The Art of the Start: The Time-Tested, Battle-Hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything

Category: Investing
Author: Guy Kawasaki
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by liquidcool   2017-08-20
I liked Guy Kawasaki's "The Art of the Start" () omitted. Is that one that everyone mentions, but nobody reads?
by mindcrime   2017-08-20
Hmm... a few that jump to mind for me would be:

The Art of the Start - Guy Kawasaki http://www.amazon.com/Art-Start-Time-Tested-Battle-Hardened-...

Outside Innovation - Patricia Seybold http://www.amazon.com/Outside-Innovation-Customers-Co-Design...

Unleashing the Killer App - Larry Downes & Chunka Mui http://www.amazon.com/Unleashing-Killer-App-Strategies-Domin...

Wellsprings of Knowledge - Dorothy Leonard Barton http://www.amazon.com/Wellsprings-Knowledge-Building-Sustain...

The Innovators Dilemma - Clayton Christensen http://www.amazon.com/Innovators-Dilemma-Revolutionary-Busin...

Crossing the Chasm - Geoffrey A. Moore http://www.amazon.com/Crossing-Chasm-Geoffrey-Moore/dp/00605...

The Startup Game: Inside the Partnership between Venture Capitalists and Entrepreneurs - William H. Draper http://www.amazon.com/Startup-Game-Partnership-Capitalists-E...

Some of these aren't necessarily about startups, but I think they all have something valuable to offer. YMMV.

by mindcrime   2017-08-20
http://www.amazon.com/Venture-Deals-Smarter-Lawyer-Capitalis...

http://www.amazon.com/Mastering-VC-Game-Venture-Start-up/dp/...

http://www.amazon.com/The-Startup-Game-Partnership-Entrepren...

http://www.amazon.com/Term-Sheets-Valuations-Intricacies-Big...

http://www.amazon.com/Venture-Capitalists-Work-Billion-Dolla...

http://www.amazon.com/Raising-Venture-Capital-Serious-Entrep...

http://www.amazon.com/The-Art-Start-Time-Tested-Battle-Harde...

I believe any one or more of those will get you going in the right direction. All of those I've either read, or have seen recommended highly enough by people I trust, that I feel comfortable recommending them. The Guy Kawasaki book is a good, basic introduction to starting a startup, although it's a little old now. I think most of it is still relevant though.

A lot of this stuff is probably on the 'net as well, but you may have to dig around for it a bit. Quora has a lot of good questions (and good answers) on VC / startup topics, so that might be worth a look. Also, a number of high profile VCs maintain blogs where they share a lot of useful information. Mark Suster comes to mind (http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/) and does Brad Feld (http://www.feld.com/wp/). Note that Brad Feld is the author of one of the above books.