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Here are some of my Tech, Startup and other reads plus the Podcasts that Listened to over the past six months. Provided some brief comments. How ever anyone interested to kn ow mo re about my experience on these books or podcasts feel free to drop a note . Tech and Startup related Books Founders at Work by Jessica Livingston Jessica does a  great job i n  interviewing some of the great founders of our ti me. Interesting read and sometime you may wonder how fast things are moving in T ech nology space.   The Art of Fund Raising by by Alejandro Cremades Alejandro does a good job in putting his experience, lessons etc into a great book.  Site Reliability Engineering Edited by Betsy Beyer, Chris Jones, Jennifer Petoff and Niall Richard Murphy Essays from Google Site Reliability Engineers - this book is now available for free. Highly recommended regardless of you are managing web scale organisation or not. The San Francisco Fallacy by Jonathan Sie...

Over the long weekend in Melbourne, Australia I had the opportunity to read The San Francisco Fallacy by Jonathan Siegel.  It was a great book to read, I am glad that I had the opportunity and time to read it. The key reason I liked the book is that while the author Johnathan gave the titled San Francisco Fallacy, the fallacies applied in almost any startup in any city no matter where you are.  He touches on the ten (10) most commonly found fallacies in Startup culture and clearly articulate why they are a fallacy with some of his own experience. I have applied some of his finding in my own experience and he is spot on, highly accurate like he had spoken to me about it. This will be one of the books that I will read at least twice a year to remind myself about the fallacies we all fall in without thinking too much. Highly recommend anyone involved in Startup, especially if you are a founder or co-founder to read this book. I am sure you will find it highly va...

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...