r/startups · 2022

Most-mentioned books in r/startups during 2022

This page ranks books by exact tracked mentions in r/startups within the published source unit for 2022. Counts come from the reconciled subreddit-by-month matrix; a source unit may be a bounded sample.

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Tracked mentions in 2022

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Running Lean

Ash Maurya

Ash Maurya reframes The Lean Startup as a step-by-step process for killing bad ideas before you spend money building them.

2 in 2022

The Lean Startup

Eric Ries

A cash-strapped founder ships an unfinished product on purpose, watches strangers misuse it, and rewrites the business plan around what they actually did.

2 in 2022

High Output Management

Andrew S. Grove

A former Intel CEO explains management as a production problem, with output measured in decisions per hour, not hours worked.

1 in 2022

The Effective Executive

Peter F. Drucker

Peter Drucker's 1967 manual on doing the right things rather than doing things right: two Reddit mentions in seven years, both cite it as the serious executive's foundation.

1 in 2022

The Hard Thing About Hard Things

Ben Horowitz

A CEO recounts firing friends, running out of cash, and surviving the moments every founder secretly calls we're-fucked-it's-over.

1 in 2022

The Mom Test

Rob Fitzpatrick

Rob Fitzpatrick explains why your mom will lie to your face about your startup idea, and how to ask questions that stop that from happening.

1 in 2022

Traction

Gino Wickman

Gino Wickman gives small business owners a six-part operating system — Vision, People, Data, Process, Issues, Traction — and a meeting structure to run it.

1 in 2022