books recommended by Ryan Hoover

Ryan Hoover is the founder of Product Hunt, a popular website where you can find the latest products for just about any need or want in your life. Prior, he created Startup Edition and was Director of Product at PlayHaven. Ryan was the contributing writer to the international bestseller, Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products by Nir Eyal, and has written essays featured in TechCrunch, Forbes, Pando, Fast Company, and The Next Web.

Ryan Hoover is the founder of Product Hunt, a popular website where you can find the latest products for just about any need or want in your life. He is also working on YourStack, a community platform to find the best apps, products, and tips recommended by people you know. Prior, he created Startup Edition and was Director of Product at PlayHaven. Ryan was the contributing writer to the international bestseller, Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products by Nir Eyal, and has written essays featured in TechCrunch, Forbes, Pando, Fast Company, and The Next Web. Fun fact: he doesn't eat pancakes.

books recommended by Ryan Hoover

Last Updated Jan 31, 2024

The Innovator's Dilemma

The Innovator's Dilemma

Clayton M. Christensen

High Output Management

High Output Management

Andrew Grove

The Lean Startup

The Lean Startup

Eric Ries

The Courage to Be Disliked

The Courage to Be Disliked

Ichiro Kishimi

Fooled by Randomness

Fooled by Randomness

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Hooked

Hooked

Nir Eyal & Ryan Hoover

The Outsiders

The Outsiders

William N. Thorndike

Indistractable

Indistractable

Nir Eyal

Founders at Work

Founders at Work

Jessica Livingston

The Great CEO Within

The Great CEO Within

Matt Mochary

The Untethered Soul

The Untethered Soul

Michael A. Singer

Secrets of Sand Hill Road

Secrets of Sand Hill Road

Scott Kupor

Venture Deals

Venture Deals

Brad Feld

Crushing It!

Crushing It!

Gary Vaynerchuk

The Four Steps to the Epiphany

The Four Steps to the Epiphany

Steve Blank

Why Are We Yelling?

Why Are We Yelling?

Buster Benson

The 5 Elements of Effective Thinking

The 5 Elements of Effective Thinking

Edward B. Burger & Michael Starbird

The Art of Game Design

The Art of Game Design

Jesse Schell

Viral Loop

Viral Loop

Adam L. Penenberg

The Courage to be Happy

The Courage to be Happy

Ichiro Kishimi & Fumitake Koga

Ikigai

Ikigai

Hector Garcia Puigcerver & Francesc Miralles

Management Information Systems

Management Information Systems

Ken J. Sousa & Effy Oz

Difficult Conversations

Difficult Conversations

Douglas Stone

Taking the Work Out of Networking

Taking the Work Out of Networking

Karen Wickre

Mindful Design

Mindful Design

Scott Riley

Little Moments of Love

Little Moments of Love

Catana Chetwynd

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