Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future

By Peter Thiel (2014) Pages: 195, Final verdict: Should-read Do you think that monopolies are bad or that first movers always have the advantage in business? Then be prepared to get your ideas challenged by Peter Thiel, one of the most influential entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley, founder of PayPal, Palantir... Read more

Entrepreneurship

On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction

By William Zinsser (1976) Pages: 320, Final verdict: Great-read Imagine you strive to improve your writing skill. You wonder where to start, from whom to take advice. How would you feel if I told you there is a book about writing written by a long-time journalist, by an esteemed teacher... Read more

Personal Development

How Will You Measure Your Life

By Clayton M. Christensen (2012) Pages: 221,Final verdict: Should-readClayton Christensen is one of world's most acclaimed business thinkers, famous for his theory on innovation published in the book The Innovators Dilemma. But How Will You Measure Your Life is not a business book. It is a book... Read more

Business Personal Development

Alibaba: The House That Jack Ma Built

By Duncan Clark (2016) Pages: 304, Final verdict: Should-read With more than 15 million packages delivered every day, an e-commerce marketplace bigger than Amazon and eBay combined and a payment system 3x bigger than PayPal, Alibaba is not playing around. And with the largest IPO in the history of the... Read more

Business

Let My People Go Surfing

By Yvon Chouinard (2005) Pages: 231, Final verdict: Should-read Let My People Go Surfing tells the story of Yvon Chouinard in founding and managing his companies Chouinard Equipment [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Diamond_Equipment] and Patagonia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patagonia_(clothing)]. Originally published in 2005 and... Read more

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Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future

On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction

How Will You Measure Your Life

Alibaba: The House That Jack Ma Built

Let My People Go Surfing