17 must-read business books like Shape Up: Stop Running in Circles and Ship Work that Matters by Ryan Singer

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Shape Up: Stop Running in Circles and Ship Work that Matters

By: Ryan Singer

4.27

Format: 133 pages, ebook

This is an online web book about how Basecamp does their work. "This book is a guide to how we …

If you liked the business plot in Shape Up: Stop Running in Circles and Ship Work that Matters by Ryan Singer , here is a list of 17 books like this:

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1. Remote: Office Not Required

By: Jason Fried , David Heinemeier Hansson

3.26

Format: 212 pages, Audio

The "work from home" phenomenon is thoroughly explored in this illuminating new book from bestselli… read more

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  • productivity
  • management
  • leadership
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • technology
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2. Competing Against Luck

By: Clayton M. Christensen , David Duncan , Taddy Hall , Karen Dillon

3.70

Format: 186 pages, ebook

The foremost authority on innovation and growth presents a path-breaking book every company needs t… read more

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  • management
  • nonfiction
  • design
  • business
  • leadership
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3. Rework

By: Jason Fried , David Heinemeier Hansson

3.98

Format: 279 pages, Hardcover

Most business books give you the same old advice: Write a business plan, study the competition, see… read more

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  • productivity
  • technology
  • management
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • leadership
"Press Releases are spam"

-Jason Fried, Rework

"Don't throw good time after bad work."

-Jason Fried, Rework

"It’s a lot harder to pull your head up and ask why."

-Jason Fried, Rework

"If you build software, every error message is marketing"

-Jason Fried, Rework

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4. Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days

By: Jake Knapp , John Zeratsky , None

4.03

Format: 166 pages, Hardcover

From three design partners at Google Ventures, a unique five-day process for solving tough problems… read more

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  • productivity
  • management
  • nonfiction
  • design
  • business

5. The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master

By: Dave Thomas , Andy Hunt

3.28

Format: 404 pages, Paperback

-- Ward Cunningham Straight from the programming trenches, The Pragmatic Programmer cuts through th… read more

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6. Getting Real: The Smarter, Faster, Easier Way to Build a Web Application

By: None

4.11

Format: 70 pages, ebook

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7. The Manager's Path: A Guide for Tech Leaders Navigating Growth and Change

By: Camille Fournier

3.75

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Managing people is difficult wherever you work, but the tech industry as a whole is pretty bad at i… read more

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8. Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making

By: Tony Fadell

4.33

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

Written for anyone who wants to grow at work—from young grads navigating their first jobs to CEOs d… read more

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  • technology
  • management
  • nonfiction
  • design
  • business
  • leadership
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9. Power And Prediction: The Disruptive Economics of Artificial Intelligence

By: Ajay Agrawal

4.24

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Disruption resulting from the proliferation of AI is coming. The authors of the bestselling Predict… read more

Similar categories in Ajay Agrawal's Power And Prediction: The Disruptive Economics of Artificial Intelligence book and Ryan Singer's Shape Up: Stop Running in Circles and Ship Work that Matters

  • nonfiction
  • business
  • technology
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10. The Mom Test: How to talk to customers & learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you

By: Rob Fitzpatrick

4.37

Format: 138 pages, Kindle Edition

The Mom Test is a quick, practical guide that will save you time, money, and heartbreak. They say y… read more

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  • business
  • nonfiction
  • management
  • design
"The world’s most deadly fluff is: “I would definitely buy that."

-Rob Fitzpatrick, The Mom Test: How to talk to customers & learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you

"Here’s the thing: only the market can tell if your idea is good. Everything else is just opinion."

-Rob Fitzpatrick, The Mom Test: How to talk to customers & learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you

"Compliments are the fool’s gold of customer learning: shiny, distracting, and entirely worthless."

-Rob Fitzpatrick, The Mom Test: How to talk to customers & learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you

"Trying to learn from customer conversations is like excavating a delicate archaeological site. The truth is down there somewhere, but it’s fragile."

-Rob Fitzpatrick, The Mom Test: How to talk to customers & learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you

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11. The Staff Engineer's Path: A Guide for Individual Contributors Navigating Growth and Change

By: Tanya Reilly

4.40

Format: 335 pages, Paperback

For years, companies have rewarded their most effective engineers with management positions. But tr… read more

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  • business
  • technical
  • technology
  • nonfiction
  • programming
  • software
  • management
  • leadership
"What will Future You wish that Present You had done?"

-Tanya Reilly, The Staff Engineer's Path: A Guide for Individual Contributors Navigating Growth and Change

"Yes, you can be an introvert. No, you can't be a jerk."

