Updates

  1. Person pages list letters, writing, profiles and links as sortable tables with filters, and show each person's companies as links; Fund letters show each letter's description in its own column.
  2. Experts show a checked job title and a short description of each person; 30 more people have photographs.
  3. Every company, fund, university and publication the experts work for has a page listing the people there.
  4. Fund letters show each letter's thesis and filter by it; 225 person pages list the essays, columns and newsletter issues the person wrote.
  5. Person pages list every essay and newsletter issue a person wrote, and their own books as a table in List view.
  6. Recommends shows the five largest kinds of book and the rest under More; browse pictures load sooner.
  7. Podcasts and talks link the original episode, filter by Audio and video or Press, and list each publisher once.
  8. Pages are wider, Recommends has List and Grid, and a filter clicked again turns off.
  9. Book cards sit in a ruled grid with Open Library and Goodreads links and each book's one-line note.
  10. Funds is now Investors; each investor's styles are buttons that filter the table.
  11. Podcasts and talks on a person's page filter by year and publisher and show as a list or a grid of pictures.
  12. Quotes show only people's own words: 472 summaries written by list sites are gone.
  13. Country pages open from Browse again, and every link on the shelf lands on a page.
  14. Subject and person pages show their sections as tabs, and each book appears once on a person's page.
  15. Book cards show the quote, who said it and the source; grids show five cards to a row.
  16. On a phone, a menu holds the sections, search, Updates, Feedback and dark mode.
  17. Feedback takes a screenshot of the page with no browser prompt, opens a screenshot full size when you click it, and clears itself once sent.
  18. Book cards are centred, search names the topic each book sits in, and any text cut short shows whole on hover.
  19. Search groups its results by kind: people, companies, geographies, subjects, topics, books, funds, fund letters and papers.
  20. The Books table lists who recommended each book by name, and the browser tab names the section you are in.
  21. Feedback can take a screenshot of the page, or one you paste or choose, and opens in the corner beside Updates.
  22. Each rail button reopens its section where you left it, and Browse, Table and People show on every book and subject page.
  23. Filters grey out choices that hold nothing instead of hiding them, and Books › People filters by authors or recommenders.
  24. Feedback takes a subject line and up to three screenshots.
  25. Biographies are grouped by the person they are about: 41 new pages, from Abraham Lincoln to Lee Kuan Yew.
  26. Sport splits into 23 sports, and Religion into one topic per faith.
  27. Book lists show as cards: the cover, one recommendation quote and every recommender by name.
  28. Seventeen subjects that had two or three pages under different names now have one page each.
  29. Every page lists its Experts as authors and recommenders, with a link to them on the Experts tab.
  30. Economics, Financial history, Financial panics and Accounting are subjects of their own, with one page per financial crisis.
  31. Book, person and subject pages open inside the app, so the tabs stay in view.
  32. 996 more book covers, and photographs or logos for 227 more people and companies.
  33. Books › Browse shows every subject as cards, and the rail holds Fund letters, Papers, Experts, Books and Funds.
  34. Every topic over 150 books splits into narrower topics, each with a page of its own.

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Small Business and Bootstrapping

Entrepreneurship and Startups

These books cover owner-run and self-funded businesses, including small-business systems, cash and profit management, freelancing, franchising and buying an existing company.

Books 30Experts 3Recommenders 30

Start here

  1. The E-Myth RevisitedMichael E. Gerber, 1995
  2. Small GiantsBo Burlingham, 2005
  3. HBR Guide to Buying a Small BusinessRichard S. Ruback, Royce Yudkoff, 2017
  4. Million Dollar ConsultingAlan Weiss, 1992
  5. ReworkDavid Heinemeier Hansson, 2010
The E-Myth RevisitedThe E-Myth Revisited
T2 The E-Myth Revisited
Michael E. Gerber · 1995
Open LibraryGoodreads

Small firms fail when technicians run them; build systems that run the business.

Recommended by: Alex Lieberman, Ali Abdaal, Andrew Wilkinson and 6 others

Small GiantsSmall Giants
T2 Small Giants
Bo Burlingham · 2005
Open LibraryGoodreads

Fourteen companies, such as Anchor Brewing and Zingerman's, that chose to stay small.

Recommended by: Mohnish Pabrai, Catriona Wallace, Noah Kagan and 1 other

HBR Guide to Buying a Small BusinessHBR Guide to Buying a Small Business
T2 HBR Guide to Buying a Small Business
Richard S. Ruback, Royce Yudkoff · 2017
Open LibraryGoodreads

How to search for, buy and run a small business as its owner-manager.

Million Dollar ConsultingMillion Dollar Consulting
T3 Million Dollar Consulting
Alan Weiss · 1992
Open LibraryGoodreads

Value pricing for solo and boutique consultancies.

Recommended by: Nat Eliason, Noah Kagan

ReworkRework
T3 Rework
David Heinemeier Hansson · 2010
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Andrew Wilkinson, Jason Fried, Jeff Bezos and 6 others

Start Small, Stay SmallStart Small, Stay Small
T3 Start Small, Stay Small
Rob Walling, Mike Taber · 2010
Open LibraryGoodreads

How to build a deliberately small, niche software business that pays.

