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24 alternatives to Idea Makers

Insights into some of our greatest thinkers + makers

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Idea Makers launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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Idea Makers▲53
Personal Perspectives on the Lives & Ideas of Notable People
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
2
Makers: The New Industrial Revolution▲72
The front lines of a new industrial revolution
2015 · amazon.co.uk · its alternatives →
3
Insight Out: Get Ideas Out of Your Head and Into the World▲60
Stanford's Tina Seelig's course on creativity and innovation
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
4
Wired to Create: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Creative Mind ▲65
A glimpse inside the minds of highly creative people
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
5
The Idea Machine▲56
Now ideas can be produced industrially
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
6
Thinkertoys▲76
A handbook of creative thinking techniques
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
7
Makers and Developers▲63
The Business of Making Things for Startup Entrepreneurs
2016 · its alternatives →
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Making Ideas Happen▲75
Overcoming the obstacles between vision and reality
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
9
What to Think About Machines That Think: ▲74
Today's leading thinkers on the age of machine intelligence
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
10
Where Good Ideas Come From▲79
The natural history of innovation
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Innovation Karma▲56
Explore The DNA Of Business Creativity
2016 · its alternatives →
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The Google Guys▲64
Inside the Brilliant Minds of Google's Founders
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
13
Inventology▲72
How we dream up things that change the world
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
14
Envisioning Information▲87
A remarkable range of examples of visual thinkinking
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
15
Meaningful: The Story of Ideas that Fly▲61
Building ideas that make successful products
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
16
Sparks of Genius▲64
Thinking Tools of the World's Most Creative People
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Where Good Ideas Come From▲62
The natural history of innovation
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
18
The Creativity Challenge▲63
"A go-to read for the creative genius in every one"
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
19
Thoughts on Design▲71
Timeless insights from world-famous designer Paul Rand
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Made to Stick▲82
Why some ideas survive and others die
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Made to Stick▲71
Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die
2015 · heathbrothers.com · its alternatives →
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Design, Form, and Chaos▲80
A great source of design inspiration
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Inspired▲83
How to create products customers love
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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The Mind Club▲67
Who thinks, what feels and why it matters
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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