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Entrepreneurship and the Economy

Entrepreneurship and Startups

These books examine entrepreneurship at the level of a city, country or economy: startup ecosystems, national innovation records, development and the history of enterprise.

31 books on Entrepreneurship and the Economy, 1 of them tier 1, recommended by 17 people including Mohnish Pabrai and Brad Feld.

31 books · 20 experts

Start here

  1. The Cathedral and the BazaarEric S. Raymond, 1999
  2. Creating Modern CapitalismThomas K. McCraw, 1997
  3. Boulevard of Broken DreamsJosh Lerner, 2009
  4. Start-Up NationDan Senor, Saul Singer, 2009
  5. MakersChris Anderson, 2013

The best books on Entrepreneurship and the Economy 31

The Cathedral and the BazaarThe Cathedral and the Bazaar
T1 The Cathedral and the Bazaar
Eric S. Raymond · 1999
The essay collection that made the commercial case for open development.
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“Raymond's analysis of why decentralized open-source development outperformed commercial software development is, for Graham, both historically important and a live description of how good technical work happens. He has cited it in essays about what makes hackers productive.”Paul Graham
Recommended byPaul GrahamRyan Holiday
Creating Modern CapitalismCreating Modern Capitalism
T2 Creating Modern Capitalism
Thomas K. McCraw · 1997
National business systems compared through the firms that defined them.
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Recommended byMohnish Pabrai
Boulevard of Broken DreamsBoulevard of Broken Dreams
T2 Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Josh Lerner · 2009
Why state attempts to manufacture a venture asset class mostly fail.
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Start-Up NationStart-Up Nation
T2 Start-Up Nation
Dan Senor, Saul Singer · 2009
The standard explanation of the technology cluster and its military roots.
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Recommended byBalaji S. Srinivasan
MakersMakers
T2 Makers
Chris Anderson · 2013
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Recommended byJack Ma
Recapturing the Spirit of EnterpriseRecapturing the Spirit of Enterprise
T3 Recapturing the Spirit of Enterprise
George Gilder · 1992
Supply-side case for entrepreneurs as the actual source of growth
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“on how economic systems that encourage aggressive entrepreneurship build the most for the benefit of the most”Marc Andreessen
Recommended byMarc Andreessen
China's DisruptorsChina's Disruptors
T3 China's Disruptors
Edward Tse · 2015
How Chinese private champions including Alibaba actually built scale.
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Digital Kenya
T3 Digital Kenya
Bitange Ndemo, Tim Weiss · 2016
Edited by the regulator who enabled M-Pesa; founder interviews throughout.
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The Gig Economy
T3 The Gig Economy
Diane Mulcahy · 2016
The worker's-side manual; useful on how the platforms price labour.
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The Longevity EconomyThe Longevity Economy
T3 The Longevity Economy
Joseph F. Coughlin · 2017
MIT AgeLab on what older consumers actually buy, against the stereotype.
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The Origin and Evolution of New BusinessesThe Origin and Evolution of New Businesses
T4 The Origin and Evolution of New Businesses
Amar V. Bhide · 2000
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Recommended byMohnish Pabrai
Brand New: How Entrepreneurs Earned ConsumerBrand New: How Entrepreneurs Earned Consumers' Trust from Wedgwood to Dell
T4 Brand New: How Entrepreneurs Earned Consumers' Trust from Wedgwood to Dell
Nancy F. Koehn · 2001
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Recommended byMohnish Pabrai
The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid: ErThe Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid: Eradicating Poverty Through Profits
T4 The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid: Eradicating Poverty Through Profits
C.K. Prahalad · 2004
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Recommended byMohnish Pabrai
Making Silicon ValleyMaking Silicon Valley
T4 Making Silicon Valley
Christophe Lecuyer · 2005
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Recommended byPatrick Collison
One Billion Customers: Lessons from the FronOne Billion Customers: Lessons from the Front Lines of Doing Business in China
