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The San Francisco Fallacy by Jonathan Siegel

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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...

100 Must Read Technology Books

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. Co...