Growth
by Chris Zook 2016 224 pages
3.80
1k+ ratings
Business
Leadership
Entrepreneurship
The Difference Between God and Larry Ellison* Summary
The Difference Between God and Larry Ellison*
Inside Oracle Corporation; *God Doesn't Think He's Larry Ellison
by Mike Wilson 1997 400 pages
3.93
436 ratings
Business
Biography
Startup
Venture Deals Summary
Venture Deals
Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist
by Brad Feld 2011 345 pages
4.12
17k+ ratings
Business
Entrepreneurship
Finance
Company of One Summary
Company of One
Why Staying Small is the Next Big Thing for Business
by Paul Jarvis 2019 240 pages
3.91
6k+ ratings
Business
Entrepreneurship
Self Help
What You Do Is Who You Are Summary
What You Do Is Who You Are
How to Create Your Business Culture
by Ben Horowitz 2019 288 pages
4.00
8k+ ratings
Business
Leadership
Management
Disciplined Entrepreneurship Summary
Disciplined Entrepreneurship
24 Steps to a Successful Startup
by Bill Aulet 2013 406 pages
4.27
2k+ ratings
Business
Entrepreneurship
Startup
Obviously Awesome Summary
Obviously Awesome
How to Nail Product Positioning so Customers Get It, Buy It, Love It
by April Dunford 2019 204 pages
4.24
4k+ ratings
Business
Entrepreneurship
Startup
The Hard Thing About Hard Things Summary
The Hard Thing About Hard Things
Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers―Straight Talk on the Challenges of Entrepreneurship
by Ben Horowitz 2014 304 pages
4.20
100k+ ratings
Business
Entrepreneurship
Leadership
The Innovator's Dilemma Summary
The Innovator's Dilemma
When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail
by Clayton M. Christensen 1997 252 pages
4.04
61k+ ratings
Business
Entrepreneurship
Management
How to Build a Billion Dollar App Summary
How to Build a Billion Dollar App
by George Berkowski 2014 480 pages
4.12
1k+ ratings
Business
Entrepreneurship
Startup
Testing Business Ideas Summary
Testing Business Ideas
A Field Guide for Rapid Experimentation
by David J. Bland 2019 368 pages
4.25
1k+ ratings
Business
Entrepreneurship
Design
Secrets of Sand Hill Road Summary
Secrets of Sand Hill Road
Venture Capital and How to Get It
by Scott Kupor 2019 320 pages
4.23
4k+ ratings
Business
Finance
Startup
Founding Sales Summary
Founding Sales
The Early Stage Go-to-Market Handbook
by Peter R Kazanjy 2020 428 pages
4.27
84 ratings
Business
Startup
Entrepreneurship
Write Useful Books Summary
Write Useful Books
A modern approach to designing and refining recommendable nonfiction
by Rob Fitzpatrick 2021 158 pages
4.54
500+ ratings
Writing
Business
Self Help
The Startup Way Summary
The Startup Way
How Modern Companies Use Entrepreneurial Management to Transform Culture and Drive Long-Term Growth
by Eric Ries 2017 400 pages
3.98
4k+ ratings
Business
Entrepreneurship
Startup
Monetizing Innovation Summary
Monetizing Innovation
How Smart Companies Design the Product Around the Price
by Madhavan Ramanujam 2016 256 pages
4.15
1k+ ratings
Business
Entrepreneurship
Startup
Get Together Summary
Get Together
How to build a community with your people
by Bailey Richardson 2019 192 pages
3.77
500+ ratings
Business
Leadership
Self Help
The Innovator's Solut!on Summary
The Innovator's Solut!on
Creating and Sustaining Successful Growth
by Clayton M. Christensen 2003 304 pages
4.06
13k+ ratings
Business
Entrepreneurship
Leadership
The Minimalist Entrepreneur Summary
The Minimalist Entrepreneur
How Great Founders Do More with Less
by Sahil Lavingia 2021 256 pages
4.20
1k+ ratings
Business
Entrepreneurship
Startup
Value Proposition Design Summary
Value Proposition Design
How to Create Products and Services Customers Want
by Alexander Osterwalder 2013 320 pages
4.21
7k+ ratings
Business
Design
Entrepreneurship
Who Summary
Who
The A Method for Hiring
by Geoff Smart 2008 115 pages
3.96
7k+ ratings
Business
Management
Leadership
Innovation and Entrepreneurship Summary
Innovation and Entrepreneurship
by Peter F. Drucker 1985 288 pages
4.08
11k+ ratings
Business
Entrepreneurship
Management
How to F*ck Up Your Startup Summary
How to F*ck Up Your Startup
The Science Behind Why 90% of Companies Fail--and How You Can Avoid It
by Kim Hvidkjaer 2022 384 pages
4.58
447 ratings
Business
Startup
Entrepreneurship
The Right It Summary
The Right It
Why So Many Ideas Fail and How to Make Sure Yours Succeed
by Alberto Savoia 2019 272 pages
4.30
500+ ratings
Business
Entrepreneurship
Design
The Innovator's Method Summary
The Innovator's Method
Bringing the Lean Start-up into Your Organization
