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Early-stage Startups: What books would you highly recommend to a first time tech startup founder?
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Mahesh Bhatia (Early-stage pitch decks), Entrepreneurial Executive, Been a Founder answered:

Here is my list of seven recommended books:

(1) The Startup Owner's Manual: The Step-By-Step Guide for Building a Great Company - Steve Blank and Bob Dorf

(2) Disciplined Entrepreneurship: 24 Steps to a Successful Startup by Bill Aulet

(3) The Founder's Dilemmas: Anticipating and Avoiding the Pitfalls That Can Sink a Startup - Noam Wasserman

(4) Business Model Generation: A Handbook for Visionaries, Game Changers, and Challengers - By Alexander Osterwalder & Yves Pigneur

(5) Here's the Pitch: How to Pitch Your Business to Anyone, Get Funded, and Win Clients by Martin Soorjoo

(6) HBR Guide to Persuasive Presentations by Nancy Duarte

(7) Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist - by Brad Feld et al

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