Reading Time: 3 minutesBruce Schneier and Nathan E. Sanders Rewiring Democracy: How AI Will Transform Our Politics, Government, and Citizenship ISBN: 978-0-262-04994-8 Artificial Intelligence is a constantly changing field, and it probably occupies a good chunk of real estate in your startup and technology news feed. In the past couple of years, I have had some moderate exposure … [Read more…]
Reading Time: 2 minutesMihaly Csikszentmihalyi Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience ISBN: 978-0-06-133920-2 You’ve probably heard of “flow state” or the idea of someone entering “flow state.” It’s usually discussed as occurring among high performers like athletes, musicians, artists, and other builders and creatives when they are completely focused on their craft. An athlete can enter this state … [Read more…]
Reading Time: 2 minutesMelissa Perri Escaping the Build Trap: How Effective Product Management Creates Real Value ISBN: 978-1-491-97379-0 Your company is probably measuring the wrong things. Many companies fall into the trap of “vanity metrics” – numbers that look good on paper but aren’t moving the company forward. In my experience listening to startups and early-stage companies pitch, … [Read more…]
Reading Time: 3 minutesBrad Feld Give First: The Power of Mentorship ISBN: 978-1-64687-132-2 As many of you are familiar, I’m a big fan of Brad Feld’s writing. I’ve reviewed a number of his books over the years, and it forms the basis for a lot of the work I do in building my local startup community and the statewide entrepreneurial ecosystem. … [Read more…]
Reading Time: 3 minutesDavid C. Robertson Brick by Brick ISBN: 978-0-307-95161-8 Like most kids, I grew up playing with LEGO sets. From a random tub of bricks in the late 1980s to several sets from the City line, I loved putting the kits together and building a small town in my bedroom. Like most kids, by the time … [Read more…]
Reading Time: 3 minutesNiall Ferguson Civilization: The West and The Rest ISBN: 978-1-59420-305-3 Why have European countries and their descendants seen such explosive growth in technology and knowledge over the past 500 years or so? Why has the rest of the world seemingly lagged behind? Prior to the late 1400s, this wasn’t the case – other parts of … [Read more…]
Reading Time: 3 minutesRichard Florida The Rise of the Creative Class ISBN: 978-1-5416-1774-2 Cities and the Creative Class ISBN: 978-0-415-94887-8 When I discovered the world of entrepreneurship more than a decade ago, much of the terminology around entrepreneurial ecosystems and startup communities had not been invented or set in stone. Much of the literature surrounding these concepts discussed … [Read more…]
Reading Time: 3 minutesF. A. Hayek The Road to Serfdom ISBN: 0-226-32059-6 We live in interesting times right now. The economy has been untethered from reality for much of the 2020s due to a number of factors. In an effort to avoid immediate economic disaster, money printing was the name of the game during the pandemic. This, along … [Read more…]
Reading Time: 3 minutesNoam Wasserman The Founder’s Dilemmas ISBN: 978-0-691-15830-3 In many previous posts on this blog and in this book review series, I’ve discussed the importance of failure in the entrepreneurial process. The best way that I’ve found to teach entrepreneurship is to experience the process, make mistakes, and ask lots of questions along the way. Textbooks … [Read more…]
Reading Time: 3 minutesEdward B. Burger and Michael Starbird The 5 Elements of Effective Thinking ISBN: 978-0-691-15666-8 Think back to all of the times in your life where you have felt stuck. Each of us have had problems or subjects that we just don’t understand and can’t find the answer. Perhaps you were stuck on a series of … [Read more…]
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