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24 alternatives to How I Built This - Virgin: Richard Branson

Richard Branson took a record shop & built an empire, Virgin

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. How I Built This - Virgin: Richard Branson launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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Losing My Virginity▲72
How I Survived, Had Fun, and Made a Fortune -Richard Branson
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
2
Finding My Virginity: The New Autobiography▲6
Never lose the thrill of trying something for the first time
2017 · amazon.co.uk · its alternatives →
3
Screw It, Let's Do It: Lessons In Life ▲67
Richard Branson shares his life lessons
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
4
Finding My Virginity : The New Autobiography▲3
By Sir Richard Branson
2018 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Hack the Entrepreneur 221: The Transformation from Musician to Entrepreneur▲58
Derek Webb talks building NoiseTrade and being acquired.
2016 · hacktheentrepreneur.com · its alternatives →
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First Entrepreneur: How George Washington Built His and the Nation's Prosperity▲55
How the United States was founded on business
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
7
Venture Stories▲249
A new podcast taking you inside the world of venture capital
2017 · villageglobal.com · its alternatives →
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Product Hunt Community Stories: Ep 1▲91
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2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
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Alibaba: The House That Jack Ma Built▲83
Insider's account on the rise of Alibaba and its founder
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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I built a thing▲242
2012 · boxcarsurgery.com · its alternatives →
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How I Braved Anu Aunty and Co-Founded a $Million Company▲75
How a young entrepreneur built his success from scratch
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
12
BUILD▲80
An inside look at what it takes to scale a software company
2016 · openviewpartners.com · its alternatives →
13
AngelList Radio - Rick Marini▲103
Host Tyler Willis interviews a serial founder and investor
2015 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
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The Top - Worlds Most Powerful VC Explains Raising $10b, First Investor in Elon Musk, How $12m made $6b▲70
Nathan Latka Interviews Legendary VC Tim Draper
2016 · content.libsyn.com · its alternatives →
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The Twenty Minute VC: Rick Marini, Serial Angel Investor & Entrepreneur▲65
Investing lessons learnt from Naval Ravikant
2016 · content.libsyn.com · its alternatives →
16
Sweat The Product▲153
A collection of stories from people who build product.
2014 · sweattheproduct.com · its alternatives →
17
Brand Boost: Gary Vaynerchuk▲61
"Build your building bigger than the rest"
2016 · its alternatives →
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Louder Than Words - Jason Zook: The Guy Who Made $1 Million Wearing T-Shirts▲60
The founder of IWearYourShirt on creativity & hustle porn.
2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
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Oxford Building a Business Series - Raising capital, doing deals▲57
Henry Davis, Senior Associate, Index Ventures, gives a talk…
2015 · podcasts.ox.ac.uk · its alternatives →
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Built With Shopify▲133
Interviews & inspiration w/ profitable, ecommerce businesses
2017 · shopify.com · its alternatives →
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Starting Something: An Entrepreneur's Tale of Corporate Culture ▲60
I made a few hundred million. I lost a few hundred million.
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Houses - Start building an empire▲67
A game of thrones for the real(ish) world.
2016 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
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Twenty Minute VC: Dave Morin, Slow Ventures▲65
Why building a fund is like a company
2016 · hwcdn.libsyn.com · its alternatives →
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Venture Studio - 21: Brad Hargreaves - Common, General Assembly, Maveron, Angel Investor▲53
Must hear insights on culture, brand & community
2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →

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