The Startup Owner's Manual

Steve Blank, Bob Dorf

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muzaniSep 16, 2024

The Startup Owner's Manual: https://www.amazon.com/Startup-Owners-Manual-Step-Step/dp/09... Nobody seems to recommend this because nobody has finished reading it, but it's meant to be acted on, not finished.

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muzaniSep 16, 2024

and The Startup Owner's Manual; it made the whole idea of a startup seem like an easy step-by-step process.

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webmavenNov 26, 2020

The revised version The Startup Owner's Manual is more polished and covers a wider range of business models.

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