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 |