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Recommend a book you've read recently in the SaaS/Entrepreneurship/Productivity space

Recommend a book you've read recently in the SaaS/Entrepreneurship/Productivity space

on February 1, 2022
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    One book that I read recently and have immediately applied its principles is "Shape Up" by Ryan Singer. This book is based on the strategies developed and followed by Basecamp for their product development. It's a pretty practical book and helps you think deep on what you're developing. By changing the thought process of making something perfect and instead prioritizing shipping something every 6 weeks, even with less features, the product actually develops at a consistent pace instead of going to stasis. It's a short book and I would definitely recommend to read it. It's available for free at the basecamp site: https://basecamp.com/shapeup

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      I've heard good things about this, thanks! I'll give it a go! Love all the work and products that the team at basecamp do!

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    The Lean Startup is probably one of the best books when it comes to building a product.
    Some of my other favorite books that are more about process and fun to read as they make them into a fictional story are: The Phoenix Project and The Unicorn Project. Some other ones I like: The Hard Thing About Hard Things, Rework, Never Split the Difference.

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    • Zero to One
    • The Mom Test
    • Refactoring UI
    • Designing UI
    • No Bullshit Guide to UX
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      Thanks for the list @fromtheexchange. Can you tell me is the "No Bullshit Guide to UX" is the preorder from here:
      https://hype4academy.gumroad.com/l/guidetoux

      Thanks again.

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        That’s the one 👍

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    The Cold Start Problem by Andrew Chen. Really fascinating to read on how some popular startups bootstrapped their marketplace.