12 Top business books like Run Studio Run by Eli Altman

Cover of Run Studio Run by Eli Altman

Run Studio Run

By: Eli Altman

4.43

Format: 267 pages, Paperback

Run Studio Run is a book that details how to manage and grow a small creative studio.

If you liked the business plot in Run Studio Run by Eli Altman , here is a list of 12 books like this:

Cover of Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande

1. Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End

By: Atul Gawande

4.49

Format: 282 pages, Hardcover

In Being Mortal, author Atul Gawande tackles the hardest challenge of his profession: how medicine … read more

Similar categories in Atul Gawande's Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End book and Eli Altman's Run Studio Run

  • nonfiction
"Endings matter, not just for the person but, perhaps even more, for the ones left behind."

-Atul Gawande, Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End

"Life is choices, and they are relentless. No sooner have you made one choice than another is upon you."

-Atul Gawande, Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End

"Death, of course, is not a failure. Death is normal. Death may be the enemy, but it is also the natural order of things."

-Atul Gawande, Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End

"He moved his line in the sand. This is what it means to have autonomy -- you may not control life's circumstances, but getting to be the author of your life means getting to control what you do with …"

-Atul Gawande, Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End

Cover of Good Strategy Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why It Matters by Richard P. Rumelt

2. Good Strategy Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why It Matters

By: Richard P. Rumelt

4.13

Format: 320 pages, Unknown Binding

Clears out the mumbo jumbo and muddled thinking underlying too many strategies and provides a clear… read more

Similar categories in Richard P. Rumelt's Good Strategy Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why It Matters book and Eli Altman's Run Studio Run

  • nonfiction
  • business
  • design
Cover of D&AD: The Copy Book by None, Design and Art Direction

3. D&AD: The Copy Book

By: None , Design and Art Direction

4.05

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The superstars and leading professionals in the business of writing ads In 1995, the D&AD published… read more

Similar categories in None's D&AD: The Copy Book book and Eli Altman's Run Studio Run

  • nonfiction
  • business
  • design
Cover of Hey, Whipple, Squeeze This: A Guide to Creating Great Ads by Luke Sullivan

4. Hey, Whipple, Squeeze This: A Guide to Creating Great Ads

By: Luke Sullivan

4.64

Format: None pages, Paperback

In this second edition of the irreverent, celebrated Hey Whipple, Squeeze This, master copywriter L… read more

Similar categories in Luke Sullivan's Hey, Whipple, Squeeze This: A Guide to Creating Great Ads book and Eli Altman's Run Studio Run

  • nonfiction
  • business
  • design
Cover of The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia by Ursula K. Le Guin

5. The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia

By: Ursula K. Le Guin

4.25

Format: 387 pages, Paperback

Shevek, a brilliant physicist, decides to take action. He will seek answers, question the unquestio… read more

Similar categories in Ursula K. Le Guin's The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia book and Eli Altman's Run Studio Run

"... “Dangerous!"

-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia

"Freedom is never very safe."

-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia

"Who do you think is lying to us?"

-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia

"Where does your soul go when you die in Hell?"

-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia

6. Fool

By: Christopher Moore

3.91

Format: 256 pages,

"This is a bawdy tale. Herein you will find gratuitous shagging, murder, spanking, maiming, treason… read more

Similar categories in Christopher Moore's Fool book and Eli Altman's Run Studio Run

Cover of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values (Phaedrus, #1) by Robert M. Pirsig

7. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values (Phaedrus, #1)

By: Robert M. Pirsig

3.78

Format: 540 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Robert M. Pirsig's Zen & the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance is an examination of how we live, a medi… read more

Similar categories in Robert M. Pirsig's Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values (Phaedrus, #1) book and Eli Altman's Run Studio Run

"This forest silence improves anyone."

-Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values (Phaedrus, #1)

"The more you read, the more you calm down."

-Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values (Phaedrus, #1)

"For every fact there is an infinity of hypotheses. "

-Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values (Phaedrus, #1)

"To all appearances he was just drifting. In actuality he was just drifting."

-Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values (Phaedrus, #1)

8. Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman

By: Yvon Chouinard

3.25

Format: 198 pages, Paperback

In his long-awaited memoir, Yvon Chouinard-legendary climber, businessman, environmentalist, and fo… read more

Similar categories in Yvon Chouinard's Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman book and Eli Altman's Run Studio Run

9. The Brand Gap

By: Marty Neumeier

3.92

Format: 594 pages,

THE BRAND GAP is the first book to present a unified theory of brand-building. Whereas most books o… read more

Similar categories in Marty Neumeier's The Brand Gap book and Eli Altman's Run Studio Run

