Entrepreneurship
HATCH companies and students interested in launching a start up can find these resources and more at the ICICS/CS Reading Room.
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Entrepreneurship, Startups
- Built to last : successful habits of visionary companies. 10th ed. / James C. Collins, Jerry I. Porras
HF 5386 C735 2004 - Get a grip : how to get everything you want from your entrepreneurial business / Gino Wickman, Mike Paton
HB 615 W537 2012 - The four steps to the epiphany : successful strategies for products that win. 5th ed. / Steven Blank
HB 615 B6225 2020 - The lean startup : how today's entrepreneurs use continuous innovation to create radically successful businesses / Eric Ries
HD 62.5 R545 2011 - The startup owner's manual : the step-by-step guide for building a great company / Steve Blank and Bob Dorf
HD 62.5 B53 2012
Leadership, Teams, Recruiting
- Radical candor : be a kick-ass boss without losing your humanity / Kim Scott
HD 38.2 S41 2017 - The five dysfunctions of a team : a leadership fable / Patrick Lencioni
HD 66 L456 2002 - Who : the A method for hiring / Geoff Smart and Randy Street
HF 5549.5 S38 S593 2008
Management
- The E-myth revisited : why most small businesses don't work and what to do about it / Michael E. Gerber
HD 62.7 G458 1995 - The founder's dilemmas : anticipating and avoiding the pitfalls that can sink a startup / Noam Wasserman
HD 62.5 W375 2012
Marketing, Selling
- Crossing the chasm : marketing and selling disruptive products to mainstream customers / Geoffrey A. Moore
HF 5439 H54 M66 2014 - PitchBook: Venture Capital, Private Equity and M&A Database
Access to the Pitchbook database is available for up to 48 hours (not including weekends) via Remote Desktop. Please contact rdngroom@cs.ubc.ca to book access. - Mordor: 2700 reports are available from partnered enterprises across 20 industries
Please contact rdngroom@cs.ubc.ca to access database. - SPIN selling / Neil Rackham
HF 5438.25 R34 1988
Strategic planning
- Good to great : why some companies make the leap-- and others don't / Jim Collins
HD 57.7 C645 2001 - The strategy paradox : why committing to success leads corporations to failure, (and what to do about it) / Michael E. Raynor
HD 30.28 R384 2007
News
Business in Vancouver
Weekly business newspaper (JOURNAL section)
The Economist
Weekly news magazine (JOURNAL section)
Harvard Business Review
Monthly business magazine (JOURNAL section)
MIT Technology Review
Bi-Monthly technology magazine (JOURNAL section)
Wired
Monthly technology magazine (JOURNAL section)