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Steve Blank Recommended Books
Steve Blank has recommended 4 books. Browse the complete reading list with quotes and sources below.
Steve Blank is an American entrepreneur, educator, author and speaker.
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Value Proposition Design
How to Create Products and Services Customers Want (Strategyzer)
by Alexander Osterwalder
"Captures the core issues around understanding and finding customer problems and designing and validating potential solutions." - Steve Blank (Source)
The Lean Startup
How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses
by Eric Ries
"A 'must have' for your shelf." - Steve Blank (Source)
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Andrew Ng recommended this bookAndrew Ng
"Gives one specific tactic for innovating quickly." - Andrew Ng
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Ben Horowitz recommended this bookBen Horowitz
"Great." - Ben Horowitz
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Dustin Moskovitz recommended this bookDustin Moskovitz
"At Asana, we've been lucky to benefit from [the author]'s advice firsthand; this book will enable him to help many more entrepreneurs answer the tough questions about their business." - Dustin Moskovitz
Dustin Moskovitz's recommendation of this book 
Jason Calacanis recommended this bookJason Calacanis
"You need to read [this book]." - Jason Calacanis
Jason Calacanis's recommendation of this book 
Kevin Systrom recommended this bookKevin Systrom
"The principles from [this book], I still apply today." - Kevin Systrom
Kevin Systrom's recommendation of this book 
Marc Andreessen recommended this bookMarc Andreessen
"[The author] has created a science where previously there was only art. A must read for every serious entrepreneur—and every manager interested in innovation." - Marc Andreessen
Marc Andreessen's recommendation of this book +8
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- Mark Cuban
One of the 7 books Mark Cuban credits his success to.
- Mike Maples, Jr.
"[I was] lucky enough to have a front-row seat at the birth of these ideas." - Mike Maples, Jr.
- Tim O’Reilly
"[This book] isn't just about how to create a more successful entrepreneurial business, it's about what we can learn from those businesses to improve virtually everything we do." - Tim O’Reilly
- Chris Dixon
Chris Dixon recommended this book on Twitter.
- Raoul Pal
Raoul Pal recommended this book on Twitter.
- Sheryl Sandberg
"Provides a great inside look at how the tech industry approaches building products and businesses." - Sheryl Sandberg
- Marty Cagan
"Buy it." - Marty Cagan
- Patrick Bet-David
Patrick Bet-David recommended this book on his website.
- Mark Cuban
Strategy and Structure
Chapters in the History of the Industrial Enterprise
by Alfred D. Chandler
"Brilliant." - Steve Blank (Source)
The Innovator's Dilemma
When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail
by Clayton M. Christensen
"The foundational read for managing disruptive innovation." - Steve Blank (Source)
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Jeff Bezos recommended this bookJeff Bezos
Part of "Jeff's Reading List."
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Steve Jobs recommended this bookSteve Jobs
Walter Isaacson said Steve Jobs was deeply influenced by this book.
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Mark Cuban recommended this bookMark Cuban
Mark Cuban's answer to "what's a book you always recommend?"
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Marc Benioff recommended this bookMarc Benioff
"We often referenced [this book. A] thought-provoking [book] that validated our crusade." - Marc Benioff
Marc Benioff's recommendation of this book - Ben Horowitz recommended this book
Ben Horowitz
"A great book on strategy." - Ben Horowitz
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Drew Houston recommended this bookDrew Houston
"About how businesses get disrupted, and a lot of those themes are why startups can succeed and thrive even when there are big competitors who you would think would just wipe ’em out." - Drew Houston
Drew Houston's recommendation of this book +11
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- Aaron Levie
"[One of] four good books that I would highly recommend reading if you're gonna build a B2B software company." - Aaron Levie
- Ev Williams
On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
- Max Levchin
One of Max Levchin's answers to "what's your favourite business book you'd advise to young entrepreneurs?"
- Tim O’Reilly
"[A] business classic." - Tim O’Reilly
- Caterina Fake
"A must-read for entrepreneurs." - Caterina Fake
- Guy Kawasaki
"Taught me why it’s so hard to come up with a second hit." - Guy Kawasaki
- Bill Gurley
"All entrepreneurs should read." - Bill Gurley
- Blake Scholl
"Everyone talks about it, I wonder how many people actually read it. You should actually read it." - Blake Scholl
- Chris Dixon
Chris Dixon recommended this book on Twitter.
- Marc Andreessen
"Really critical to understanding how this industry works." - Marc Andreessen
- Michael Bloomberg
"An insightful analysis of changing technology and its importance to a company's future success." - Michael Bloomberg
- Aaron Levie
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