Below are some of the “classics”. However this list is now a bit out of date. Steve Blank has a more comprehensive list here, and of course his book (Four Steps to the Epiphany) is an essential read. As is Eric Ries’ “Lean Startup”.
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What Customers Want: Using Outcome-Driven Innovation to Create Breakthrough Products and Services Author: Anthony Ulwick View on Amazon. |
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High-Tech Ventures Author: C. Gordon Bell View on Amazon. |
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The Innovators Dilemma Author: Clayton M. Christensen View on Amazon. |
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The Innovator’s Solution: Creating and Sustaining Successful Growth Author: Clayton M. Christensen View on Amazon. |
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Seeing What’s Next: Using Theories of Innovation to Predict Industry Change Author: Clayton M. Christensen View on Amazon. |
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Innovation & Entrepreneurship Author: Peter F. Drucker View on Amazon. |
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High Tech Start Up, Revised and Updated : The Complete Handbook For Creating Successful New High Tech Companies Author: John L. Nesheim View on Amazon. |
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Zero-to-IPO Author: David Smith View on Amazon. |
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Commercializing New Technologies: Getting from Mind to Market Author: Vijay K. Jolly View on Amazon. |
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Technology Ventures: From Idea to Enterprise Author: Richard C Dorf & Thomas H. Byers View on Amazon. |
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The Power of Unfair Advantage: How to Create It, Build it, and Use It to Maximum Effect Author: John L. Nesheim View on Amazon. |
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from Alchemy to IPO: The Business of Biotechnology Author: Cynthia Robbins-Roth View on Amazon. |
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Open Innovation: The New Imperative for Creating and Profiting from Technology Author: Henry Chesbrough View on Amazon. |