Library
Books, resources, and links that have shaped how I think and work.
Books
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Deep Learning (Adaptive Computation and Machine Learning series)
The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses
UX for AI: A Framework for Designing AI-Driven Products
Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
A Platform Mindset: Building a Culture of Collaboration
Overcoming the Five Dysfunctions of a Team
How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
Presentation Advantage: How to Inform and Persuade Any Audience
Same as Ever: A Guide to What Never Changes
Scaling People: Tactics for Management and Company Building
Outliers: The Story of Success
Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention and How to Think Deeply Again
The Coming Wave: Technology, Power, and the Twenty-first Century's Greatest Dilemma
Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI
Business at the Speed of Thought
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
The Foundation Trilogy
The Inmates Are Running the Asylum
2001: A Space Odyssey
Don't Make Me Think, Revisited
Who Says Elephants Can't Dance?
Roots: The Saga of an American Family
Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
MBA in a Book: Mastering Business with Attitude
Everything but the Squeal: Eating the Whole Hog in Northern Spain
The Science of Running
Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World
Peak Performance: Elevate Your Game, Avoid Burnout, and Thrive with the New Science of Success
7 Powers: The Foundations of Business Strategy
Let Your Mind Run: A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory
The Passion Paradox
Learning to Lead
Do Hard Things: Why We Get Resilience Wrong and the Surprising Science of Real Toughness
The Personal MBA
AI for Good: Applications in Sustainability, Humanitarian Action, and Health
Resources
- Seth Godin
The bestselling author, marketer and entrepreneur.
- Bill Gates
Bill Gates' personal blog — technology, books, and global health.
- Paul Graham
Co-founder of Y-Combinator. Essays on venture capital, human nature, trends, and biases.
- The Rabbit Hole by Blas Moros
Book summaries and a range of interesting articles and essays.
- Farnham Street (Shane Parrish)
Books, articles, mental models, and interesting reads.
- Steve Magness (Science of Running)
Running science, coaching, and performance. Steve was the whistleblower on the Nike Oregon Project.
Links
- The Growth Equation
Grounded perspective on sustainable performance and excellence from Brad Stulberg and Steve Magness.
- Acquired
Every company has a story. One of THE best ways to learn about the business of business and startups.
- Sequoia Capital Stories
Insights on technology, founder interviews, and a podcast section.
- Computer Science Unplugged
Free learning activities that teach Computer Science through games and puzzles — no computer needed.
- Better Explained
If you're challenged by math, who isn't? Clear explanations using the ADEPT method.