Books
Mindset
** Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us, by Daniel H. Pink 2011
** Reset: How to Change What's Not Working, by Dan Heath 2025
Strategy
** The Cold Start Problem: How to Start and Scale Network Effects, by Andrew Chen 2021
** Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make the Competition Irrelevant, by W. Chan Kim et al. 2014
Better, Simpler Strategy: A Value-Based Guide to Exceptional Performance, by Felix Oberholzer-Gee 2021
Good Strategy Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why It Matters, by Richard Rumelt 2011
Leadership
Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done, by Ram Charan et al. 2009
Startup
** The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses, by Eric Ries 2011
** The Startup Owner’s Manual, by Steve Blank et al. 2020
** Xiaoxmi Startup Thinking, by Lei Jun 2022
The PayPal Wars: Battles with Ebay, the Media, the Mafia, and the Rest of Planet Earth (3rd ed), by Eric M. Jackson 2023
Big Tech
** Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism, by Sarah Wynn-Williams 2025
** Supremacy: AI, ChatGPT, and the Race that Will Change the World, by Parmy Olson 2024
Investing
** Gambling Man: The Secret Story of the World's Greatest Disruptor, Masayoshi Son, by Lionel Barber 2025