Pour Your Heart Into It vs Shoe Dog: Which Should You Read?

Cover of Pour Your Heart Into It Pour Your Heart Into It Howard Schultz · 1997 ★★★★☆ 4.2 351 pages · ≈ 6 h 30 m · Moderate
“Starbucks, as it is today, is actually the child of two parents.”

A must-read for every entrepreneur and Starbucks lover. Howard Schultz shares the Starbucks story in a heart-felt way.

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Cover of Shoe Dog Shoe Dog Phil Knight · 2014 ★★★★☆ 4.4 432 pages · ≈ 8 h 00 m · Moderate

"In this candid and riveting memoir, for the first time ever, Nike founder and CEO Phil Knight shares the inside story of the company's early days as an intrepid start-up and its evolution into one of the world's most…

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The verdict

Scores by source

Pour Your Heart Into ItShoe Dog
Goodreads — 3.5 (620)
Hardcover 3.9 (21) 4.4 (538)
Google Books — 4.5 (7)
Apple Books 4.5 (58) 4.5 (4004)

Reception

Pour Your Heart Into ItShoe Dog
Ratings 58 4004
Editions 5 28
Citations 45 —
Film adaptations — 1
Wikipedia attention — 3024
Pages 351 432

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