Books that we should read?

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Permalink Reply by Justin Stanford on April 8, 2010 at 9:11

My suggestion is:

http://www.kalahari.net/books/Raising-Venture-Capital-for-the-Serio...

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Permalink Reply by Neil Blakey-Milner on April 8, 2010 at 12:47

I have a bunch of recommendations for programmers and managers of programmers, but on the topic of startups, the book I most recommend reading is The Four Steps to the Epiphany: http://www.amazon.com/Four-Steps-Epiphany-Steven-Blank/dp/0976470705

It is quite hard to summarise, but basically it is a set of practices to uncover what product you should be making, by rapidly and iteratively testing your most important assumptions about who your customers are and what they want.

I can also recommend (with a pinch of salt) the 37signals books Getting Real ( http://www.amazon.com/Getting-Real-smarter-successful-application/d... ) and Rework ( http://www.amazon.com/Rework-Jason-Fried/dp/0307463745/ ) if you're interested in hearing more about how to bootstrap a company with a cohesive group of experts as opposed to the investment route (although they're not mutually exclusive either).

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Permalink Reply by Peter Pistorius on April 8, 2010 at 12:54

I'm waiting for my copy of Rework. And I really enjoyed the "Getting Real" book... I love the simplicity of it all.

Neil Blakey-Milner said:

I have a bunch of recommendations for programmers and managers of programmers, but on the topic of startups, the book I most recommend reading is The Four Steps to the Epiphany: http://www.amazon.com/Four-Steps-Epiphany-Steven-Blank/dp/0976470705

It is quite hard to summarise, but basically it is a set of practices to uncover what product you should be making, by rapidly and iteratively testing your most important assumptions about who your customers are and what they want.

I can also recommend (with a pinch of salt) the 37signals books Getting Real ( http://www.amazon.com/Getting-Real-smarter-successful-application/d... ) and Rework ( http://www.amazon.com/Rework-Jason-Fried/dp/0307463745/ ) if you're interested in hearing more about how to bootstrap a company with a cohesive group of experts as opposed to the investment route (although they're not mutually exclusive either).

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Permalink Reply by Jennifer Kling on April 27, 2010 at 20:21

Hi Peter,

Thank you for the suggestions. A book that I've enjoyed fairly recently is Gary Vaynerchuk's, Crush It. I'm sure you have heard of it but it's all about the power of Social Media and great for small businesses. Some useful tips.

Regards
Jen
www.chillimarketing.co.za

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Permalink Reply by George Gombay on June 28, 2011 at 9:34

Greetings all,

It would be great  if any of you were able to write up a review of these of your favourite books, the subject matter of which would be pertinent to aspiring and actual high tech entrepreneurs.

Such reviews could then make a valuable addition to this site's resources for the benefit of our community.

Best Regards,

Website Administrator / Curator

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Permalink Reply by Tobie van Zyl on July 4, 2011 at 1:24

Rich Dad Poor Dad - All of them.

http://www.kalahari.net/books/Rich-Dad-Poor-Dad-What-the-Rich-Teach...

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Permalink Reply by jonathancrossland on July 13, 2011 at 15:29

 

Highly recommend the Cult of the Amateur : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cult_of_the_Amateur

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