Getting Real

by Jason Fried, David Heinemeier Hansson, and Matthew Linderman · 2006

37signals' book about building focused web applications with small teams.

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Jason Fried · Book author

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Steve BlankEntrepreneur and customer-development author

Steve Blank includes Getting Real in his Strategy Books for Startups section.

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Books for Startups

Blank names Getting Real as web-focused startup reading.

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Derrick ReimerSavvyCal founder and Drip technical cofounder

Included in his own reading list for founders.

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Books For Founders

His own list introduces influential books from his founder journey for readers to find useful. Undated and unranked; no edition preference asserted.

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Jason FriedBook author

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David Heinemeier HanssonBook author

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Matthew LindermanBook author

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