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…]
Reading Time: 3 minutesBlake J. Harris Console Wars ISBN: 978-0-06-227670-4 If I’ve learned anything over the course of the last few years neck-deep in the entrepreneurial ecosystem, it’s that any time companies begin to think less like a scrappy startup and more like a stodgy, conservative corporation, the quality of the company declines. Inversely, if a traditional company … [Read more…]