Books like The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon
12 books with a reading profile close to The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon by Brad Stone. Outward-looking, growth-minded and clear-cut; an easy read.
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Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
by Ashlee Vance
Also outward-looking and growth-minded · business strategy, biography
Ashlee Vance provides an account of Elon Musk’s career, focusing on the formation and survival of SpaceX, Tesla Motors, and SolarCity.
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Elon Musk
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · business strategy, biography
Walter Isaacson tracks Elon Musk’s trajectory from a difficult childhood in South Africa to his leadership of Tesla, SpaceX, and the acquisition of Twitter.
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3
Steve Jobs
Also clear-cut · business strategy, biography
Walter Isaacson chronicles the life of Steve Jobs, tracing his path from a garage start-up to the leadership of Apple and Pixar.
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Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days
Also outward-looking and growth-minded · business strategy, narrative
Jessica Livingston presents a collection of raw, first-person interviews with the creators of influential technology firms like Apple, Microsoft, and Flickr.
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Elon Musk and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
by Ashlee Vance
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · biography, narrative
This biography details the life of Elon Musk, beginning with his difficult upbringing in South Africa and tracking his move to North America to build internet companies like Zip2 and PayPal.
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Rocket Billionaires
by Tim Fernholz
Also outward-looking and growth-minded · business strategy, narrative
Tim Fernholz details the commercial pivot of the American space industry from government monopoly to private competition.
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The space barons
Also outward-looking and growth-minded · business strategy, narrative
Christian Davenport chronicles the private space race driven by Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos as they challenge the aerospace establishment.
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Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · biography, narrative
Michael Lewis profiles Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX and the hedge fund Alameda Research.
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1776
Also outward-looking and growth-minded · biography, narrative
David McCullough’s account focuses narrow attention on the military campaigns of a single pivotal year, beginning with the Siege of Boston and concluding after the retreat through New Jersey.
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Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · biography, narrative
Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard reconstruct the timeline leading to the assassination of John F.
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Black Knight: Ritchie Blackmore
by Jerry Bloom
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · biography, narrative
Jerry Bloom chronicles the progression of Ritchie Blackmore from his apprenticeship under producer Joe Meek and stints with Screaming Lord Sutch to his dominance as the architect of Deep Purple and Rainbow.
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Business Model Generation
Also outward-looking and growth-minded · business strategy, accessible
Alexander Osterwalder and Yves Pigneur present a structural framework for designing, testing, and implementing business strategies through the Business Model Canvas.
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