10. The Win Without Pitching Manifesto

By: Blair Enns

3.60

Format: 224 pages,

read more

Similar categories in Blair Enns's The Win Without Pitching Manifesto book and Eli Altman's Run Studio Run

11. Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting

By: Robert McKee

4.29

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

Robert McKee's screenwriting workshops have earned him an international reputation for inspiring no… read more

Similar categories in Robert McKee's Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting book and Eli Altman's Run Studio Run

12. Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration

By: Amy Wallace , Ed Catmull

2.83

Format: 24 pages, Hardcover

"What does it mean to manage well?" From Ed Catmull, co-founder (with Steve Jobs and John Lasseter)… read more

Similar categories in Amy Wallace's Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration book and Eli Altman's Run Studio Run

Cover of Financial Feminist: Overcome the Patriarchy's Bullsh*t to Master Your Money and Build a Life You Love by Tori Dunlap

13. Financial Feminist: Overcome the Patriarchy's Bullsh*t to Master Your Money and Build a Life You Love

By: Tori Dunlap

4.10

Format: 306 pages, Hardcover

From the globally-recognized personal finance educator and social media star behind Her First $100K… read more

Similar categories in Tori Dunlap's Financial Feminist: Overcome the Patriarchy's Bullsh*t to Master Your Money and Build a Life You Love book and Eli Altman's Run Studio Run

  • nonfiction
  • business
"Feminism that isn't intersectional, that doesn't help others and work to change systemic inequality, is not feminism."

-Tori Dunlap, Financial Feminist: Overcome the Patriarchy's Bullsh*t to Master Your Money and Build a Life You Love

"…the culture [had]…a manipulative but disingenuous 'we're not coworkers, we're family' mind-set. (Always be wary of a company that says seemingly well-meaning shit as this. We share a cubicle, not a …"

-Tori Dunlap, Financial Feminist: Overcome the Patriarchy's Bullsh*t to Master Your Money and Build a Life You Love

"But when you confuse shames emotional alarm (I feel disconnected from money, what do I want to do about that?) with who you are (I’ll never get my shit together, I’m just bad with money), you’ve been…"

-Tori Dunlap, Financial Feminist: Overcome the Patriarchy's Bullsh*t to Master Your Money and Build a Life You Love

"We live in a patriarchal world—a system that aids and abets inequality. In this system that has gatekept financial information and tools from marginalized groups, it is an act of protest to be financ…"

-Tori Dunlap, Financial Feminist: Overcome the Patriarchy's Bullsh*t to Master Your Money and Build a Life You Love

Cover of The Maniac by Benjamín Labatut

14. The Maniac

By: Benjamín Labatut

4.34

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From one of contemporary literature’s most exciting new voices, a haunting story centered on the Hu… read more

Similar categories in Benjamín Labatut's The Maniac book and Eli Altman's Run Studio Run

"[...] si nuestra especie iba a sobrevivir el siglo XX, necesitábamos llenar el enorme vacío dejado por la huida de los dioses, y la única candidata viable para realizar esa extraña y esotérica transf…"

-Benjamín Labatut, The Maniac

Cover of Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman

15. Four Thousand Weeks

By: Oliver Burkeman

4.22

Format: 271 pages, Hardcover

The average human lifespan is absurdly, insultingly brief. Assuming you live to be eighty, you have… read more

Similar categories in Oliver Burkeman's Four Thousand Weeks book and Eli Altman's Run Studio Run

  • nonfiction
  • business
"We’ve been granted the mental capacities to make almost infinitely ambitious plans, yet practically no time at all to put them into action."

-Oliver Burkeman, Four Thousand Weeks

"Rendering yourself more efficient — either by implementing various productivity techniques or by driving yourself harder—won’t generally result in the feeling of having ‘enough time,’ because, all el…"

-Oliver Burkeman, Four Thousand Weeks

"The problem with trying to make time for everything that feels important—or just for enough of what feels important—is that you definitely never will. The reason isn’t that you haven’t yet discovered…"

-Oliver Burkeman, Four Thousand Weeks

Cover of Glossy: Ambition, Beauty, and the Inside Story of Emily Weiss's Glossier by Marisa Meltzer

16. Glossy: Ambition, Beauty, and the Inside Story of Emily Weiss's Glossier

By: Marisa Meltzer

3.32

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The bombshell exposé that reveals—for the first time—exactly what happened at Glossier, one of Amer… read more

Similar categories in Marisa Meltzer's Glossy: Ambition, Beauty, and the Inside Story of Emily Weiss's Glossier book and Eli Altman's Run Studio Run

  • nonfiction
  • business
"Glossier is about much more than aesthetic appearance; it has become a way for people to feel connected to bigger beliefs, to feel like their daily choices are having an impact, and that they are put…"

-Marisa Meltzer, Glossy: Ambition, Beauty, and the Inside Story of Emily Weiss's Glossier

Cover of Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story by Bono

17. Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story

By: Bono

4.20

Format: 564 pages, Hardcover

Bono--artist, activist, and the lead singer of Irish rock band U2--has written a memoir: honest and… read more

Similar categories in Bono's Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story book and Eli Altman's Run Studio Run

  • nonfiction
"Fame is a currency. I want to spend mine on the right stuff."

