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Wade Foster

Zapier cofounder

Co-founder of the Zapier automation platform. Two original interviews explicitly attribute practical book selections to him.

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2Recommended books

Books Wade Foster recommends, documented so far

Each book appears once; every source record and quote remains linked to its evidence and the canonical book profile.

Startups Technology Customer Development

The Four Steps to the Epiphany

by Steve Blank · 2005

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Steve Blank · Customer-development founder

Documented citation: Selected in response to the host’s recommendation question.

Documented citation · Recommended

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How Wade Foster Connected the World with Zapier

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Entrepreneurs on Fire · 2018-04-12 · accessed 2026-10-01

podcast · Original podcast recommendation notes

Original dated host notes identify Foster’s top business book and the reader-facing recommendation question.

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Semiconductors Operations Engineering Management

High Output Management

by Andrew Grove · 1983

Author signal

Andrew Grove · Intel engineer-operator

Documented citation: Selected among practical books he found useful.

Documented citation · Recommended

Evidence details

The Origin Story of Zapier with Wade Foster

This source documents the book relationship, but the displayed text is a catalog summary rather than a verbatim quote.

Eventual Millionaire / Jaime Masters · undated · accessed 2026-10-01

interview · Original attributed interview resources

Original page labels High Output Management among Wade’s Recommended Resources and attributes the positive response to Wade. The transcript credits GMR Transcription Services; no independent audio or verbatim quotation claimed. No date inferred from search indexing.

Open source

Amazon Audible Bookshop.orgAffiliate disclosure: We may earn a commission when you buy through some links. Recommendations are included because of the source, not because of the retailer. Details