Ask HN: Good books on the nuts and bolts of starting up

most of these books written by people like Guy Kawasaki, Jessica Livingston, Buffet, etc., are all great, but are pretty much compilations of stories or opinions.

I like Art of the Start, Founders at Work as well for various reasons.

I second this -- I think it's what the OP is looking for.

The Four Steps to Epiphany by Steven Blank - a great manual for creating a successful, data-driven, hypothesis-based, and iterative-heavy startup.

I like Art of the Start, Founders at Work as well for various reasons.

Guy Kawaski's Art of the Start is more practical than FaW but I'm not sure it's practical enough for you.

hands down one of the best books on starting a business I have read.

Reality Check by Guy Kawasaki is excellent, and covers everything from PR to marketing to legal.

The Business of Software by Eric Sink is pretty good.

Both are great books. I would read Term Sheets first, but Deal Terms has a lot of great information when you are getting ready to do VC funding. I guess that is if you do VC funding.

I got this as a gift a while back and it's okay.

Raising Venture Capital for the Serious Entrepreneur is probably the most useful book I've yet read when it comes to startups.

Both are great books. I would read Term Sheets first