-Bono, Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story

"Wisdom is the recovery of innocence at the far end of experience"

-Bono, Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story

"I remain more suspicious of religion than most people who'd never darken the door of a church."

-Bono, Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story

"the only true way to be victorious is to surrender. To each other. To love. To the higher power."

-Bono, Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story

Cover of Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout by Cal Newport

18. Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

By: Cal Newport

3.73

Format: 244 pages, Hardcover

Do fewer things. Work at a natural pace. Obsess over quality. From the New York Times bestsellin… read more

Similar categories in Cal Newport's Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout book and Eli Altman's Run Studio Run

  • nonfiction
  • business
"What are we really doing here?"

-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

"Wouldn’t it be nice to have a job like that where you didn’t have to worry about being productive?"

-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

"The world of cognitive work lacks coherent ideas about how our efforts should be organized and measured."

-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

"The pandemic didn’t introduce this trend so much as push its worst excesses beyond the threshold of tolerability."

-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

Cover of Yearbook by Seth Rogen

19. Yearbook

By: Seth Rogen

4.17

Format: 260 pages, Hardcover

Hi! I’m Seth! I was asked to describe my book, Yearbook, for the inside flap (which is a gross phra… read more

Similar categories in Seth Rogen's Yearbook book and Eli Altman's Run Studio Run

  • nonfiction
Cover of The Creative Act: A Way of Being by Rick Rubin

20. The Creative Act: A Way of Being

By: Rick Rubin

4.04

Format: 406 pages, Hardcover

From the legendary music producer, a master at helping people connect with the wellsprings of their… read more

Similar categories in Rick Rubin's The Creative Act: A Way of Being book and Eli Altman's Run Studio Run

  • nonfiction
  • business
  • design
"Find the sustainable rituals that best support your work."

-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being

"In terms of priority, inspiration comes first. You come next. The audience comes last."

-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being

"When it comes to the creative process, patience is accepting that the majority of the work we do is out of our control."

-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being

"Turning something from an idea into a reality can make it seem smaller. It changes from unearthly to earthly. The imagination has no limits. The physical world does. The work exists in both."

-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being

Cover of The Years by Annie Ernaux

21. The Years

By: Annie Ernaux

4.17

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Considered by many to be the iconic French memoirist’s defining work and a breakout bestseller when… read more

Similar categories in Annie Ernaux's The Years book and Eli Altman's Run Studio Run

  • nonfiction
"Sauver quelque chose du temps où l'on ne sera plus jamais."

-Annie Ernaux, The Years

"La profusion des choses cachait la rareté des idées et l'usure des croyances."

-Annie Ernaux, The Years

"The profusion of things concealed the scarcity of ideas and the erosion of beliefs."

-Annie Ernaux, The Years

"Je ne suis nulle part dans le temps. Il est l'ange qui fait revivre le passé, rend éternel."

-Annie Ernaux, The Years

Cover of How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy by Jenny Odell

22. How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy

By: Jenny Odell

3.68

Format: 232 pages, Hardcover

When the technologies we use every day collapse our experiences into 24/7 availability, platforms f… read more

Similar categories in Jenny Odell's How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy book and Eli Altman's Run Studio Run

  • nonfiction
Cover of This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us by Cole Arthur Riley

23. This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us

By: Cole Arthur Riley

4.63

Format: 203 pages, Hardcover

In her stunning debut, the creator of Black Liturgies weaves stories from three generations of her … read more

Similar categories in Cole Arthur Riley's This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us book and Eli Altman's Run Studio Run

  • nonfiction
"Anxiety is not a passive predator."

-Cole Arthur Riley, This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us

"Rest is an act of defiance, and it cannot be predicated on apology."

-Cole Arthur Riley, This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us

"Those who believe love is a scarcity are less likely to give it away freely."

-Cole Arthur Riley, This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us

"In community, we can push back on the expectation that we exhaust ourselves."

-Cole Arthur Riley, This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us

Cover of The Story of Art Without Men by Katy Hessel

24. The Story of Art Without Men

By: Katy Hessel

4.31

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

How many women artists do you know? Who makes art history? Did women even work as artists before th… read more

Similar categories in Katy Hessel's The Story of Art Without Men book and Eli Altman's Run Studio Run

  • nonfiction
Cover of Portrait of a Thief by Grace D. Li

25. Portrait of a Thief

By: Grace D. Li

3.46

Format: 375 pages, Hardcover

Ocean’s Eleven meets The Farewell in Portrait of a Thief, a lush, lyrical heist novel inspired by t… read more

Similar categories in Grace D. Li's Portrait of a Thief book and Eli Altman's Run Studio Run

"We’re children of the diaspora,"

-Grace D. Li, Portrait of a Thief

"Art could be beauty, but it was also power."

