Kanchana's Personal Blog

Sometime you wonder as a Startup founder whether you should spend time on reading someone else's story or rather use that time to stay focus on your startup. Whether you are spending 10hrs or 18hrs a day I strongly believe finding time to read some of these books at very early stage OR if possible before you commit yourself to a Startup will be a great investment. Sometime when you read these books you may wonder how come they are reading your mind, however don't stop keep reading. My selection of books from old classics to new modern methodologies to inspiring stories from founders. I hope you enjoy the list and perhaps find time to recommend some other books as well. The list is not in specific order.      1. Lean Startup by Eric Rise 2. Startup Life by Amy Batchelor and Brad Feld 3. Hard Things about Hard Things by Ben Horowitz 4. Zero to One by Blake Masters and Peter Thiel 5. Four Steps to Epiphany by Steve Blank 6. Paperboy's Fable  by Deep Patel

One Hundred must read tech books, from historical favorites to tech founder biographies, tech novels and some of the new technologies. Let me know if I have missed any of your favorites.  1. The Mythical Man Month by Fred Brooks 2. The Art of Computer Programming by Professor Donald Knuth 3. Refactoring by Martin Fowler 4. Introduction to Algorithms by Thomas H. Cormen, Charles E. Leiserson, Ronald L. Rivest, and Clifford Stein 5. Steve Jobs  by Walter Isaacson 5. Elon Musk by Ashlee Vance 6. Paul Allen Idea Man by Paul Allen 7. The Phoenix Project Gene Kim, George Spafford, and Kevin Behr 8. The Art of Monitoring by James Turnbull 9. The DevOps Handbook by  Gene Kim, Jez Humble, Patrick Debois, and John Willis 10. Strategy Rules by by David B. Yoffie and Michael A. Cusumano 11. The Innovators by Walter Isaacson 12. Rework by Jason Fried  13. The Art of Scalability 14. The Everything Store by Brad Stone 15. Continuous Delivery by David Farley and Jez Humble 16. Infra