Reading Time: 3 minutesThomas Abt Bleeding Out ISBN: 978-1-5416-4572-1 Urban violence is a major problem in the United States. It receives a great deal of coverage in the press, and pundits on all sides of the issue continue to weigh in each time there’s a major event or an election in any of America’s largest cities. Solutions have … [Read more…]
Reading Time: 3 minutesScott Kupor Secrets of Sand Hill Road: Venture Capital and How to Get It ISBN: 978-0-593-08358-1 Venture capital has a great deal of mystique surrounding it, especially for new entrepreneurs. How does one get a startup funded? How much of the company must be surrendered to investors? Why do some startups receive funding for merely … [Read more…]
Reading Time: 3 minutesCal Newport Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World ISBN: 978-1-4555-8669-1 Over the course of our careers, we tend to do a great deal of “shallow work” – we send a lot of emails, we create a lot of documents and slide decks, answer phone calls, and spend time on social media. … [Read more…]
Reading Time: 3 minutesJerry Colonna Reboot: Leadership and the Art of Growing Up ISBN: 978-0-06-274953-6 The act of writing is therapeutic – it least it is for me. Sometimes, you can work out some of your biggest problems just by putting pen to paper or fingers to a keyboard. Perhaps you have a major problem in your life, … [Read more…]
Reading Time: 3 minutesViktor E. Frankl Man’s Search for Meaning ISBN: 978-0-8070-1427-1 I don’t tend to read a lot of books in the “self-help” category. It’s not that they aren’t necessary or good for a lot of people – looking around the world today, there are a lot of things that can bring you down or ruin your … [Read more…]
Reading Time: 2 minutesBruce Schneier Data and Goliath: The Hidden Battles to Collect Your Data and Control Your World ISBN: 978-0-393-35217-7 Whether you like it or not, you are being surveilled every minute of every day. It’s the price we pay for modern conveniences, like being able to call a friend from the car, find an obscure item … [Read more…]
Reading Time: 3 minutesTony Hsieh Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose ISBN: 978-0-446-57622-2 As an entrepreneur, ecosystem builder, and now coach of other entrepreneurs, I’m fascinated with the stories of the biggest names in the field. How did they become interested in entrepreneurship? What was it like as they got their biggest achievements off the … [Read more…]
Reading Time: 3 minutesEric Ries The Lean Startup ISBN: 978-0-307-88789-4 In any field, there are a number of books that tend to be referenced the most. These are the classics that everyone in the field should read, or at least be familiar. In entrepreneurship, many people start with the work of Steve Blank on customer discovery or Alexander … [Read more…]
Reading Time: 3 minutesDave Jilk and Brad Feld The Entrepreneur’s Weekly Nietzsche ISBN: 978-1-5445-2140-4 I never had the chance to take a philosophy class in college. When I wasn’t in class, I was producing media in the Communication Studies building, creating something in the chemistry lab, working at the hospital, or community building with a local non-profit. You … [Read more…]
Reading Time: 3 minutesBrian McCullough How the Internet Happened: From Netscape to the iPhone ISBN: 978-1-63149-307-2 Most history books that I’ve read over the years have covered topics and civilizations long past. The Roman Empire, the Middle Ages, and the founding of the United States are all popular topics. Recent history doesn’t get much coverage, especially events from … [Read more…]