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24 alternatives to The Machine That Changed The World

The story of lean production

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

1. 1
   The Lean Startup▲149

   Use continuous innovation to create successful businesses

   2015 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Scaling Lean▲74

   Mastering the key metrics for startup growth

   2016 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Running Lean▲144

   An exacting strategy for achieving a product/market fit

   2015 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Lean Analytics▲100

   Use data to build a better startup faster

   2015 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Innovator's Dilemma▲202

   The seminal business book

   2015 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Maker Stories▲303

   Discover the stories behind products

   2014 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation▲62

   A story about the life & work of brilliant engineers!

   2015 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   The Upstarts▲78

   How the companies of Silicon Valley are changing the world

   2017 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   High Output Management▲158

   The bible for startup management

   2015 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Inventology▲72

    How we dream up things that change the world

    2016 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Lean Customer Development ▲98

    Building products your customers will buy

    2015 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Lean Marketing for Startups ▲66

    Keys to rapid growth: design, development, analytics

    2015 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Story▲155

    A better way to run teams and projects

    2023 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Founders at Work▲208

    Stories of successful founders

    2015 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Focus Framework▲81

    A hands on guide to find product-market fit w/ lean methods

    2016 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Growth Engines▲95

    How the most successful startups unlock extraordinary growth

    2015 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    UNBOSS▲64

    Conventional understanding of management and work reimagined

    2016 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Rise of the Machines▲61

    A Cybernetic History 1st Edition

    2016 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Pressed for Time: The Acceleration of Life in Digital Capitalism▲56

    How machines effect humans in our hyperconnected world

    2016 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Lean Out▲101

    25 stories from the underrepresented in tech

    2015 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Lean It If You Mean It▲64

    Testing lean startup methodology IRL!

    2017 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    The First Ten▲79

    A "reverse audiobook" for building coworking communities

    2016 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Startupland▲118

    The story of Zendesk: From idea to IPO

    2015 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Race Against The Machine▲66

    How the digital revolution is accelerating innovation!

    2016 · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →