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Overall4 out of 5 stars 530
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 436
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Story4 out of 5 stars 437
It is a cold, hard fact of business life that most startups fail. Even many of those entrepreneurs who ultimately succeed have stories of personal challenges, unsuccessful companies, and difficulties along the way. The founders of TechStars, a mentorship-driven startup accelerator, have worked with entrepreneurs and companies over the past twenty-five years, and have seen a number of the same issues come up again and again.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Not worth the time
- By Rick on 01-30-14
By: Brad Feld, and others
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Future Proofing You
- Twelve Truths for Creating Opportunity, Maximizing Wealth, and Controlling Your Destiny in an Uncertain World
- By: Jay Samit
- Narrated by: Jay Samit
- Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 315
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 279
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Story5 out of 5 stars 276
In this life-changing book, celebrated author and entrepreneur Jay Samit, who's worked with such visionaries as Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Reid Hoffman, and hundreds of successful entrepreneurs, shares the key understandings and step-by-step process for becoming rich and never needing another job again. To prove the power of his Twelve Truths, Samit also details the journey of how he mentored a broke millennial with these principles and empowered him to go from being on welfare to becoming a self-made millionaire in one year.
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3 out of 5 stars
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C- Ore overall
- By User8419 on 04-12-21
By: Jay Samit
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Startup Opportunities
- Know When to Quit Your Day Job
- By: Sean Wise, Brad Feld
- Narrated by: Sean Wise
- Length: 5 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 40
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 35
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 34
This year, more than five million entrepreneurs will launch new ventures. Many of them believe they have the Next Big Thing. But very few startups live to see five years, and even fewer make it to 10. Even fewer still go on to become global success stories. This audiobook is a practical guide to evaluating your business idea and a must-listen for all aspiring entrepreneurs.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Info - Monotone Performance
- By Amazon Customer on 07-23-16
By: Sean Wise, and others
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The Startup of You (Revised and Updated)
- Adapt, Take Risks, Grow Your Network, and Transform Your Career
- By: Reid Hoffman, Ben Casnocha
- Narrated by: Dan Bittner
- Length: 6 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 78
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 66
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 65
In this invaluable book, LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman and venture capitalist Ben Casnocha show how to accelerate your career in today’s competitive world. The key is to manage your career as if it were a startup business: a living, breathing, growing startup of you.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wow
- By Iris on 01-29-23
By: Reid Hoffman, and others
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How to Build a Billion Dollar App
- Discover the secrets of the most successful entrepreneurs of our time
- By: George Berkowski
- Narrated by: Christopher Ragland
- Length: 12 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 377
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 318
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 317
The ultimate guide to building an app-based business - now revised and updated. Apps have changed the way we communicate, shop, play, interact and travel, and their phenomenal popularity has presented possibly the biggest business opportunity in history. In How to Build a Billion Dollar App, serial tech entrepreneur George Berkowski gives you exclusive access to the secrets behind the success of the select group of apps that have achieved billion-dollar success.
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3 out of 5 stars
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There are interesting ideas
- By Alessandro Orlandi on 03-21-19
By: George Berkowski
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Bold
- How to Go Big, Make Bank, and Better the World
- By: Peter H. Diamandis, Steven Kotler
- Narrated by: Steven Kotler
- Length: 9 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,635
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,093
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,074
Bold is a radical, how-to guide for using exponential technologies, moonshot thinking, and crowd-powered tools to create extraordinary wealth while also positively impacting the lives of billions.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Best Book for Exponential Entrepreneurs
- By Sean on 02-17-15
By: Peter H. Diamandis, and others
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The Minimalist Entrepreneur
- How Great Founders Do More with Less
- By: Sahil Lavingia
- Narrated by: Sahil Lavingia
- Length: 4 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 213
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 172
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 169
Now more than ever, you don’t need a fancy office, Ivy League degree, or millions of dollars in venture capital to launch a business that matters for the communities you care most about. Software, the internet, and remote work have made it possible for entrepreneurs to start for free, make a customer of anyone, and grow a profitable, sustainable company from anywhere.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great book on startups
- By Christopher Pedersen on 10-28-21
By: Sahil Lavingia
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Play Bigger
- How Pirates, Dreamers, and Innovators Create and Dominate Markets
- By: Play Bigger LLC, Dave Peterson, Christopher Lochhead, and others
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
- Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,161
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 983
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 981
Winning today isn't about beating the competition at the old game. It's about inventing a whole new game - defining a new market category, developing it, and dominating it over time. You can't build a legendary company without building a legendary category. If you think that having the best product is all it takes to win, you're going to lose. In this farsighted, pioneering guide, the founders of Silicon Valley advisory firm Play Bigger rely on data analysis and interviews to understand the inner workings of "category kings".
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5 out of 5 stars
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The most impactful new thinking of the year
- By Chris Guest on 12-21-16
By: Play Bigger LLC, and others
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How to Build a Goddamn Empire
- Advice on Creating Your Brand with High-Tech Smarts, Elbow Grease, Infinite Hustle, and a Whole Lotta Heart
- By: Ali Kriegsman
- Narrated by: Ali Kriegsman
- Length: 9 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 47
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 42
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 43
Filled with heart and humor, How to Build a Goddamn Empire shares the real-world, hard-earned business wisdom of one female entrepreneur who transformed an idea into a massive, category-disrupting national brand. As a first-time and inexperienced founder, Ali Kriegsman felt like she couldn’t relate to the glossy, glamorous entrepreneurs crowding her Instagram feed. In reality, Kriegsman thought, building something from nothing is a constant, dirty fight with your imposter syndrome and the intense fear that if things don’t work out, you’ll be a laughingstock.