T4 One Billion Customers: Lessons from the Front Lines of Doing Business in China
James McGregor · 2005
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Recommended byMohnish Pabrai
Screw Business As UsualScrew Business As Usual
T4 Screw Business As Usual
Richard Branson · 2011
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Recommended byBrett AdcockElon Musk
India Inside: The Emerging Innovation ChalleIndia Inside: The Emerging Innovation Challenge to the West
T4 India Inside: The Emerging Innovation Challenge to the West
Nirmalya Kumar, Phanish Puranam · 2012
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Recommended byMohnish Pabrai
Startup CommunitiesStartup Communities
T4 Startup Communities
Brad Feld · 2012
Subtitled 'Building an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Your City'
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The Coming Prosperity: How Entrepreneurs Are
T4 The Coming Prosperity: How Entrepreneurs Are Transforming the Global Economy
Philip Auerswald · 2012
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Recommended byMohnish Pabrai
Startup RisingStartup Rising
T4 Startup Rising
Christopher M. Schroeder · 2013
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Recommended byAndrew ChenBrad Feld
Where the Jobs Are
T4 Where the Jobs Are
John Dearie, Courtney Geduldig · 2013
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Recommended byBrad Feld
Smart People Should Build ThingsSmart People Should Build Things
T4 Smart People Should Build Things
Andrew Yang · 2014
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Recommended byReid Hoffman
The Power to CompeteThe Power to Compete
T4 The Power to Compete
Hiroshi Mikitani, Ryoichi Mikitani · 2014
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Recommended byBill GatesMohnish Pabrai
The Misfit EconomyThe Misfit Economy
T4 The Misfit Economy
Alexa Clay, Kyra Maya Phillips · 2015
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Recommended byJason Fried
The Third WaveThe Third Wave
T4 The Third Wave
Steve Case · 2016
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Recommended byAlfred LinBrad FeldGeorge HatzisNaval Ravikant
The Innovation Blind SpotThe Innovation Blind Spot
T4 The Innovation Blind Spot
Ross Baird · 2017
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Recommended byBrad Feld
Thou Shalt InnovateThou Shalt Innovate
T4 Thou Shalt Innovate
Avi Jorisch · 2018
Case studies of Israeli technologies and how they were commercialised.
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The Prosperity ParadoxThe Prosperity Paradox
T4 The Prosperity Paradox
Clayton Christensen, Efosa Ojomo, Karen Dillon · 2019
Open Library unreachable this run; title not machine-verified.
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Space Is Open for BusinessSpace Is Open for Business
T4 Space Is Open for Business
Robert C. Jacobson · 2020
One of the few attempts at a survey of the commercial sector.
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The Startup Community Way
T4 The Startup Community Way
Brad Feld, Ian Hathaway · 2020
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The Entrepreneurial ConnectionThe Entrepreneurial Connection
T4 The Entrepreneurial Connection
Gurmeet Naroola
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Recommended byMohnish Pabrai

Experts 20

The people who wrote this page's books, and the people who recommend them.

Authors 4

Brad Feldwrote 2 books hereClayton Christensenwrote 1 book here
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Chris Andersonwrote 1 book hereRichard Bransonwrote 1 book here

Recommenders 17

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Mohnish Pabrairecommends 9 books hereBrad Feldrecommends 4 books hereMarc Andreessenrecommends 1 book herePaul Grahamrecommends 1 book hereReid Hoffmanrecommends 1 book hereRyan Holidayrecommends 1 book hereAlfred Linrecommends 1 book here
AC
Andrew Chenrecommends 1 book here
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Balaji S. Srinivasanrecommends 1 book hereBill Gatesrecommends 1 book hereBrett Adcockrecommends 1 book hereElon Muskrecommends 1 book here
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George Hatzisrecommends 1 book hereJack Marecommends 1 book here
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Jason Friedrecommends 1 book hereNaval Ravikantrecommends 1 book herePatrick Collisonrecommends 1 book here
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