Simple Numbers, Straight Talk, Big Profits!Simple Numbers, Straight Talk, Big Profits!
T3 Simple Numbers, Straight Talk, Big Profits!
Greg Crabtree, Beverly Herzog · 2011
Open LibraryGoodreads

Owner-operator economics: labour efficiency and the four keys.

Recommended by: Nat Eliason

Franchise Your BusinessFranchise Your Business
T3 Franchise Your Business
Mark Siebert · 2016
Open LibraryGoodreads

How to turn an existing business into a franchise system.

Buy Then BuildBuy Then Build
T3 Buy Then Build
Walker Deibel · 2018
Open LibraryGoodreads

Why buying a small business beats starting one, and how to find, fund and buy it.

The SaaS PlaybookThe SaaS Playbook
T3 The SaaS Playbook
Rob Walling, Jason Cohen · 2022
Open LibraryGoodreads

Bootstrapped SaaS economics: pricing, churn, plateau.

301 Great Management Ideas from America's Mo
T4 301 Great Management Ideas from America's Most Innovative Small Companies. Edited
Sarah P. Noble · 1991
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Mohnish Pabrai

What I Learned Before I Sold to Warren BuffeWhat I Learned Before I Sold to Warren Buffett: An Entrepreneur's Guide to Developing a Highly Successful Company
T4 What I Learned Before I Sold to Warren Buffett: An Entrepreneur's Guide to Developing a Highly Successful Company
Barnett C. Helzberg Jr. Barnett Helzberg · 2003
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Mohnish Pabrai

You Need to Be a Little Crazy: The Truth aboYou Need to Be a Little Crazy: The Truth about Starting and Growing Your Business
T4 You Need to Be a Little Crazy: The Truth about Starting and Growing Your Business
Barry Moltz · 2003
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Mohnish Pabrai

Start a Successful Mutual Fund: The Step-by-Start a Successful Mutual Fund: The Step-by-Step Reference Guide to Make It Happen
T4 Start a Successful Mutual Fund: The Step-by-Step Reference Guide to Make It Happen
Melinda Gerber · 2004
Open LibraryGoodreads

How to get a mutual fund off the ground: what to do, what it costs, how it works.

Recommended by: Mohnish Pabrai

Built To Sell: Creating a Business that Can Built To Sell: Creating a Business that Can Thrive Without You
T4 Built To Sell: Creating a Business that Can Thrive Without You
John Warrillow · 2010
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Mohnish Pabrai, Nat Eliason, Nick Huber

The Educated FranchiseeThe Educated Franchisee
T4 The Educated Franchisee
Rick Bisio · 2011
Open LibraryGoodreads

Buyer's-side guide to picking and vetting a franchise.

Design Is a JobDesign Is a Job
T4 Design Is a Job
Mike Monteiro · 2012
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Jordan Hughes

The $100 StartupThe $100 Startup
T4 The $100 Startup
Chris Guillebeau · 2012
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Nat Eliason, Matej Latin, Tony Hsieh

The Pumpkin PlanThe Pumpkin Plan
T4 The Pumpkin Plan
Mike Michalowicz · 2012
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Guy Kawasaki

Burn Your Portfolio
T4 Burn Your Portfolio
Mike Janda · 2013
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: John D Saunders

Profit FirstProfit First
T4 Profit First
Mike Michalowicz · 2014
Open LibraryGoodreads

Cash discipline for small businesses; a system, not an accounting theory.

Recommended by: Nat Eliason, John D Saunders, Ran Segall

The Ultimate Blueprint for an Insanely SucceThe Ultimate Blueprint for an Insanely Successful Business
T4 The Ultimate Blueprint for an Insanely Successful Business
Keith J. Cunningham · 2017
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Ran Segall

Company of OneCompany of One
T4 Company of One
Paul Jarvis · 2019
Open LibraryGoodreads

Why a business can stay small on purpose instead of chasing growth.

Recommended by: Cal Newport, David Hellmann, Eric Jorgenson and 3 others

Escape from Cubicle NationEscape from Cubicle Nation
T4 Escape from Cubicle Nation
Pamela Slim
Goodreads

Recommended by: Nat Eliason

Freelance, and Business, and Stuff
T4 Freelance, and Business, and Stuff
Amy, Jen Hood
Goodreads

Recommended by: Johnnie Gomez

Getting Real
T4 Getting Real
Basecamp
Goodreads

Recommended by: Girish Mathrubootham, John Maeda

It's Your Business
T4 It's Your Business
JJ Ramberg
Goodreads

Recommended by: Simon Sinek

The Art and Business of Online Writing
T4 The Art and Business of Online Writing
Nicolas Cole
Goodreads

Recommended by: Ali Abdaal

The E-MythThe E-Myth
T4 The E-Myth
Michael Gerber
Goodreads

Recommended by: Nat Eliason

The Sweaty Startup
T4 The Sweaty Startup
Nick Huber
Open LibraryGoodreads

“my friend Nick Huber's excellent new book on how to get rich by starting blue collar businesses” — Andrew Wilkinson

Source: Newsletter

Recommended by: Andrew Wilkinson

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