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My Reading List

Here are some business books that have inspired and taught me some really useful lessons.Check back regularly as I'm always adding new books.

Here are some business books that have inspired and taught me some really useful lessons.

Check back regularly as I'm always adding new books.

If you have a book that you've found useful or that has inspired you, I'd love to hear about it - hit me up on Twitter.

Bitcoin & Blockchain

'Mastering Bitcoin: Unlocking Digital Cryptocurrencies' by Andreas M. Antonopoulos

'The Business Blockchain: Promise, Practice, and Application of the Next Internet Technology' by William Mougayar

'Blockchain: Blueprint for a New Economy' by Melanie Swan

'Decentralized Applications: Harnessing Bitcoin's Blockchain Technology' by  Siraj Raval

'Bitcoin for the Befuddled' by Conrad Barski & Chris Wilmer

'Digital Gold: Bitcoin and the Inside Story of the Misfits and Millionaires Trying to Reinvent Money' by Nathaniel Popper

People Management & Communication

'Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose'  by Tony Hsieh

'Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die' by Dan Heath and Chip Heath

Business Strategy

'Thinking Strategically' by Avinash Dixit and Barry Nalebuff

'Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies' by Jim Collins

Design and Design Thinking

'Change by Design: How Design Thinking Transforms Organizations and Inspires Innovation' by Tim Brown

'The Sketchnote Handbook: the illustrated guide to visual note taking' by Mike Rohde

'Design for Hackers: Reverse-Engineering Beauty' by David Kadavy

'The Design of Everyday Things' by Donald Norman

'Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability' by Steve Krug

Marketing and Growth Hacking

'Best of Andrew Chen's Blog' By Andrew Chen - not a book per se, but a great read none the less

'Start-up Marketing: Unlocking Start-up Growth' by Sean Ellis - again, not a book but a collection of blog posts that I constantly refer back to.

Inspiration & Business Case Studies

'Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days by Jessica Livingstone

'Mavericks at Work: Why the Most Original Minds in Business Win' by by William C. Taylor and Polly G. LaBarre

'Do More Faster: TechStars Lessons to Accelerate Your Startup' by Brad Feld and David Cohen