For the friends and associates who ask me for recommendations of what I’ve read or am listening to, here is a resource page to supplement the occasional posts I do.
For startup resource suggestions, see blog post resources.
Latest Books I’ve recommended will rotate here as I add them
[updated September 1, 2022]
“The Network State” by Balaji Srinivasan [Download at 1792.com]
“The Perfect Weapon, War, Sabotage, and Fear in the Cyber Age” by David E. Sanger [Amazon]
“The Power Law” by Sebastian Mallaby [Amazon]
BOOKS I RECOMMEND
Here are the books I frequently recommend or give out.
“BE 2.0”, “Good to Great”, and all books by Jim Collins
Find Your Why and Start with Why and others by Simon Sinek
Principles by Ray DalioRay Dalio Author, American billionaire investor, and hedge fund manager. Founder of investment firm Bridgewater. Author of Principles series of books
Measure what Matters by John Doerr
The Five dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni
Turn the Ship Around by David Marquet
Trillion Dollar Coach by Eric Schmidt
Originals by Adam Grant
Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink
The Phoenix Project by Gene Kim
The Obstacle is the Way (and other books) by Ryan Holiday
Team of Teams by Gen. Stanley McChrystal
Smartcuts by Shane Snow
The Goal by Eliyahu M. Goldratt
Tribes by Seth Godwin
Meditations by Marcus Aureilus
How we decide by Jonah Lehrer
Podcasts
Favorite podcasts
The Tim Ferriss Podcast – Tim Ferriss Host
Work Life Podcast – Adam Grant Host
This Week in Start Ups – Jason Calacanis
All In Show – Calacanis, Palihapitiya, Sacks, and Friedberg
Modern Finance – Kevin Rose
Proof – Kevin Rose
Masters of Scale – Reid Hoffman
Remarkable People – Guy Kawasaki
Decoder – Nilay Patel
Consider This – NPR
Bean Cast – Bob Knorp
ROI Podcast – Kelley School of Business
Revisionist History – Malcolm Glaswell
Videos and Other Resources
IOHK | Cardano whiteboard with Charles Hoskinson – YouTube
Lin-Manuel Miranda Performs at the White House Poetry Jam – YouTube