Books Recommended by Marty Cagan
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The Making of a Manager
What to Do When Everyone Looks to You
Julie Zhuo
Source: "If you're a manager of product, design or engineering for a company built on empowered product teams, it's worth your time." - Marty Cagan
The Hard Thing About Hard Things
Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers
Ben Horowitz
Source: "Trust me: if you're a leader in tech, the best thing you can do in 2014 for your company is to read [this book]." - Marty Cagan
Loved
How to Rethink Marketing for Tech Products
Martina Lauchengco
Source: "I just listened to [this] audio book sample and [the author] sounds like a professional narrator." - Marty Cagan
1 recommenderContinuous Discovery Habits
Discover Products that Create Customer Value and Business Value
Teresa Torres
Source: "For aspiring strong product people to get their career started in the right direction." - Marty Cagan
1 recommenderWhat You Do Is Who You Are
How to Create Your Business Culture
Ben Horowitz
Source: "Pretty tough job to follow up his earlier book, but he did. It's truly exceptional." - Marty Cagan
Car Guys vs. Bean Counters
The Battle for the Soul of American Business
Robert A. Lutz
Source: "Very relevant to so many companies today." - Marty Cagan
1 recommenderPrinciples
Life and Work
Ray Dalio
Source: "In my view, the most important business book of 2017." - Marty Cagan
25 recommendersArianna HuffingtonBen GreenfieldBill GatesBryan JohnsonDiddyDoug McMillonDrew HoustonDustin MoskovitzGary VaynerchukHoward MarksJack DorseyKevin SystromLex FridmanMarc BenioffMark CubanMichael BloombergNaval RavikantReed HastingsTim FerrissTony RobbinsAusten AllredPatrick O'ShaughnessyTom BilyeuMarty CaganJames ClearUX for Lean Startups
Faster, Smarter User Experience Research and Design
Laura Klein
Source: "My favorite book yet in the Lean series." - Marty Cagan
1 recommenderMeasure What Matters
How Google, Bono, and the Gates Foundation Rock the World with OKRs
John Doerr
Source: "Does a good job overall - worth reading." - Marty Cagan
The Inmates Are Running the Asylum
Why High Tech Products Drive Us Crazy and How to Restore the Sanity
Alan Cooper
Source: "This is from one of my favorite books." - Marty Cagan
3 recommendersThe No Asshole Rule
Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn't
Robert I. Sutton
Source: Marty Cagan recommended this book on Twitter.
2 recommendersWorking Backwards
Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside Amazon
Colin Bryar
Source: Marty Cagan recommended this book on Twitter.
4 recommendersSprint
How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days
Jake Knapp
Source: Marty Cagan mentioned this book on twitter.
1 recommenderIntentional Integrity
How Smart Companies Can Lead an Ethical Revolution
Robert Chesnut
Source: Marty Cagan mentioned this book on twitter.
1 recommenderWhistleblower
My Unlikely Journey to Silicon Valley and Speaking Out Against Injustice
Susan J. Fowler
Source: "Remarkable." - Marty Cagan
1 recommenderBuild What Matters
Delivering Key Outcomes with Vision-Led Product Management
Ben Foster
Source: "Lots of good advice." - Marty Cagan
1 recommender
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