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MY BOOKS & RECOMMENDED BOOKS FOR FOUNDERS

I remember when Bill Gates was everyone's’ business hero. When Microsoft was more sexy than Amazon or Apple. Now we live in a world where Jeff Bezos, who was a son to a teen mom. (Article: How Amazon founder Jeff Bezos went from the son of a teen mom to the world's richest person
 ) is kicking ass online and planning to kick-ass offline. He might be a white-straight-guy in America but that’s no reason not to learn from him. I recently came across several list of great books Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Oprah Winfrey, Daymond John, Jack Ma, Hamdi Ulukaya, Morris Chang, Jensen Huang, Muhammad Yunus, Sam Zell, Sheryl Sandberg, Martha Stewart, etc recommend so I’ve decided to share over 50+ books plus my recommendations. You can learn from anyone even if they don’t look or act like you. I have personally read a quarter of them and I keep rereading most.

Enjoy FOUNDERS & EVERYONE!!

P.S. If you don't like reading, try audio-books..

SPONSOR  BJ MANNYST  FOUNDERS UNDER 40 GROUP

GENERAL BUSINESS BOOKS

The Power of Broke By Daymond John

Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion
by Robert B. Cialdini

How to Win Friends and Influence People
by Dale Carnegie

Marissa Mayer and the Fight to Save Yahoo!
by Nicholas Carlson

Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't
by James C. Collins

Think and Grow Rich: The Landmark Bestseller Now Revised and Updated for the 21st Century
by Napoleon Hill

The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses
by Eric Ries

The Art of Startup Fundraising
by Alejandro Cremades

The Art of War
by Sun Tzu

Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.
by Ron Chernow

Positioning: The Battle for Your Mind: How to Be Seen and Heard in the Overcrowded Marketplace
by Al Ries

Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead
by Sheryl Sandberg

Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard
by Chip Heath

Zig Ziglar's Secrets of Closing the Sale: For Anyone Who Must Get Others to Say Yes!
by Zig Ziglar

Purple Cow: Transform Your Business by Being Remarkable
by Seth Godin

The Success Principles: How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be
by Jack Canfield

Blue Ocean Strategy: How To Create Uncontested Market Space And Make The Competition Irrelevant
by W. Chan Kim

The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership: Follow Them and People Will Follow You
by John C. Maxwell

Losing My Virginity: How I've Survived, Had Fun, and Made a Fortune Doing Business My Way
by Richard Branson

Zero to One: Note on Start Ups, or How to Build the Future
by Peter Thiel

Awaken the Giant Within: How to Take Immediate Control of Your Mental, Emotional, Physical and Financial Destiny!
by Anthony Robbins

Who Says Elephants Can't Dance?: Inside IBM's Historic Turnaround
by Louis V. Gerstner Jr.

Business Model Generation: A Handbook for Visionaries, Game Changers, and Challengers
by Alexander Osterwalder
 
Trump: The Art of the Deal
by Donald J. Trump

Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ
by Daniel Goleman

Grit
by Angela Duckworth

7 Strategies for Wealth & Happiness: Power Ideas from America's Foremost Business Philosopher
by Jim Rohn

Thinking for a Change: 11 Ways Highly Successful People Approach Life and Work
by John C. Maxwell

Becoming a Person of Influence: How to Positively Impact the Lives of Others
by John C. Maxwell

The HP Way: How Bill Hewlett And I Built Our Company
by David Packard

David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants
by Malcolm Gladwell

Who Moved My Cheese?
by Spencer Johnson

Managing The Professional Service Firm
by David H. Maister

Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy
by Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant
 
What I Know For Sure
by Oprah Winfrey

You Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life
by Jen Sincero

Elon Musk
by Ashlee Vance

Misbehaving
by Richard Thaler

Rise of the Robots
by Martin Ford

Losing the Signal
by Jacquie McNish and Sean Silcoff

Digital Gold
by Nathaniel Popper

Bold
by Peter Diamandis and Steven Kotler

Red Notice
by Bill Browder

The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History
by Elizabeth Kolbert

