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24 alternatives to The First Tycoon

How the Vanderbilts launched the transportation revolution

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

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   Innovator's Dilemma▲202

   The seminal business book

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Makers: The New Industrial Revolution▲72

   The front lines of a new industrial revolution

   2015 · amazon.co.uk · 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 →

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   Rise of the Machines▲61

   A Cybernetic History 1st Edition

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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   The Innovators▲76

   Short biographies about the digital age's key pioneers

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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   Becoming a Category of One▲76

   How extraordinary companies transcend commodity

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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   The Upstarts▲78

   How the companies of Silicon Valley are changing the world

   2017 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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   A History of Silicon Valley▲71

   The greatest creation of wealth in the history of the planet

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Entrepreneurship▲62

   Successfully launching new ventures

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Launching New Ventures▲68

    An entrepreneurial approach

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    The Master Switch▲71

    : The Rise and Fall of Information Empires

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    The Lean Startup▲149

    Use continuous innovation to create successful businesses

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    The First Billion Is the Hardest▲59

    Reflections on a life of comebacks & America's energy future

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Where Good Ideas Come From▲79

    The natural history of innovation

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Brick by Brick▲65

    How LEGO rewrote the rules of innovation

    2016 · amazon.ca · its alternatives →

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    Princeton Bitcoin▲71

    Introduction to Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency technologies

    2016 · d28rh4a8wq0iu5.cloudfront.net · its alternatives →

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    The Greatest Trade Ever▲65

    How John Paulson defied Wall Street & made financial history

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    The Tycoons▲2

    How Four Tycoons Invented the American Supereconomy

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    The Second Machine Age▲66

    Work, progress, and prosperity in a time of brilliant techno

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    The Old Way▲77

    A story of the first people

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Startupland▲118

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    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    The Innovator's Solution▲69

    Creating and sustaining successful growth

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Where Good Ideas Come From▲62

    The natural history of innovation

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Strategies that revolutionized an industry

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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