-Grace D. Li, Portrait of a Thief

"She had never liked anything she did not excel at."

-Grace D. Li, Portrait of a Thief

"For all that people in power claim to care about looting, it doesn't seem to matter when it's museums doing it."

-Grace D. Li, Portrait of a Thief

Cover of Dear Dolly by Dolly Alderton

26. Dear Dolly

By: Dolly Alderton

3.83

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

'What I learnt from sharing my most private pain with a semi-professional problem-solver was that t… read more

Similar categories in Dolly Alderton's Dear Dolly book and Eli Altman's Run Studio Run

  • nonfiction
"Pero, ¿quién se enamora de lo correcto?"

-Dolly Alderton, Dear Dolly

"Watching a best friend become a parent is a magical thing. It can open up a part of their personality that you've never seen before and it can also open a new chapter of your friendship."

-Dolly Alderton, Dear Dolly

"...romantics are, ironically, the worst culprits for being relationship avoidant. This is for two reasons. The first being that committing to someone would mean they would have to call off the search…"

-Dolly Alderton, Dear Dolly

Cover of Hell Yeah or No by Derek Sivers

27. Hell Yeah or No

By: Derek Sivers

4.26

Format: 122 pages, ebook

A collection of thoughts around re-defining yourself, changing focus, and saying yes to less read more

Similar categories in Derek Sivers's Hell Yeah or No book and Eli Altman's Run Studio Run

  • nonfiction
  • business
"People often ask me what they can do to be more successful. I say disconnect. Even if just for a few hours. Unplug. Turn off your phone and Wi-Fi. Focus. Write. Practice. Create. That’s what’s rare a…"

-Derek Sivers, Hell Yeah or No

Cover of Refactoring UI by Adam Wathan

28. Refactoring UI

By: Adam Wathan

4.66

Format: 252 pages, ebook

Make your ideas look awesome, without relying on a designer. Learn how to design beautiful user int… read more

Similar categories in Adam Wathan's Refactoring UI book and Eli Altman's Run Studio Run

  • nonfiction
  • design
Cover of Creative Strategy and the Business of Design by Douglas Davis

29. Creative Strategy and the Business of Design

By: Douglas Davis

4.04

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

“Douglas wears a lot of hats–all stylish and functional. There’s a huge disconnect happening right … read more

Similar categories in Douglas Davis's Creative Strategy and the Business of Design book and Eli Altman's Run Studio Run

  • nonfiction
  • business
  • design
Cover of Run Studio Run by Eli Altman

30. Run Studio Run

By: Eli Altman

4.43

Format: 267 pages, Paperback

Run Studio Run is a book that details how to manage and grow a small creative studio. read more

Similar categories in Eli Altman's Run Studio Run book and Eli Altman's Run Studio Run

  • nonfiction
  • business
  • design
Cover of How to Win Friends and Influence People: Updated For the Next Generation of Leaders (Dale Carnegie Books) by Dale Carnegie

31. How to Win Friends and Influence People: Updated For the Next Generation of Leaders (Dale Carnegie Books)

By: Dale Carnegie

4.43

Format: 317 pages, Kindle Edition

Updated for the first time in more than forty years, Dale Carnegie’s timeless bestseller How to Win… read more

Similar categories in Dale Carnegie's How to Win Friends and Influence People: Updated For the Next Generation of Leaders (Dale Carnegie Books) book and Eli Altman's Run Studio Run

  • nonfiction
  • business

21 Best nonfiction books like Run Studio Run by Eli Altman

Transform Your Habits

Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End

Atul Gawande

4.49

Transform Your Habits

Good Strategy Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why It Matters

Richard P. Rumelt

4.13

Transform Your Habits

D&AD: The Copy Book

None , Design and Art Direction

4.05

Transform Your Habits

Hey, Whipple, Squeeze This: A Guide to Creating Great Ads

Luke Sullivan

4.64

View all the books

15 must-read nonfiction books like Refactoring UI by Adam Wathan

Transform Your Habits

Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software

Charles Petzold

4.39

Transform Your Habits

Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products

Nir Eyal

4.11

Transform Your Habits

Don't Make Me Think, Revisited: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability

Steve Krug

4.30

Transform Your Habits

The Design of Everyday Things

Donald A. Norman

4.11

View all the books

Never miss a story from us, get weekly updates in your inbox.