This is is a list of resources that I frequently use and reference.
Leadership and Personal Development
Anecdotes to remember
- Get intimate with fear (“Kristen Ulmer on the Art of Fear”)
- Action eliminates fear (The Magic of Thinking Big by David Schwartz)
- No one leaves childhood unscathed (Tim Ferriss and The Drama of the Gifted Child)
- Better humans make better leaders (Reboot by Jerry Colonna)
Observations
- When I preach, it’s a reaction to feeling helpless
- Most bad behavior comes from fear or boredom (implicit fear)
Books
- The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
- High Output Management by Andy Grove
- The Effective Executive by Peter Drucker
- The Magic of Thinking Big by David Schwartz
- The Inner Game of Tennis by W. Timothy Gallwey
- Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
Technology Startups
General Philosophy and Principles
- Zero to One by Peter Thiel and Blake Masters (“Competition is for Losers”)
- How to Start a Startup (2014 course)
- “Startup = Growth” by Paul Graham
- “The 10 Commandments of Startup Success with Reid Hoffman (#248)” by Tim Ferriss
Ideas and Product Development
- “How Superhuman Built an Engine to Find Product/Market Fit” by Rahul Vohra
Sales and Business Strategy
- “Five ways to build a $100 million business” by Christopher Janz
- “Sales and Marketing” by Tyler Bosmeny
No Code Tools
- Makerpad
- Glide
- Carrd
- Webflow
- WordPress.com
- Google Sheets
Fundraising Advice
- Apply to Y Combinator (or Techstars or 500 Startups or any other accelerator).
Filling out the application helps clarify any startup - “How to raise money before launch” by Delian Asparouhov
- “Pitch the way VCs think” by Vinod Khosla
- Venture Deals by Brad Feld and Jason Mendelson
- Praying For Exits (Instagram account)
- “When Are You Pitch-Ready?: Consumer Social” by Haley Daiber
- The hardest part of the process is figuring out who has real feedback and who is being nice. It’s generally in most investor’s interest to keep a good rapport with founders. So finding a clear “No” and understanding why is more valuable than anything but a “Yes”
Backcountry Skiing and Mountaineering
Backcountry Skiing
- “Saving Weight in Your Backcountry Ski Setup” by Cy Whitling
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