The books behind how we run a business

Every book here earns its place by one test: it gives you an idea you can put to work in your business, not just a good read.

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My top ten books

  • $100M Offers: How To Make Offers So Good People Feel Stupid Saying No

    Teaches founders how to structure compelling business offers that customers find irresistible by focusing on value, risk reversal, and clear outcomes.

    Author
    Alex Hormozi
    Factory
  • The Mom Test

    How to ask customers questions they cannot lie to you about.

    Author
    Rob Fitzpatrick
    Factory
  • Obviously Awesome

    A step-by-step method for positioning a product so buyers see at once why it is the right choice.

    Author
    April Dunford
    Factory
  • High Output Management

    The Intel chief's manual on management as output: one-to-ones, meetings, delegation and planning for a growing team.

    Author
    Andrew S. Grove
    Factory
  • Monetizing Innovation

    Design the product around what customers will pay for, testing willingness to pay before building.

    Author
    Madhavan Ramanujam, Georg Tacke
    Factory
  • Building a StoryBrand

    A seven-part story framework that makes the customer the hero and clarifies the message on a website and in sales material.

    Author
    Donald Miller
    Factory
  • The Pumpkin Plan

    Mike Michalowicz teaches founders to identify 'pumpkins'—best clients and most profitable offerings—then ruthlessly scale them while eliminating the rest.

    Author
    Mike Michalowicz
    Factory
  • The Goal

    The Goal is a business novel in which a plant manager has three months to save his factory and learns to find the constraint that limits output.

    Author
    Eliyahu M. Goldratt, Jeff Cox
    Factory

Client acquisition35

Value delivery2

Value creation11

People51

Finance7

More books3

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