Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days

You might like Founders at Work: Stories of Startups’ Early Days. It’s written by Jessica Livingston, who founded Y Combinator.

"Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days" is a good collection of stories: https://www.amazon.com/Founders-Work-Stories-Startups-Early/... (https://www.amazon.com/Founders-Work-Stories-Startups-Early/dp/1430210788)

Things I completed: 1. Elon Musk: Inventing the Future 2. The Code Book - Simon Singh 3. Fermat's Enigma - Simon Singh 4. Deep Work - Cal Newport 5. Smarter Faster Better - Charles Duhigg 6. 1984 7. So good they can't ignore you - Cal Newport 8. Distributed Systems for fun and profit 9. Classic Shell Scripting Things I partially read and hope to complete some time: 1. The music of Primes 2. Traction 3. Founders at work 4. Your Memory: How it works and how to improve it Things I would recommend: Fermat's Enigma and The Code Book are very interesting reads if you are into Mathematics. They are both written very well and you don't need to know too much of Mathematics to understand it. On the other hand The Music of Primes started of very interesting and then got a bit too heavy for an evening read. If you can chug along I think it would be a good one too. Of all the self help books I mentioned I think Duhiggs Smarter, faster better is the one that stands out. It is more of an analysis of various teams and people and how they got to work efficiently.…

Meditations by Marcus Aurelius - a wonderfully simple explanation of what is truly important in life. The Order of Things or Madness and Civilisation by Michel Foucault - a look at how our culture and time limit the horizons of our world view. Anna Karenina by Tolstoy - a complicated set of love stories set in 19C Russia - brilliantly observed. Godel, Escher, Bach by Hofstadter - an exhilarating skip through the wonderland of western maths, art, music and philosophy. Founders at Work by Jessica Livingston - a great insight into the first computer revolution - interviews with a lot of very interesting people.

Founders at Work (http://www.foundersatwork.com/)

Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams by Tom DeMarco and Timothy Lister - a great book about software projects management Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days by Jessica Livingstone - fascinating stories of founders of companies both young and old

While I'm at it. I'll tell you about some other's I have read. - Getting Real by 37 Signals http://gettingreal.37signals.com/ - Rework by 37 Signals http://37signals.com/rework/ These are great and really get your mind thinking about alternatives to what most people believe. - Sarah Lacy's Once your lucky, twice you're good. http://www.amazon.com/Once-Youre-Lucky-Twice-Good/dp/1592403... (http://www.amazon.com/Once-Youre-Lucky-Twice-Good/dp/1592403824) This isn't a technical book, but can really get you motivated to succeed reading the stories of previous successes! It also gives a bit of an insight into the internal workings of a start up in the early stages. It highlights networking as an important factor! - Start up success guide - http://www.amazon.com/Startup-Success-Guide-Books-Profession... (http://www.amazon.com/Startup-Success-Guide-Books-Professionals/dp/1430219858/) This book was quite good, but felt a bit dated in comparison to Rob Walling's 'Start up book'. Finally 'Founders at work' is definitely worth a read. http://www.amazon.com/Founders-Work-Stories-Startups-Problem... (http://www.amazon.com/Founders-Work-Stories-Startups-Problem-Solution/dp/1430210788/)

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