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Ask HN: What's some great fiction for founders and entrepreneurs?
Everything from directly related to somehow just feels right.
- test3729 5y agoCryptonomicon
- h2odragon 5y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_Who_Sold_the_Moon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_Who_Sold_the_Moon
- zn44 5y agoKill Process by William Hertling And Kill Switch also by William Hertling
- crazypython 5y agoKeeper of the Lost Cities gives a sense of adventure and focus on the present that feels just right.
- crazypython 5y agoI would also like to see recommendations for fiction for social skills and leadership.
- ajmadesc 5y agoFounder types love Ayn Rand
- rl1987 5y ago"The Phoenix Project: A Novel about IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win" by Gene Kim et. al.
- celim307 5y agoI’ve only read the unicorn project but if Phoenix is similar, I found it fairly entertaining in the first third, then it started to feel like stereotypes monologuing. I think it’s an entertaining book and if you’re looking for affirmation and catharsis at the dysfunction of bureaucracy, or maybe want to feel a little smug, but I didn’t feel like it really helped me evolve.
- new_realist 5y agoMost pitch decks turn out to be fiction. Try those.
- bredren 5y agoThe Door into Summer by Heinlein Has a kooky invention, lots of great cat stuff, talk of money, founder disputes and sci-fi. 10/10.
- markus_zhang 5y agoThe Noble House
- wiseleo 5y agoS1 filings :)
- wiseleo 5y agoI like Tom Clancy's writing.
- vanilla-almond 5y agoBad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup I can't resist mentioning this book. It's not fiction, but it reads like fiction - it has all the ingredients for a compelling fiction story: oversized characters, delusions of grandeur, deception, giant egos, and so much more. But it's not fiction, it's all true. Hollywood wants to make it into a movie, and when you read the book you'll know exactly why.
- webmaven 5y ago'The Deadline: A novel about project management' by Tom DeMarco Critical Chain by Eliyahu M. Goldratt The Unicorn Project by Gene Kim (sequel to the Phoenix Project) Makers by Cory Doctorow Daemon & Freedom™ by Daniel Suarez The Affinities by Robert Charles Wilson Zodiac by Neal Stephenson The Blue Ant trilogy (Pattern Recognition, Spook Country, Zero History) by William Gibson Omnitopia: Dawn by Diane Duane Walkaway by Cory Doctorow Autonomous by Annalee Newitz The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson Reamde by Neal Stephenson Lock In by John Scalzi Rascal Money by Joseph Garber
- stakkur 5y agoSilicon Valley on HBO. Fabulously unrealistic, but some characters are uncomfortably believable.