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Founders at Work (of course)

"Best Practices"-type books that cover the tools and technology the startup is using, whether its Textmate, Unix, Subversion, whatever. Becoming more efficient is never a bad thing.

I'd also add books on management and dealing with people:

- The Art of Speedreading People - Tieger

- Behind Closed Doors - Rothman, Derby

- The Mythical Man Month - Brooks

- Most if not all the books on Joel Spolsky's "MBA Curriculum":

http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/FogCreekMBACurriculum...



WOW, Joel Spolsky's list is great. A lot of books on there that I didn't mention above that I've read. Funniest book title:

Difference between God and Larry Ellison... is that God doesn't think he's Larry Ellison


Joel's list is indeed awesome. I think nearly every book I would recommend is already on it.




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