What are the best books on building a startup?
Business BooksNamed in 5 of 6 answers
#2
57.4
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A 2013 book by Rob Fitzpatrick, offering practical advice for founders on how to effectively interview customers and gather unbiased feedback about their business ideas.
2 questions · 1 categories · As of Nov 12, 2026
| Categories | Category rank | Questions | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business Books | #6of 208 | 2 | 97.9 |
Brands named in the same answers as The Mom Test in the last four weeks, counted in answers.
| Brand | Answers naming the brand | Named alongside |
|---|---|---|
| The Lean Startup | 17 | The Hard Thing About Hard Things (16), Zero to One (15), The Mom Test (13) |
| The Hard Thing About Hard Things | 20 | The Lean Startup (16), Zero to One (15), The Mom Test (12) |
| Shoe Dog | 13 | The Lean Startup (8), The Hard Thing About Hard Things (8), Zero to One (8) |
| High Output Management | 14 | The Hard Thing About Hard Things (10), The Lean Startup (7), The Mom Test (6) |
| Zero to One | 15 | The Lean Startup (15), The Hard Thing About Hard Things (15), The Mom Test (12) |
| The Mom Test | 13 | The Lean Startup (13), The Hard Thing About Hard Things (12), Zero to One (12) |
| Good to Great | 12 | The Hard Thing About Hard Things (9), Extreme Ownership (6), High Output Management (6) |
| Influence | 9 | Traction (4), Never Split the Difference (3), This Is Marketing (3) |
| Steve Jobs | 6 | Shoe Dog (6), Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. (4), The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life (4) |
| The Psychology of Money | 7 | Morgan Housel (5), I Will Teach You to Be Rich (2nd ed.) (4), Ramit Sethi (4) |
| The E-Myth Revisited | 8 | The Lean Startup (8), The Hard Thing About Hard Things (8), Zero to One (8) |
| Radical Candor | 7 | High Output Management (6), The Five Dysfunctions of a Team (5), Turn the Ship Around! (5) |
| Traction | 13 | The Lean Startup (11), The Hard Thing About Hard Things (11), Zero to One (11) |
| The Five Dysfunctions of a Team | 7 | The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (6), Extreme Ownership (5), Radical Candor (5) |
| Never Split the Difference | 5 | Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In (4), Influence (3), How to Win Friends and Influence People (2) |
| Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In | 4 | Never Split the Difference (4), Influence (3), How to Win Friends and Influence People (1) |
| The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People | 6 | The Five Dysfunctions of a Team (6), Extreme Ownership (5), Radical Candor (5) |
| Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. | 4 | Steve Jobs (4), Shoe Dog (4), The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life (4) |
| I Will Teach You to Be Rich (2nd ed.) | 4 | The Psychology of Money (4), Morgan Housel (4), Ramit Sethi (4) |
| Morgan Housel | 5 | The Psychology of Money (5), I Will Teach You to Be Rich (2nd ed.) (4), Ramit Sethi (4) |
| The Making of a Manager | 5 | Radical Candor (5), Turn the Ship Around! (4), High Output Management (4) |
| This Is Marketing | 3 | Influence (3), Traction (2) |
| Turn the Ship Around! | 5 | Radical Candor (5), The Making of a Manager (4), High Output Management (4) |
| Extreme Ownership | 7 | Good to Great (6), The Five Dysfunctions of a Team (5), The Hard Thing About Hard Things (5) |
| Ramit Sethi | 4 | The Psychology of Money (4), I Will Teach You to Be Rich (2nd ed.) (4), Morgan Housel (4) |
| The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life | 4 | Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. (4), Steve Jobs (4), Shoe Dog (4) |
| How to Win Friends and Influence People | 8 | The Hard Thing About Hard Things (4), Extreme Ownership (4), Good to Great (4) |
| Dare to Lead | 6 | The Five Dysfunctions of a Team (4), The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (4), Good to Great (4) |
| The Effective Executive | 5 | High Output Management (4), The Hard Thing About Hard Things (3), Turn the Ship Around! (3) |
| The Ride of a Lifetime | 2 | Steve Jobs (2), Shoe Dog (2), Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. (1) |
Sites the answers naming this brand cited in the last four weeks. Counts are citing answers.
| Rank | Source | Citing answers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | momtestbook.com | 3 |
| 2 | 1752.vc | 2 |
| 3 | goodreads.com | 2 |
| 4 | uschamber.com | 2 |
| 5 | zyner.io | 2 |
| 6 | theleanstartup.com | 2 |
| 7 | wiley.com | 2 |
| 8 | a16z.com | 1 |
| 9 | altar.io | 1 |
| 10 | aprildunford.com | 1 |
For the brand's best questions: of each surface's 1 answers, how many named it.
| Questions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1What are the best books on building a startup? | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2What are the best business books for entrepreneurs? | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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