Reading Time: 3 minutesAntonio Garcia Martinez Chaos Monkeys: Obscene Fortune and Random Failure in Silicon Valley ISBN: 978-0-06-245820-9 Imagine a story featuring some of the best, most talented people in America, along with some of the worst. What if some of the characters in that story fit both descriptions? And, what if those people were responsible for the … [Read more…]
Reading Time: 2 minutesSimon Sinek, David Mead, and Peter Docker Find Your Why: A Practical Guide for Discovering Purpose for You and Your Team ISBN: 978-0-14-311172-6 One of my favorite books that I read for this review series in 2021 was Simon Sinek’s Start With Why. In that book, he discussed the importance of finding a company’s or … [Read more…]
Reading Time: 3 minutesAmos Schwartzfarb Sell More Faster: The Ultimate Sales Playbook for Startups ISBN: 978-1-119-59780-3 Sales are the lifeblood of any startup. You need some form of funding coming into a company in order to keep the lights on – either raising money from angels and venture capitalists, crowdfunding, or by selling whatever is being produced. Unfortunately, … [Read more…]
Reading Time: 2 minutesSeth Godin Tribes ISBN: 978-1-59184-233-0 Do you have your own tribe? Do you consider yourself part of a tribe? Who do you consider a good leader – someone from whom you would take advice, or would help with a project? What characteristics does this person have which sets them apart from other supervisors or bosses … [Read more…]
Reading Time: 3 minutesStephen Covey The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People ISBN: 978-1-4516-3961-2 The book I’m reading for this review series tend to be the type of books you can rip through easily in an afternoon, or while you’re on a plane or a train traveling somewhere. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People was definitely not … [Read more…]
Reading Time: 3 minutesDamon Zahariades The Art of Saying No ISBN: 978-1-54957-274-6 Do you ever have trouble saying “no” to someone or have trouble not starting or joining a project? I know that I do. It’s been a constant struggle to respectfully decline requests from other people or to forgo working on an interesting project. I don’t want … [Read more…]
Reading Time: 2 minutesSimon Sinek Start With Why ISBN: 978-1-59184-644-4 Have you ever thought about your “why”? What is the “why” for the work that you do? This is the question posed by viral TED-talker Simon Sinek in his book Start With Why. In the book, Sinek explains the reasoning behind why the “why” is so important in … [Read more…]
Reading Time: 2 minutesDavid Cohen and Brad Feld Do More Faster ISBN: 978-1-119-58328-8 I get a lot of questions from first-time founders and new entrepreneurs. How do you know whether or not your idea is a “good idea?” How do you find customers? Will anyone actually buy this thing I built? I try to answer as many as … [Read more…]
Reading Time: 3 minutesTaylor Pearson The End of Jobs ISBN: 978-1-61961-336-2 Are we at the “end of jobs?” Most people’s first reaction is probably fear or dismay. Unfortunately, jobs that seemed like sure bets in the world pre-corona aren’t anymore. Entrepreneurship is the key to surviving this unpredictable world. Thankfully for all of us, entrepreneurship has become more … [Read more…]
Reading Time: 3 minutesBen McDougal You Don’t Need This Book: Entrepreneurship in the Connected Era ISBN: 978-1-7366357-1-1 Every entrepreneur’s story has a starting point. Maybe it was a cup of coffee with a friend who was building a business. Perhaps it was a pitch competition in college or a Startup Weekend. In my case, it was reading through … [Read more…]