-Tanya Reilly, The Staff Engineer's Path: A Guide for Individual Contributors Navigating Growth and Change

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12. Inspired: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love

By: Marty Cagan

4.24

Format: 349 pages, Hardcover

The basic premise of Inspired is that the best tech companies create products in a manner very diff… read more

Similar categories in Marty Cagan's Inspired: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love book and Ryan Singer's Shape Up: Stop Running in Circles and Ship Work that Matters

  • business
  • technology
  • nonfiction
  • design
  • software
  • management
  • leadership
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13. Continuous Discovery Habits: Discover Products that Create Customer Value and Business Value

By: Teresa Torres

4.47

Format: 237 pages, Paperback

"If you haven't had the good fortune to be coached by a strong leader or product coach, this book c… read more

Similar categories in Teresa Torres's Continuous Discovery Habits: Discover Products that Create Customer Value and Business Value book and Ryan Singer's Shape Up: Stop Running in Circles and Ship Work that Matters

  • business
  • technology
  • nonfiction
  • design
  • software
  • management
  • leadership
Cover of Escaping the Build Trap: How Effective Product Management Creates Real Value by Melissa Perri

14. Escaping the Build Trap: How Effective Product Management Creates Real Value

By: Melissa Perri

4.30

Format: 199 pages, Kindle Edition

To stay competitive in today’s market, organizations need to adopt a culture of customer-centric pr… read more

Similar categories in Melissa Perri's Escaping the Build Trap: How Effective Product Management Creates Real Value book and Ryan Singer's Shape Up: Stop Running in Circles and Ship Work that Matters

  • business
  • technology
  • nonfiction
  • design
  • software
  • management
  • leadership
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15. Shape Up: Stop Running in Circles and Ship Work that Matters

By: Ryan Singer

4.27

Format: 133 pages, ebook

This is an online web book about how Basecamp does their work. "This book is a guide to how we … read more

Similar categories in Ryan Singer's Shape Up: Stop Running in Circles and Ship Work that Matters book and Ryan Singer's Shape Up: Stop Running in Circles and Ship Work that Matters

  • programming
  • productivity
  • business
  • technology
  • nonfiction
  • design
  • technical
  • software
  • management
  • leadership
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16. The Great CEO Within: The Tactical Guide to Company Building

By: Matt Mochary

4.35

Format: 200 pages, Kindle Edition

Matt Mochary coaches the CEOs of many of the fastest-scaling technology companies in Silicon Valley… read more

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  • productivity
  • management
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • leadership
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17. An Elegant Puzzle: Systems of Engineering Management

By: Will Larson

4.10

Format: 289 pages, Kindle Edition

There’s a saying that people don’t leave companies, they leave managers. Management is a key part o… read more

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  • business
  • technical
  • technology
  • nonfiction
  • programming
  • software
  • management
  • leadership
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18. Empowered: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Products (Silicon Valley Product Group)

By: Marty Cagan

4.29

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

What is it about the top tech product companies such as Amazon, Apple, Google, Netflix and Tesla th… read more

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  • business
  • technology
  • nonfiction
  • design
  • software
  • management
  • leadership
"But anytime we interact with users and customers, we have a chance to learn more about them, and sometimes we discover even bigger opportunity if we're open to it"

-Marty Cagan, Empowered: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Products (Silicon Valley Product Group)

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19. It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work

By: Jason Fried

4.01

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

In this timely manifesto, the authors of the New York Times bestseller Rework broadly reject the pr… read more

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  • productivity
  • technology
  • management
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • leadership
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20. 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

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  • technical
  • nonfiction
  • design
  • programming
  • software
  • technology
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21. Engineering Management for the Rest of Us

By: Sarah Drasner

4.20

Format: 220 pages, Paperback

A lot of Engineering Managers and leaders studied for years and years to become the best Engineer t… read more

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  • business
  • technical
  • technology
  • nonfiction
  • programming
  • software
  • management
  • leadership

18 must-read nonfiction books like Shape Up: Stop Running in Circles and Ship Work that Matters by Ryan Singer

Transform Your Habits

Remote: Office Not Required

Jason Fried , David Heinemeier Hansson

3.26

Transform Your Habits

Competing Against Luck

Clayton M. Christensen , David Duncan , Taddy Hall , Karen Dillon

3.70

Transform Your Habits

Rework

Jason Fried , David Heinemeier Hansson

3.98

Transform Your Habits

Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days

Jake Knapp , John Zeratsky , None

4.03

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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

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