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5 out of 5 stars
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a must read
- By Courtney D. Brown on 09-07-21
By: Ali Kriegsman
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Build the Damn Thing
- How to Start a Successful Business If You're Not a Rich White Guy
- By: Kathryn Finney
- Narrated by: Kathryn Finney
- Length: 6 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 46
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 41
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 40
An indispensable guide to building a start-up and breaking down the barriers for diverse entrepreneurs from the visionary venture capitalist and pioneering entrepreneur Kathryn Finney. Build the Damn Thing is a hard-won battle-tested guide for every entrepreneur who the establishment has left out. Finney, an investor and start-up champion, explains how to build a business from the ground up, from developing a business plan to finding investors, growing a team, and refining a product.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Solid information
- By TonyaA6 on 07-25-22
By: Kathryn Finney
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Mastering the VC Game
- A Venture Capital Insider Reveals How to Get from Start-Up to IPO on Your Terms
- By: Jeffrey Bussgang
- Narrated by: Ramon De Ocampo
- Length: 7 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 153
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 120
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 120
Finding the right venture capitalist to back your start-up is a challenge. Even if you manage to get backing, you want your VC to be a partner, not some dictator who will undermine your vision and take control of your life's work. Jeffrey Bussgang is one of a very few people who have played on both sides of this high-stakes game. Now he draws on his unique perspective to offer high-level insights, colorful stories, and practical advice. He reveals how to get noticed, perfect a pitch, and negotiate a partnership that works for everyone.
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5 out of 5 stars
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slow in beginning but gets really good
- By Diana on 04-11-19
By: Jeffrey Bussgang
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Make Elephants Fly
- The Process of Radical Innovation
- By: Steven S. Hoffman
- Narrated by: Dan Woren
- Length: 10 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 56
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 48
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 47
Almost every major company today has made innovation its number one priority. Yet fewer than one in four executives believe their organizations are effective innovators. The pressure to innovate and the price paid for failure keeps rising while most companies haven't progressed at all. They are still using the same antiquated techniques pioneered decades ago. This is why some of the biggest corporations in the world manage to lose entire markets to start-ups they've never heard of.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A must for any entrepreneurial collection!
- By M. Goode on 07-07-21
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Leapfrog: The New Revolution for Women Entrepreneurs
- By: Nathalie Molina Niño, Sara Grace
- Narrated by: Nathalie Molina Niño, Adenrele Ojo
- Length: 6 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 73
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 65
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Story5 out of 5 stars 65
Think the most critical factor for becoming a great entrepreneur is grit, risk taking, or technical skills? Think again. Despite what every other business book might say, historical data show the real secret ingredients to getting ahead in business are being rich, white, and male. Until now. Leapfrog is the decades-overdue start-up bible for the rest of us. It's filled with uncompromising guidance for winning at business your way. Leapfrog is for entrepreneurs of all stripes who are fed up with status quo advice.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Some great points but...
- By JC on 06-01-19
By: Nathalie Molina Niño, and others
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Disrupt You!
- Master Personal Transformation, Seize Opportunity, and Thrive in the Era of Endless Innovation
- By: Jay Samit
- Narrated by: Jay Samit
- Length: 8 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,565
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,372
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,362
In today's ever-changing and often-volatile business landscape, adaptability and creativity are more crucial than ever. It is no longer possible - or even desirable - to learn one set of job skills and work your way up the ladder. Rather, today's entrepreneurs and business leaders must anticipate change to create opportunities for professional success and personal satisfaction.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Nothing wrong with his take on entrepreneurship
- By Oliver Nielsen on 09-13-15
By: Jay Samit
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Cumulative Advantage
- How to Build Momentum for Your Ideas, Business and Life Against All Odds
- By: Mark Schaefer
- Narrated by: Mark W. Schaefer
- Length: 4 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 35
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 32
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 32
At its essence, marketing today is about answering one question: “How can we be heard?” How can we rise above the din of infinite options to create sustainable meaning with an audience or group of customers? Following the old rules of digital engagement is not enough...not nearly enough. Even being "great" is insufficient in the face of overwhelming competition redefining the limits of excellence every day.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Another Great Book From Mark!
- By Ross Quintana on 09-20-22
By: Mark Schaefer
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Chief Marketing Officers at Work
- By: Josh Steimle
- Narrated by: DJ Holte
- Length: 13 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 86
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 74
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Story4 out of 5 stars 73
This book provides a fly-on-the-wall perspective on what it's like to be a CMO and will help C-level executives, agency owners, marketing team members, and others who interface and collaborate with marketing departments to understand how marketing drives growth at both startup and enterprise levels, and how marketing has moved from art to science. Trends in digital marketing, analytics, and marketing automation have pushed marketing to adopt data-driven approaches that would make a CFO's head swim.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Eye Opening and Helpful
- By Mike on 04-26-17
By: Josh Steimle