What non-fiction book do you read at the moment and recommend to read to be trend-updated)?
Sasha Briu
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I love to read one book per month. And this time i want to collect best books and share the list with everyone.
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Johannes Grenzemann@jgrenzemann
YC Application Optimizer
Start with Why by Simon Sinek
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teQatlas
@jgrenzemann interesting) what is the main concept?
YC Application Optimizer
@tasha_dziatkovskaya that all products have the risk to become commodities, unless you as a company are able to develop a "Why", a narrative that transports the values you stand for - and that connects to the lifestyle of your customers. Like Apple with its Apple fanboys & girls (and he's overstressing that Apple example aloooot...)
Streetlights and Shadows: Searching for the Keys to Adaptive Decision Making
Massless Pen
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Highly recommend "Start with Why" by Simon Sinek
Massless Pen
My team and I are playing with different marketing/sales strategies at the moment, so I am in the process of re-reading Traction, by Justin Mares & Gabriel Weinberg (DuckDuckGo founder). It's a good and quick read on how to segment and validate your marketing channels.
https://www.amazon.com/Traction-...
Zappi Ad Predictor
Accelerate: the science of lean software and DevOps. Doesn’t sound riveting, but it’s brilliant for anyone whose business fundamentally revolves on how quickly and how effectively you can release, and iterate upon, code.
Currently I'm reading 'How To Ikigai'.
This came as a suggestion on my Insta feed as Walkover.in, an IT startup had shared a post on this book. I got curious as why a tech company is talking about books to read. Found out happiness is at the top of their culture.
HackerPulse
Thinking fast and slow - it's an incredible read by a Nobel Prize winner about people
Massless Pen
Great suggestion, @gleb_braverman ! Love that book. Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely is also a nice read to ease into the field of behavioural economics.
#MatchingVoices Podcast - Season 1
The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene
Notion2Email
Sessions
Atomic Habits by James Clear.
@iscu_andrei articles on his blog are just amazing. 😍
Infinity Maps
The curious advantage by Ashcroft, Brown and Jones.
Blink by Malcolm Gladwell really helps with understanding your own gut decisions and learning to trust your instinct.
Project Adulthood
The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs!
Indistractable by Nir Eyal
teQatlas
@rim_lahmadi OMG! fighting with distractions every single day) did you read Essentialism?
Fanschool Olympic Challenge
Lifelong Kindergarten: Cultivating Creativity through Projects, Passion, Peers, and Play https://direct.mit.edu/books/boo...