🚀 Lean Startup

The methodology of building businesses through rapid iteration, validated learning, and minimum viable products. These books champion experimentation over elaborate planning and treat failure as data.

Lean B2B

by Étienne Garbugli • 2014

Consumer startup advice fails B2B. A lean method for finding problems that unlock enterprise sales.

4.17

244

🏢 B2b Startups 💼 Enterprise Sales 📦 Product Management 🔍 Customer Discovery 🎯 Product-Market Fit

Lean B2B

Consumer startup advice fails B2B. A lean method for finding problems that unlock enterprise sales.

by Étienne Garbugli 2014

4.17

244 ratings

🏢 B2b Startups 💼 Enterprise Sales 📦 Product Management 🔍 Customer Discovery 🎯 Product-Market Fit

Strategize

by Roman Pichler • 2016

Product roadmaps stuffed with features are fiction. How to build ones that actually steer.

4.01

990

📋 Product Management 💎 Value Proposition Design 🗺️ Roadmapping 🚀 Startup Playbooks 👩‍💻 Product Managers

Strategize

Product roadmaps stuffed with features are fiction. How to build ones that actually steer.

by Roman Pichler 2016

4.01

990 ratings

📋 Product Management 💎 Value Proposition Design 🗺️ Roadmapping 🚀 Startup Playbooks 👩‍💻 Product Managers

Productize

by Eisha Armstrong • 2021

Turn professional services into products that scale revenue faster than headcount.

3.84

249

🏢 Professional Services 📦 Productized Services 🔍 Customer Discovery 🎯 Product-Market Fit 🔀 Organizational Change

Productize

Turn professional services into products that scale revenue faster than headcount.

by Eisha Armstrong 2021

3.84

249 ratings

🏢 Professional Services 📦 Productized Services 🔍 Customer Discovery 🎯 Product-Market Fit 🔀 Organizational Change

Validating Product Ideas

by Tomer Sharon • 2016

Know if anyone wants it before you build. Lean experiments for testing product ideas, fast.

4.10

289

🎨 Product Design 🔍 User Research 💡 Design Thinking 🧪 Lean Experimentation 🖱️ Usability Testing

Validating Product Ideas

Know if anyone wants it before you build. Lean experiments for testing product ideas, fast.

by Tomer Sharon 2016

4.10

289 ratings

🎨 Product Design 🔍 User Research 💡 Design Thinking 🧪 Lean Experimentation 🖱️ Usability Testing

The Year Without Pants

by Scott Berkun • 2013

From Microsoft to a pants-optional company: what a year without an office teaches about work.

3.81

3k+

📡 Remote Work 🏢 Organizational Culture 💬 Asynchronous Communication 🎯 Results-Only Work Environment 🚀 Continuous Deployment

The Year Without Pants

From Microsoft to a pants-optional company: what a year without an office teaches about work.

by Scott Berkun 2013

3.81

3k+ ratings

📡 Remote Work 🏢 Organizational Culture 💬 Asynchronous Communication 🎯 Results-Only Work Environment 🚀 Continuous Deployment

The Startup Checklist

by David S. Rose • 2016

From business model to boardroom: a stepwise path to a funded, scalable company.

4.12

326

🚀 Startup Playbooks 💰 Venture Funding 🍰 Equity Splits 🎤 Investor Pitching 🌱 First-Time Founders

The Startup Checklist

From business model to boardroom: a stepwise path to a funded, scalable company.

by David S. Rose 2016

4.12

326 ratings

🚀 Startup Playbooks 💰 Venture Funding 🍰 Equity Splits 🎤 Investor Pitching 🌱 First-Time Founders

Make Your Mark

by Jocelyn K. Glei • 2014

You have 15 seconds to win a user. Rules for products and teams that earn attention.

3.97

1k+

🎨 Creative Business 🌍 Mission-Driven Business 💡 Design Thinking 📖 Brand Storytelling 🙌 Servant Leadership

Make Your Mark

You have 15 seconds to win a user. Rules for products and teams that earn attention.

by Jocelyn K. Glei 2014

3.97

1k+ ratings

🎨 Creative Business 🌍 Mission-Driven Business 💡 Design Thinking 📖 Brand Storytelling 🙌 Servant Leadership

Lean Inception

by Paulo Caroli • 2018

The workshop recipe that aligns a team and defines the right MVP, no code needed.

4.07

446

🧱 Product Management 🔄 Agile Development 🎯 Workshop Facilitation 🤝 Team Alignment 📦 Mvp Design

Lean Inception

The workshop recipe that aligns a team and defines the right MVP, no code needed.

by Paulo Caroli 2018

4.07

446 ratings

🧱 Product Management 🔄 Agile Development 🎯 Workshop Facilitation 🤝 Team Alignment 📦 Mvp Design

Lean Customer Development

by Cindy Alvarez • 2014

Save five hours of wasted development for every hour you spend talking to customers.

