Marty Cagan Recommended Books
Marty Cagan has recommended 18 books. Browse the complete reading list with quotes and sources below.
(Read more on Wikipedia)18 Books Recommended
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The Inmates Are Running the Asylum
Why High Tech Products Drive Us Crazy and How to Restore the Sanity
"This is from one of my favorite books." - Marty Cagan (Source)
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Working Backwards
Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside Amazon
Marty Cagan recommended this book on Twitter. (Source)
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Build What Matters
Delivering Key Outcomes with Vision-Led Product Management
"Lots of good advice." - Marty Cagan (Source)
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How to Rethink Marketing for Tech Products
"I just listened to [this] audio book sample and [the author] sounds like a professional narrator." - Marty Cagan (Source)
Continuous Discovery Habits
Discover Products that Create Customer Value and Business Value
"For aspiring strong product people to get their career started in the right direction." - Marty Cagan (Source)
The Making of a Manager
What to Do When Everyone Looks to You
"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 (Source)
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Daniel Pink, Ev Williams, Gretchen Rubin, Sam Altman, Stewart Butterfield, Ali Abdaal
What You Do Is Who You Are
How to Create Your Business Culture
"Pretty tough job to follow up his earlier book, but he did. It's truly exceptional." - Marty Cagan (Source)
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Educated
A Memoir
"My personal favorite book of 2018." - Marty Cagan (Source)
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Bill Gates, Michelle Obama, Barack Obama, Kathryn Minshew, Melinda Gates, Shauna Niequist
Car Guys vs. Bean Counters
The Battle for the Soul of American Business
"Very relevant to so many companies today." - Marty Cagan (Source)
Whistleblower
My Unlikely Journey to Silicon Valley and Speaking Out Against Injustice
"Remarkable." - Marty Cagan (Source)
Intentional Integrity
How Smart Companies Can Lead an Ethical Revolution
Marty Cagan mentioned this book on twitter. (Source)
The No Asshole Rule
Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn't
Marty Cagan recommended this book on Twitter. (Source)
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Measure What Matters
How Google, Bono, and the Gates Foundation Rock the World with OKRs
"Does a good job overall - worth reading." - Marty Cagan (Source)
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Larry Page, Bill Gates, Walter Isaacson, Dustin Moskovitz, Reid Hoffman, Jim Collins, Sheryl Sandberg
Principles
Life and Work
"In my view, the most important business book of 2017." - Marty Cagan (Source)
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Arianna Huffington, Bill Gates, Bryan Johnson, Diddy, Doug McMillon, Drew Houston, Dustin Moskovitz, Gary Vaynerchuk, Howard Marks, Jack Dorsey, Kevin Systrom, Marc Benioff, Mark Cuban, Michael Bloomberg, Naval Ravikant, Reed Hastings, Tim Ferriss, Tony Robbins, Austen Allred, Patrick O'Shaughnessy, Tom Bilyeu, Lex Fridman, James Clear, Ben Greenfield
Sprint
How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days
Marty Cagan mentioned this book on twitter. (Source)
The Hard Thing About Hard Things
Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers
"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 (Source)
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Peter Thiel, Mark Zuckerberg, Peter Attia, Marc Andreessen, Larry Page, Matt Mullenweg, Andrew Ng, Drew Houston, Keith Rabois, Dustin Moskovitz, Max Levchin, Luis von Ahn, Kathryn Minshew, Andrew Wilkinson, Tim Ferriss, Blake Scholl, Chris Dixon, Fred Wilson, Raoul Pal, Jodie Cook, Michael Dell
The Lean Startup
How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses
"Buy it." - Marty Cagan (Source)
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Andrew Ng, Ben Horowitz, Dustin Moskovitz, Jason Calacanis, Kevin Systrom, Marc Andreessen, Mark Cuban, Mike Maples, Jr., Tim O’Reilly, Chris Dixon, Raoul Pal, Sheryl Sandberg, Steve Blank, Patrick Bet-David
UX for Lean Startups
Faster, Smarter User Experience Research and Design
"My favorite book yet in the Lean series." - Marty Cagan (Source)
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