by Nathan Furr 2014 288 pages
4.12
500+ ratings
Business
Entrepreneurship
Management
The Sweaty Startup Summary
The Sweaty Startup
How to Get Rich Doing Boring Things – A Practical Business Roadmap for Entrepreneurs Building Wealth Through Proven Ideas
by Nick Huber 2025 240 pages
4.10
467 ratings
Business
Startup
Entrepreneurship
The Sales Development Playbook Summary
The Sales Development Playbook
Build Repeatable Pipeline and Accelerate Growth with Inside Sales
by Trish Bertuzzi 2016 264 pages
4.18
500+ ratings
Business
Professional Development
Startup
The Airbnb Story Summary
The Airbnb Story
How Three Ordinary Guys Disrupted an Industry, Made Billions . . . and Created Plenty of Controversy
by Leigh Gallagher 2017 256 pages
3.85
3k+ ratings
Business
Biography
Entrepreneurship
Exponential Organizations Summary
Exponential Organizations
Why New Organizations Are Ten Times Better, Faster, Cheaper Than Yours
by Salim Ismail 2014 250 pages
4.07
4k+ ratings
Business
Management
Leadership
The Innovator's DNA Summary
The Innovator's DNA
Mastering the Five Skills of Disruptive Innovators
by Jeffrey H. Dyer 2011 304 pages
3.97
4k+ ratings
Business
Entrepreneurship
Management
Super Founders Summary
Super Founders
What Data Reveals About Billion-Dollar Startups
by Ali Tamaseb 2021 320 pages
4.22
1k+ ratings
Business
Startup
Entrepreneurship
Disrupted Summary
Disrupted
Ludicrous Misadventures in the Tech Start-up Bubble
by Dan Lyons 2016 272 pages
3.91
17k+ ratings
Business
Memoir
Biography
Traction Summary
Traction
How Any Startup Can Achieve Explosive Customer Growth
by Gabriel Weinberg 2015 240 pages
3.81
171 ratings
Business
Startup
Buisness
Never Lose a Customer Again Summary
Never Lose a Customer Again
Turn Any Sale into Lifelong Loyalty in 100 Days
by Joey Coleman 2018 368 pages
4.18
1k+ ratings
Business
Buisness
Entrepreneurship
Unlocking the Customer Value Chain Summary
Unlocking the Customer Value Chain
How Decoupling Drives Consumer Disruption
by Thales S. Teixeira 2019 345 pages
4.44
434 ratings
Business
Entrepreneurship
Management
Growth Hacker Marketing Summary
Growth Hacker Marketing
A Primer on the Future of PR, Marketing, and Advertising
by Ryan Holiday 2013 56 pages
3.77
11k+ ratings
Business
Entrepreneurship
Startup
HBR Guide to Buying a Small Business Summary
HBR Guide to Buying a Small Business
by Richard S. Ruback 2017 320 pages
4.41
1k+ ratings
Business
Entrepreneurship
Finance
New Business Road Test Summary
New Business Road Test
What Entrepreneurs & Executives Should Do Before Writing a Business Plan
by John W. Mullins 2003 284 pages
3.97
5k+ ratings
Business
Entrepreneurship
Buisness
The Invincible Company Summary
The Invincible Company
How to Constantly Reinvent Your Organization with Inspiration From the World's Best Business Models
by Alexander Osterwalder 2020 304 pages
4.29
500+ ratings
Business
Entrepreneurship
Management
Product-Led Growth Summary
Product-Led Growth
How to Build a Product That Sells Itself
by Wes Bush 2019 282 pages
4.09
1k+ ratings
Business
Entrepreneurship
Startup
Talking to Humans Summary
Talking to Humans
by Giff Constable 2014 75 pages
4.06
1k+ ratings
Business
Entrepreneurship
Design
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Entrepreneurship and Startups Summary
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Entrepreneurship and Startups
by Harvard Business Review 2018 160 pages
3.83
249 ratings
Business
Entrepreneurship
Startup
The Alliance Summary
The Alliance
Managing Talent in the Networked Age
by Reid Hoffman 2014 224 pages
3.80
2k+ ratings
Business
Leadership
Management
Founding Sales - The Startup Sales Handbook Summary
Founding Sales - The Startup Sales Handbook
by Peter Kazanjy 400 pages
4.37
186 ratings
Business
Startup
Entrepreneurship
Inside the Tornado Summary
Inside the Tornado
Strategies for Developing, Leveraging, and Surviving Hypergrowth Markets – Part Two of the Classic Marketing Series on Mainstream Customer Adoption
by Geoffrey A. Moore 1995 272 pages
3.98
1k+ ratings
Business
Entrepreneurship
Startup
From Impossible To Inevitable Summary
From Impossible To Inevitable
How Hyper-Growth Companies Create Predictable Revenue
by Aaron Ross 2016 320 pages
4.19
1k+ ratings
Business
Startup
Entrepreneurship
The Fortune Cookie Principle Summary
The Fortune Cookie Principle
The 20 Keys to a Great Brand Story and Why Your Business Needs One
by Bernadette Jiwa 2013 202 pages
3.88
500+ ratings
Business
Startup
Leadership
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