We’ve come to associate the acquisition of wisdom with deep reading and solitary concentration, but there’s not much of that to be found online. As we enjoy the internet’s bounties, are we sacrificing our ability to read and think deeply? It’s a long discussion better reserved for experts to ponder. But the fact of the matter is that we’re all moving away from books and the traditional linear way of acquiring information. To that end, we thought of expanding our previous reading list with sources from the digital world to accommodate how people read and process information, read on the go, or watch an infotainment video over lunch.
Here’s my hit list with which I inform myself on business/technology know-how and trends:
Websites, Blogs & Newsletters
Learning Resources
Scott Galloway – Professor of Marketing at NYU Stern
Naval’s Venture Hacks / Advice for Startups
Casey Accidental – Advice for Tech Companies on How to Scale & Sustainably Grow
Stratechery – Analysis of the Strategy & Business Side of Technology & Media
Venture Desktop by Brett Bivens
Siram’s Collection of Writing on Technology Strategy
Bessemer Venture Partners’ Investment Memos
News & Trends
Gründerszene – News zu Startups, Digitalwirtschaft und VC
Sifted | Startup Europe explored through grown up reporting
Deal Tracking & Funding Rounds
People & their Twitter Accounts (incomplete)
Bill Gross @Bill_Gross
Steve Blank @sgblank
Mark Suster – @msuster
Chamath Palihapitiya @chamath
Naval Ravikant @naval
Fred Wilson – @fredwilson
Dave McClure – @davemcclure
Christine Tsai @christine_tsai
Sarah Tavel @sarahtavel
Harry Stebbings @HarryStebbings
Fred Destin @fdestin
Ben Thompson @benthompson
Youtube Channels
General Startup/Business Subjects
Columbia Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Design
Stanford Graduate School of Business
Learn Hands on Finance
Mergers & Inquisitions / Breaking Into Wall Street
Emerging Technology Trends
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Business News & Infotainment
Productivity & Self Improvement
Miscellaneous
SaaStr – The World’s Largest Community for Business Software
Books
Green Swans by John Elkington
The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz
Platform Revolution by Geoffrey G. Parker, Marshall W. Van Alstyne, et al.
Trillion Dollar Coach by Eric Schmidt, Jonathan Rosenberg, et al.
Principles: Life and Work by Ray Dalio
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