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    2024

    My Favorite Books of 2024

    December 17

    The Year Algorithms Learn to Act

    December 2

    The Opposite of a Good Idea is a Good Idea

    March 8

    2023

    Synthesis as Brilliance : Worldly Wisdom from Charlie Munger

    December 15

    The First Mac Predates Modern Central Banking

    November 14

    A Little Yellow Book in the Corner Bookshelf of a Coffee Shop

    September 10

    The Pilgrims Raised 4 Rounds of Financing

    July 23

    How to Build Your Startup like Google & Stripe

    March 20

    The Future of Startup Office

    January 31

    2022

    My Favorite 10 Books of 2022

    December 13

    The Trillion Dollar Empire that Started with a Coupon

    August 12

    The Future of Money

    March 3

    Intensity Oozes from these Pages

    February 3

    2021

    My Favorite Books of 2021

    December 30

    Words Like Loaded Pistols

    November 17

    Using the Reversal Mental Model to Invest Better

    October 19

    Innovation in the Financial Markets: Seventy Years of Hedge Funds

    July 1

    The Most Popular Startup Domain Suffixes - .com, .co, .gg - Which is Best for Your Business?

    February 21

    How Much Should You Bet To Maximize Your Investments, or Your Company's Odds of Success?

    February 16

    Information as Surprise - Harness Claude Shannon's Key Idea

    January 25

    The Art of Doing Science & Engineering

    January 12

    2020

    Voodoo, Obsidian & Zettlekasten - A Modern Way of Taking Notes

    November 27

    More Activity Means More Business. Don't Overthink It.

    November 16

    The Parallels in the Culture Between the Two Category Defining Companies

    November 1

    The 4 States of an Engineering Team

    October 1

    The Best Economic History Books According to Readers

    July 21

    An Economic History of the US in Five Stock Market Crashes

    July 17

    Three Little Puzzles about Infinity

    May 18

    The Next 30 Years of Geopolitics - What Could They Look Like

    April 3

    The Great CEO Within

    February 27

    2019

    On Humility and Making Better Decisions

    October 17

    Little Known Facts about the VC Industry

    September 19

    That Will Never Work

    September 17

    A Random Walk Down Sand Hill Road

    April 25

    AI Superpowers - A History of Chinese Startups and the Implications for the Future of Startupland

    February 25

    A Lasting and Enduring Gift

    February 25

    In Defense of Troublemakers

    February 12

    2018

    My 10 Favorite Books of 2018

    December 14

    Creative Selection - An Inside Look at Some Key Moments at Apple

    December 4

    The Startup Founder's Almanac

    July 19

    Lessons Learned from 20 Years at the Leading Edge of SaaS

    July 10

    The Most Important Book You'll Read All Year

    May 29

    Jettisoning the Assumptions of Last Year

    January 1

    2017

    Meetings Shouldn't Be Boring

    December 3

    The Best Book on the Fundamentals of Selling

    July 9

    How to Tell If You're a Great Manager

    June 16

    Plant Trees You'll Never See

    June 4

    Psychology for SaaS Startups

    February 28

    2016

    Winning with Data

    March 31

    2015

    A Very Unusual Book about Startup Culture

    May 20

    The Best Book on Building a SaaS Sales Team

    March 24

    2014

    A Unique Chronicle Of A Billion Dollar Company

    November 14

    A Collection of Uncommon Points of View on Startups

    September 11

    9 Books Every Entrepreneur Should Read

    May 8

    2013

    Product Market Engagement: The Missing Step in Lean Startup Methodology

    July 23

    Why Starting a Company Is Completely Irrational

    June 11

    To Sell is Human

    January 4

    2012

    Systems Thinking for Startups

    October 31

    On negotiation

    August 24