Books

Here is a list of my favorite books

  1. 7 Powers: The Foundations of Business Strategy, by Hamilton Helmer
  2. Alchemy: The Dark Art and Curious Science of Creating Magic in Brands, Business, and Life, Rory Sutherland
  3. Architects of Intelligence: The truth about AI from the people building it, Martin Ford
  4. Army of None: Autonomous Weapons and the Future of War, Paul Scharre
  5. Art of Profitability, Adrian Slywotzky
  6. Art Of War, Sun Tzu
  7. Behind the Cloud: The Untold Story of How Salesforce.com Went from Idea to Billion-Dollar Company-and Revolutionized an Industry, Marc Benioff, Carlye Adler
  8. Birth of the Mind: How a Tiny Number of Genes Creates The Complexities of Human Thought, Gary Marcus
  9. Blitzscaling: The Lightning-Fast Path to Building Massively Valuable Companies, Reid Hoffman, Chris Yeh
  10. Book of Why: The New Science of Cause and Effect, Judea Pearl
  11. Business Model Generation: A Handbook for Visionaries, Game Changers, and Challengers, Alexander Osterwalder, Yves Pigneur
  12. Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration, Ed Catmull, Amy Wallace
  13. Crossing the Chasm, Geoffrey A Moore
  14. Deep Learning (Adaptive Computation and Machine Learning series), Ian Goodfellow, Yoshua BengioHOLC.
  15. Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most, Douglas Stone , Bruce Patton
  16. Disciplined Entrepreneurship: 24 Steps to a Successful Startup, Bill Aulet
  17. Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
  18. Economics in One Lesson: The Shortest and Surest Way to Understand Basic Economics, Henry Hazlitt
  19. Effective Executive: The Definitive Guide to Getting the Right Things Done, Peter F. Drucker, Jim Collins
  20. Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress, Steven Pinker
  21. Epiphany Z: Eight Radical Visions for Transforming Your Future, Thomas Frey
  22. Exceptional Presenter: A Proven Formula to Open Up and Own the Room, Timothy J. Koegel
  23. Factfulness: Ten Reasons We’re Wrong About the World–and Why Things Are Better Than You Think, Hans Rosling, Anna Rosling Rönnlund
  24. Fierce Leadership: A Bold Alternative to the Worst Best Practices of Business Today, Susan Scott
  25. Fifty Inventions That Shaped the Modern Economy, Tim Harford
  26. First 90 Days: Proven Strategies for Getting Up to Speed Faster and Smarter, Updated and Expanded, Michael D. Watkins
  27. Four Steps to the Epiphany, Steve Blank
  28. From Impossible To Inevitable: How Hyper-Growth Companies Create Predictable Revenue, Aaron Ross, Jason Lemkin
  29. Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers, Ben Horowitz
  30. High Growth Handbook, Elad Gil
  31. High Output Management, Andrew S. Grove
  32. Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products, Nir Eyal, Ryan Hoover
  33. Improv Wisdom, Patricia Ryan Madson
  34. In the Company of Giants: Candid Conversations with the Visionaries of the Digital World, Rama Dev Jager, Rafael Ortiz
  35. Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Peter F. Drucker
  36. Inspired: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love, Marty Cagan
  37. Intelligent Investor: The Definitive Book on Value Investing. A Book of Practical Counsel (Revised Edition), Benjamin Graham, Jason Zweig
  38. Lean Startup: How Today’s Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses, Eric Ries
  39. Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, Max Tegmark
  40. Lost and Founder: A Painfully Honest Field Guide to the Startup World, Rand FishkinSarah’s Grand.
  41. Lying, Sam Harris, Annaka Harris
  42. Mastery, Robert Greene
  43. Measure What Matters: How Google, Bono, and the Gates Foundation Rock the World with OKRs, John Doerr, Larry Page
  44. Mom Test: How to talk to customers & learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you, Rob Fitzpatrick
  45. More from Less: The Surprising Story of How We Learned to Prosper Using Fewer Resources―and What Happens Next, Andrew McAfee
  46. Positioning: The Battle for Your Mind, Al Ries, Jack Trout
  47. Principles: Life and Work, Ray Dalio, Simon and Schuster Digital Sales Inc.
  48. Radical Candor, Kim Scott
  49. Running Lean: Iterate from Plan A to a Plan That Works, Ash Maurya
  50. Scale: The Universal Laws of Growth, Innovation, Sustainability, and the Pace of Life in Organisms, Cities, Economies, and Companies, Geoffrey West
  51. Score Takes Care of Itself: My Philosophy of Leadership, Bill Walsh, Steve Jamison
  52. Secrets of Sand Hill Road: Venture Capital and How to Get It, Scott Kupor, Eric Ries
  53. Shoe Dog: A Memoir the Creator of Nike, Phil Knight
  54. Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action, Simon Sinek
  55. Startup Checklist: 25 Steps to a Scalable, High-Growth Business, David S. Rose, Bill Gross
  56. Startup Owner’s Manual: The Step-By-Step Guide for Building a Great Company (DIATEINO), Steve Blank, Bob Dorf
  57. Traction: Get a Grip on Your Business, Gino Wickman
  58. Unleash Your Inner Company: Use Passion and Perseverance to Build Your Ideal Business, John Chisholm
  59. Unscaled: How AI and a New Generation of Upstarts Are Creating the Economy of the Future, Hemant Taneja, Kevin Maney
  60. Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist, Brad Feld, Jason Mendelson
  61. What Got You Here Won’t Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful, Marshall Goldsmith, Mark Reiter
  62. What You Do Is Who You Are: How to Create Your Business Culture, Ben Horowitz
  63. Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future, Peter Thiel, Blake Masters

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