4.18

1k+

👂 Customer Development 🚀 Startup Founders 📋 Product Managers 🎙️ Customer Interviews 💡 Idea Validation

Lean Customer Development

Save five hours of wasted development for every hour you spend talking to customers.

by Cindy Alvarez 2014

4.18

1k+ ratings

👂 Customer Development 🚀 Startup Founders 📋 Product Managers 🎙️ Customer Interviews 💡 Idea Validation

The Power of Starting Something Stupid

by Richie Norton • 2012

The best ideas sound foolish first. How to start yours before you feel ready.

3.94

848

💡 Unconventional Business 🎨 Creative Risk-Taking 🔨 Anti-Perfectionism ♻️ Resourcefulness 🤝 Networking Through Service

The Power of Starting Something Stupid

The best ideas sound foolish first. How to start yours before you feel ready.

by Richie Norton 2012

3.94

848 ratings

💡 Unconventional Business 🎨 Creative Risk-Taking 🔨 Anti-Perfectionism ♻️ Resourcefulness 🤝 Networking Through Service

Start. Scale. Exit. Repeat.

by Colin C. Campbell • 2023

Build a business, sell it high, and do it again: the serial entrepreneur's repeatable system.

4.31

173

🔄 Serial Entrepreneurship 🚀 Startup Scaling 💸 Bootstrapping 📉 Lean Operations 💼 Business Exits

Start. Scale. Exit. Repeat.

Build a business, sell it high, and do it again: the serial entrepreneur's repeatable system.

by Colin C. Campbell 2023

4.31

173 ratings

🔄 Serial Entrepreneurship 🚀 Startup Scaling 💸 Bootstrapping 📉 Lean Operations 💼 Business Exits

Lean Vs. Agile Vs. Design Thinking

by Jeff Gothelf • 2017

Agile for engineers, Lean for product, Design Thinking for design. The power is where they meet.

3.74

704

🧑‍💻 Product Management 👥 Cross-Functional Teams 🔄 Agile Development 💡 Design Thinking 📈 Continuous Improvement

Lean Vs. Agile Vs. Design Thinking

Agile for engineers, Lean for product, Design Thinking for design. The power is where they meet.

by Jeff Gothelf 2017

3.74

704 ratings

🧑‍💻 Product Management 👥 Cross-Functional Teams 🔄 Agile Development 💡 Design Thinking 📈 Continuous Improvement

Evidence-Guided

by Itamar Gilad • 2023

Why most product teams ship the wrong features, and the framework that stops them.

4.46

178

🧭 Product Management 🎯 OKRs 📊 Outcome Over Output 🧪 Hypothesis Testing 🔬 Experimentation

Evidence-Guided

Why most product teams ship the wrong features, and the framework that stops them.

by Itamar Gilad 2023

4.46

178 ratings

🧭 Product Management 🎯 OKRs 📊 Outcome Over Output 🧪 Hypothesis Testing 🔬 Experimentation

Forever Employable

by Jeff Gothelf • 2020

Apply lean startup to your career: stake a niche, teach in public, let opportunity find you.

3.71

440

🏷️ Personal Branding 🔄 Career Reinvention 💡 Thought Leadership 📝 Content Marketing 🎨 Design Thinking

Forever Employable

Apply lean startup to your career: stake a niche, teach in public, let opportunity find you.

by Jeff Gothelf 2020

3.71

440 ratings

🏷️ Personal Branding 🔄 Career Reinvention 💡 Thought Leadership 📝 Content Marketing 🎨 Design Thinking

Lean Branding

by Laura Busche • 2014

Your brand is a hypothesis, not a logo. Here is how to run the experiments.

3.71

🎯 Brand Strategy 📖 Brand Storytelling 🎨 Visual Identity 🧠 Consumer Psychology 📊 Conversion Optimization

Lean Branding

Your brand is a hypothesis, not a logo. Here is how to run the experiments.

by Laura Busche 2014

3.71

99 ratings

🎯 Brand Strategy 📖 Brand Storytelling 🎨 Visual Identity 🧠 Consumer Psychology 📊 Conversion Optimization

Click Millionaires

by Scott Fox • 2012

Turn your expertise into an online income stream that runs itself, no technical background required.

3.60

796

💻 Internet Business 🏖️ Lifestyle Business ✨ Lifestyle Design 📱 Digital Publishing 🎯 Niche Marketing

Click Millionaires

Turn your expertise into an online income stream that runs itself, no technical background required.

by Scott Fox 2012

3.60

796 ratings

💻 Internet Business 🏖️ Lifestyle Business ✨ Lifestyle Design 📱 Digital Publishing 🎯 Niche Marketing

War and Peace and IT

by Mark Schwartz • 2019

Stop treating IT like a service desk. The rules for turning technology into your competitive edge.

4.15

244

🔄 Digital Transformation 💻 It Leadership 🏃 Business Agility 💡 Innovation Culture 🔧 Devops Practices

War and Peace and IT

Stop treating IT like a service desk. The rules for turning technology into your competitive edge.

by Mark Schwartz 2019

4.15

244 ratings

🔄 Digital Transformation 💻 It Leadership 🏃 Business Agility 💡 Innovation Culture 🔧 Devops Practices

Designing Products People Love

by Scott Hurff • 2015

Most products fail in their empty and error states: a playbook for designing all five.

