The Startup Owner's Manual

If there's only one book you read for building your startup, this is it. This book is the successor to the Four Steps to the Epiphany and walks you through with painstaking details everything you need to do at each step to be a successful startup. This book is also very complete, its prescriptive and full of great examples, checklists and other items to help you think through where you are. Several years ago, Dr. Blank's book changed my life in how I approach building startups and if you want to get a head start, get this book