Members of the FreightWaves startup community often ask me for book recommendations. I used to keep a private list on Amazon that I would send out to those that requested it. Recently, I came across a website of another founder that I admire that posted a personal reading list. I found many of the titles quite interesting.
I figured I would do the same for those that are interested in the books that have and continue to influence my thinking. I will add onto the list as I find new titles. If you have some recommendations that should be considered, comment below or send me a message on LinkedIn.
SaaS/Startups/Business:
Hit Makers: How to Succeed in an Age of Distraction
Netflixed: The Epic Battle for America’s Eyeballs
Subscribed: Why the Subscription Model will Be Your Company’s Future- and What to Do About it
Play Bigger: How Pirates, Dreamers, and Innovators Create and Dominate Markets
Hatching Twitter: A True Story of Money, Power, Friendship, and Betrayal
Secrets of Sand Hill Road: Venture Capital and How to Get It
Blitzscaling: The Lightning-Fast Path to Building Massively Valuable Companies
The Third Wave: An Entrepreneur’s Vision of the Future
The Innovator’s Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail
Confessions of the Pricing Man: How Price Affects Everything
Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt
Money Ball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game
Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook: A Tale of Sex, Money, Genius and Betrayal
Ugly Americans: The True Story of the Ivy League Cowboys Who Raided the Asian Markets for Millions
Overnight Success: Federal Express And: Frederick Smith, Its Renegade Creator
Media and Content:
Killing Marketing: How Innovative Businesses are Turning Marketing Cost Into Profit
Content Inc. : How Entrepreneurs Use Content to Build Massive Audiences and Create Radically Successful Businesses
The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires
The Bloomberg Way: A guide for journalists