The Founder's Library
The books that shaped how the playbook thinks. Read in the order that matters.
What this appendix is for
This appendix is a curated reading list. Not a generic "founder bookshelf." Each entry names a specific book, the idea the playbook took from it, and the chapter where you will feel it. The point is not to read every book ever written about business. The point is to read the small number of books that actually changed how the playbook thinks, in the order that matters.
Included pages
One chapter: the shelf itself. Ten core books in reading order, each with the idea the playbook took and where it lands in the chapters, plus the second shelf of books that inform a single chapter each.
Chapter 1
The Founder's Library
The books that shaped how the playbook thinks. Read in the order that matters. Authored by Alistair.
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