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24 alternatives to How Google Works

Management maxims illustrated through personal anecdotes

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. How Google Works launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   How Google Works▲66

   The rules for success in the Internet Century.

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Work Rules! ▲82

   Talent management and attraction ideas from inside Google

   2015 · amazon.co.uk · its alternatives →

3. 3
   What would google do?▲64

   A guide to the business logic of the network era.

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Thinking for a Living▲62

   How knowledge workers reach peak performance and productivit

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Decode and Conquer▲69

   Answers to product management interviews

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Growth Engines▲95

   How the most successful startups unlock extraordinary growth

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   In The Plex▲72

   How Google thinks, works & shapes our lives

   2015 · stevenlevy.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Making It Right▲76

   Product management for a startup world

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Work Smart - 18: How Google works smart with Product Manager, Tim Frank▲67

   "The culture is very black and white - don't sugar coat"

   2015 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    The Google Guys▲64

    Inside the Brilliant Minds of Google's Founders

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    The Thank You Economy▲89

    How companies big and small can scale

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    The Design Sprint▲181

    An upcoming book and list of resources from Google Ventures

    2015 · gv.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Rise of the Revenue Marketer▲66

    A guide for connection marketing to business

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Marketing for Entrepreneurs▲68

    Concepts and applications for new ventures

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Innovation Thinking Methods for the Modern Entrepreneur▲76

    A simple way to reliably find step-function better solutions

    2016 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Neuromarketing▲61

    Understanding the buy buttons in your customer's brain

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    The New Killer Apps▲64

    How Large Companies Can Out-Innovate Startups

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Crossing the Chasm▲82

    Selling high-tech products to mainstream customers

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Startup CEO▲64

    A field guide to scaling your business

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Think with Google▲142

    Put Google research and insight behind your thinking.

    2014 · business.google.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    The Innovator's Solution▲69

    Creating and sustaining successful growth

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Matchmakers▲61

    The new economics of multisided platforms

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Work Rules! Insights from Inside Google▲9

    How Google attracts and retains the best talent in the world

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Google for Entrepreneurs▲71

    Bringing together startup communities worldwide

    2014 · startup.google.com · its alternatives →

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