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Entrepreneurship: Books

This guide supports UCI’s innovation and entrepreneurship community by connecting users to relevant resources used to conduct research throughout the entrepreneurial process.
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Business Model Generation by Alexander Osterwalder; Yves Pigneur
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Value Proposition Design by Alexander Osterwalder; Trish Papadakos (Designed by); Yves Pigneur; Gregory Bernarda; Alan Smith
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The Startup Owner's Manual by Steve Blank; Bob Dorf
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The Lean Startup by Eric Ries
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The Startup Way by Eric Ries
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The First Mile: A Launch Manual for Getting Great Ideas into the Market by Scott D. Anthony
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The Creative Curve: How to Develop the Right Idea, at the Right Time by Allen Gannett
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Creative Confidence: Unleashing the Creative Potential Within Us All by Tom Kelley; David Kelley
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Biotechnology Entrepreneurship: Starting, Managing, and Leading Biotech Companies by Craig Shimasaki
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How We Make Stuff Now: Turn Ideas into Products That Build Successful Businesses by Jules Pieri
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Harvard Business Review Entrepreneur's Handbook: Everything You Need to Launch and Grow Your New Business by Harvard Business Review
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Engineering Entrepreneurship from Idea to Business Plan by Paul Swamidass
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Insight Out: Get Ideas Out of Your Head and into the World by Tina Seelig
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InGenius: A Crash Course on Creativity by Tina Seelig
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Creative Construction: The DNA of Sustained Innovation by Gary P. Pisano
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Change by Design by Tim Brown
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Corporate Entrepreneurship by Robert Hisrich; Claudine Kearney
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