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24 alternatives to This Business of Music

The music business Bible

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

1. 1
   Conscious Business▲85

   Building value through values

   2015 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Business Adventures▲68

   Bill Gates's Favorite Business Book

   2015 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Built to Sell▲63

   Creating a Business That Can Thrive Without You

   2015 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   How Music Works by David Byrne▲61

   The joy, physics and business of making music

   2015 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   The Big 100▲71

   The 100 business tools you need to succeed

   2015 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Inspired▲83

   How to create products customers love

   2015 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   The Brand Bible▲62

   Turn your blog into a business by working with brands

   2015 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   The Business of Sharing▲59

   Making it in the new sharing economy

   2016 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Lean B2B: Build Products Businesses Want▲70

   Practical guide to B2B startups

   2015 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Simplify▲71

    How the best businesses in the world succeed

    2017 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    CAUSE!▲62

    A business strategy for standing out in a sea of sameness

    2016 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    The Book of Yeezus▲90

    The Bible, if Kanye wrote it

    2015 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Ableton: Making Music▲124

    A book of creative strategies for electronic music producers

    2015 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Make Your Mark ▲83

    Creative's guide to building a business with impact

    2014 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Lean Customer Development ▲98

    Building products your customers will buy

    2015 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Other People’s Money▲59

    The real business of finance

    2015 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Content Marketing Playbook▲121

    Master the art of content marketing

    2015 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    How We Listen Now▲63

    Essays and conversations about music and technology

    2016 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    How to Build a Billion Dollar App▲92

    Guide to building an app-based business

    2015 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    The Marketing Blueprint▲55

    Lessons to market & sell anything

    2016 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    EntrePowerment▲77

    Teaching you what it takes to be an entrepreneur

    2015 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    How Music Got Free▲67

    The end of an industry and the patient zero of piracy

    2015 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Business Stories - Making Inexpensive Business Videos▲65

    A guide to creating business videos with available tools

    2015 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Innovation Karma▲56

    Explore The DNA Of Business Creativity

    2016 · its alternatives →

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