The Vital Question
by Nick Lane

How Asia Works
by Joe Studwell

Born a Crime
by Trevor Noah

Shoe Dog
by Phil Knight

Making the Modern World: Materials and Dematerialization
by Vaclav Smil

The Gene: An Intimate History
by Siddhartha Mukherjee

The Fountainhead
by Ayn Rand

The Effective Executive
by Peter Drucker

The Innovator's Dilemma
by Clayton Christensen
 
As A Man Thinketh
by James Allen

Blink
by Malcolm Gladwell

Switch
by Chip Heath and Dan Heath

FINANCE

Irrational Exuberance
by Robert Shiller

A Random Walk Down Wall Street
by Burton Malkiel

The Millionaire Next Door
by Thomas J. Stanley and William D. Danko

The Total Money Makeover
By Dave Ramsey

Conscious Capitalism
by John Mackey and Raj Sisodia

How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia
by Mohsin Hamid

Black Edge: Inside Information, Dirty Money, and the Quest to Bring Down the Most Wanted Man on Wall Street" by Sheelah Kolhatkar

Rich Dad, Poor Dad
by Robert T. Kiyosaki

Nice Girls Don’t Get Rich: 75 Avoidable Mistakes Women Make with Money
by Lois P. Frankel

SCIENCE FICTION

The Lord of the Rings
by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
by Douglas Adams

Structures: Or Why Things Don't Fall Down
by J.E. Gordon

Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies
by Nick Bostrom

Howard Hughes: His Life and Madness
by Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele

The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
by Robert Heinlein

The 'Culture' series
by Iain M. Banks

Our Final Invention
by James Barrat

Revelation Space
by Alastair Reynolds

The Left Hand of Darkness
by Ursula K. Le Guin

Sirens of Titan
by Kurt Vonnegut

Red Mars
by Kim Stanley Robinson

The Mote in God's Eye
by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle

TECH EDUCATION

HTML & CSS for Dummies

Java for Dummies

JavaScript for Dummies

Web Design for Dummies

RISK MANAGEMENT

Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk Paperback
by Peter L. Bernstein

The Power of Resilience: How the Best Companies Manage the Unexpected
by Yossi Sheffi


Management of Information Security
by Michael E. Whitman and Herbert J. Mattord

Cyber War: The Next Threat to National Security and What to Do About It
by Richard A. Clarke and Robert Knake

The Disaster Preparedness Handbook: A Guide for Families
by Arthur T. Bradley

Handbook to Practical Disaster Preparedness for the Family, 3rd Edition
by Dr. Arthur T Bradley

PERSONAL

Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus
John Gray

He's Just Not That Into You: The No-Excuses Truth to Understanding Guys
by Greg Behrendt, Liz Tuccillo

The Verbally Abusive Relationship, Expanded Third Edition: How to recognize it and how to respond
by Patricia Evans

The Verbally Abusive Relationship, Expanded Third Edition: How to recognize it and how to respond
by Patricia Evans

The Secret Language of Relationships: Your Complete Personology Guide to Any Relationship with Anyone
by Gary Goldschneider and Joost Elffers

Relationships 101
by John C. Maxwell

Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids: How to Stop…
byDr. Laura Markham

Kaffir Boy: The True Story of a Black Youth's…
by Mark Mathabane

Strong Mothers, Strong Sons: Lessons Mothers…
by Meg Meeker

The Expectant Father: The Ultimate Guide for…
by Armin A. Brott, Jennifer Ash

Toxic In-Laws: Loving Strategies for Protecting Your Marriage
by Susan Forward

The Art of Invisibility: The World's Most Famous Hacker Teaches You How to Be Safe in the Age of Big Brother and Big Data
by Robert Vamosi and Kevin Mitnick