Startups and agile methods
Business Model Generation
The handbook of the business model canvas, with patterns, examples and design techniques.
- Recommended
- Available
Emprenbit library
Library: recommended reading
Books on entrepreneurship, startups and innovation recommended for technology entrepreneurs. You can read them at, or borrow them from, the Emprenbit library.
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Entrepreneurship
The Lean Startup
The build–measure–learn method to create products with less risk through experiments and the minimum viable product.
- Recommended
- Available
Product and design
The Mom Test
A short guide to customer interviews that give useful information instead of compliments.
- Recommended
- Available
Entrepreneurship
Zero to One
Notes on how to build companies that create new things instead of copying what already works.
- Recommended
- Available
Marketing and sales
Crossing the Chasm
How to take a technology product from early adopters to the mainstream market (third edition).
- Available
Leadership and teams
Good to Great
A study of what sets apart the companies that go from good to great.
- Available
Innovation
Sprint
The five-day method to solve problems and test ideas with a prototype and real users.
- Available
Leadership and teams
Start with Why
Why inspiring people and organisations always start with purpose.
- Available
Entrepreneurship
The Hard Thing About Hard Things
Experiences and advice on the hard decisions of running a startup: teams, crises and growth.
- Available
Innovation
The Innovator’s Dilemma
The book that popularised disruptive innovation and explains why leading companies lose their markets.
- Available
Entrepreneurship
The Startup Owner’s Manual
A step-by-step customer development manual for startups, with checklists for each stage.
- Reference only
Product and design
Value Proposition Design
How to design products and services customers want, starting from their jobs, pains and gains.
- Available