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Ask HN: Best Books about Startups
Which are the best books about startups, startup life, stories of the Silicon Valley in the 80s, interviews of entrepreneurs and such?
I've read quite a few but would like some good recommendations. They needn't be all serious, could be fun too, but should be good reads. Most of us would find such books quite helpful, inspiring even.
Here are a few I can remember now. I'll add some more later.
Books
Founders at Work
Coders at Work
Hackers and Painters
iCon: Steve Jobs
The Google Story
The Difference Between God and Larry Ellison
The Masters of Doom
The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest
Bringing Nothing To The Party
Kindly add to the list.
Thanks.
- petervandijck 16y agoI forgot the title, that book by the guy who sold one of the first html editors (famous for generating bad html) to Microsoft during the battle against Netscape. Very fun to read.
- gasull 16y agoThe Paypal Wars
- answerly 16y agoThe New New Thing by Michael Lewis
- neuromancer2600 16y agoTwo more that come to mind: Burn Rate by Michael Wolff and Lucky or Smart by Bo Peabody.
- DanielBMarkham 16y agoWhen I gathered up book recommendations from HN posters I made a category just for this topic. Most have already been listed here, but there are a few that haven't. http://hn-books.com/#BC=0&EC=0&FC=0&Q0=13&QC=1 http://hn-books.com/#BC=0&EC=0&FC=0&Q0=13&QC... (I would have listed the books individually, but the whole purpose of making the site was to have one place to send people who are looking for book recommendations from fellow HNers)