Books
These are the books I most commonly recommend, neatly organized by category. Each on of them is rated 4 (out of 5) or higher in my spreadsheet of books I've read, so you don't have to wonder if it's worth reading.
Name | Author | Category |
---|---|---|
Angel | Jason Calcanis | Venture Capital |
Build | Tony Fadell | Product |
Delivering Happiness | Tony Hsieh | Startups |
Draft No 4 | John McPhee | Writing |
Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap...And Others Don't | Jim Collins | Management |
High output management | Andy Grove | Management |
How to win friends and influence people | Dale Carnegie | Sales |
Open | Andrew Agassi | Biography |
Secrets Of Sandhill Road | Scott Kupor | Venture Capital |
Start at the End | Dave Lavinsky | Management |
The Effective Executive: The Definitive Guide to Getting the Right Things Done | Peter Drucker | Management |
The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers | Ben Horowitz | Management |
The power law | Sebastian Mallaby | Venture Capital |
The war of art | Steven Pressfield | Productivity |
Zero To One | Peter Theil | Startups |