4.11

271

🎨 Product Design 🖥️ Ux Design 🔍 Customer Research 🛠️ Prototyping 🧠 Behavioral Design

Designing Products People Love

Most products fail in their empty and error states: a playbook for designing all five.

by Scott Hurff 2015

4.11

271 ratings

🎨 Product Design 🖥️ Ux Design 🔍 Customer Research 🛠️ Prototyping 🧠 Behavioral Design

Agile Transformation

by Neil Perkin • 2019

Run today's business while inventing tomorrow's: the dual operating system every company now needs.

4.22

🔄 Organizational Change 💻 Digital Transformation ⚡ Business Agility 🧠 Organizational Culture 📊 Data-Driven Decisions

Agile Transformation

Run today's business while inventing tomorrow's: the dual operating system every company now needs.

by Neil Perkin 2019

4.22

27 ratings

🔄 Organizational Change 💻 Digital Transformation ⚡ Business Agility 🧠 Organizational Culture 📊 Data-Driven Decisions

The Lean Marketplace

by Juho Makkonen • 2018

The lean playbook for launching a marketplace without dying on the chicken-and-egg problem.

4.30

243

🛒 Online Marketplaces 🔗 Network Effects 📈 Growth Hacking 🏗️ Platform Economy 👤 Startup Founders

The Lean Marketplace

The lean playbook for launching a marketplace without dying on the chicken-and-egg problem.

by Juho Makkonen 2018

4.30

243 ratings

🛒 Online Marketplaces 🔗 Network Effects 📈 Growth Hacking 🏗️ Platform Economy 👤 Startup Founders

The Innovation Mindset

by Lorraine Hudson Marchand • 2022

The difference between a failed idea and a market-changing innovation is eight repeatable steps.

4.18

🏗️ Innovation Frameworks 🔍 Customer Discovery 📋 Business Model Design 🎤 Pitching Investors 👩‍💼 Women Entrepreneurs

The Innovation Mindset

The difference between a failed idea and a market-changing innovation is eight repeatable steps.

by Lorraine Hudson Marchand 2022

4.18

28 ratings

🏗️ Innovation Frameworks 🔍 Customer Discovery 📋 Business Model Design 🎤 Pitching Investors 👩‍💼 Women Entrepreneurs

Failing Fast?

by Luv Tulsidas • 2024

Skip failing fast. Read market timing, build one standout feature, pick the customer who spreads it.

4.02

🚀 Startup Playbooks 🧠 Founder Mindset 💎 Value Proposition 🗺️ Market Positioning 📈 Viral Growth

Failing Fast?

Skip failing fast. Read market timing, build one standout feature, pick the customer who spreads it.

by Luv Tulsidas 2024

4.02

45 ratings

🚀 Startup Playbooks 🧠 Founder Mindset 💎 Value Proposition 🗺️ Market Positioning 📈 Viral Growth

Supermaker

by Jaime Schmidt • 2020

Natural deodorant at farmers markets: the scrappy playbook behind the brand Unilever bought.

4.21

255

📦 Cpg Startups 📖 Founder Memoirs 🏷️ Brand Building 🥾 Bootstrapping 💬 Customer Feedback

Supermaker

Natural deodorant at farmers markets: the scrappy playbook behind the brand Unilever bought.

by Jaime Schmidt 2020

4.21

255 ratings

📦 Cpg Startups 📖 Founder Memoirs 🏷️ Brand Building 🥾 Bootstrapping 💬 Customer Feedback

Startup Weekend

by Marc Nager • 2011

An idea, a weekend, and the right strangers: how 54 hours launches a startup.

3.58

272

🧪 Experiential Learning 🎤 Pitching Skills 🔍 Customer Validation 🚀 Startup Formation 👥 Team Building

Startup Weekend

An idea, a weekend, and the right strangers: how 54 hours launches a startup.

by Marc Nager 2011

3.58

272 ratings

🧪 Experiential Learning 🎤 Pitching Skills 🔍 Customer Validation 🚀 Startup Formation 👥 Team Building

Digital @ Scale

by Anand Swaminathan • 2017

Done with digital pilots that never scale? The playbook for transforming the whole company.

3.77

💻 Digital Transformation 📋 Corporate Strategy 🔄 Organizational Change 🏃 Agile Methodology ⚙️ IT Modernization

Digital @ Scale

Done with digital pilots that never scale? The playbook for transforming the whole company.

by Anand Swaminathan 2017

3.77

86 ratings

💻 Digital Transformation 📋 Corporate Strategy 🔄 Organizational Change 🏃 Agile Methodology ⚙️ IT Modernization

Shopify Ecommerce Mastery

by Robert Hill

The Shopify playbook for selling without stock: pick a niche, build a brand, and scale.

🛒 E-Commerce 📦 Drop Shipping 🎯 Niche Selection 🏷️ Brand Building 💲 Pricing Psychology

Shopify Ecommerce Mastery

The Shopify playbook for selling without stock: pick a niche, build a brand, and scale.

by Robert Hill

🛒 E-Commerce 📦 Drop Shipping 🎯 Niche Selection 🏷️ Brand Building 💲 Pricing Psychology

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