Generosity leads to trust.

Below are the resources included in You Don’t Need This Book. The organization is inline with the chapters of my book. These resources include influential books, community-driven movements, educational programs, media outlets, and entrepreneurial support organizations.


Ideation

Right to Start
Lemonade Day
Startup Weekend
Start with Why – Simon Sinek
Think and Grow Rich – Napoleon Hill
Unleashing the Idea Virus – Seth Godin
Awaken the Giant Within – Tony Robbins
The Learning Game – Ana Lorena Fábrega
Think Like a Freak – Steven Levitt & Stephen Dubner
Astrophysics for People in A Hurry – Neil deGrasse Tyson
Die Empty – Todd Henry
TED Talks

Community

1 Million Cups
Operation HOPE
Creative Mornings
Junior Achievement
Think Again – Adam Grant
Young Entrepreneur Council
Global Entrepreneurship Network
DECA / FBLA / BPA / LaunchX
Tribes – Seth Godin (my favorite book)
The Rainforest – Victor W. Hwang & Greg Horowitt
The Startup Community Way – Brad Feld & Ian Hathaway
Cultivating Communities of Practice – Wenger, McDermott, & Snyder
Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Building Playbook – Kauffman Foundation
Rise of the Rest Ecosystem Playbook – Revolution

Team

Angel – Jason Calacanis
Dare to Lead – Brené Brown
Herding Tigers – Todd Henry
Hidden Potential – Adam Grant
The Song of Significance – Seth Godin
Startup Life – Brad Feld & Amy Batchelor
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team – Patrick Lencioni
Startup Boards – Feld, Blumberg, & Ramsinghani
Venture Deals – Brad Feld & Jason Mendelson

Side Hustles

Zero to One – Peter Thiel
We Are All Weird – Seth Godin
The Icarus Deception – Seth Godin
Free Prize Inside! – Seth Godin
The Lean Startup – Eric Ries
Linchpin – Seth Godin

Research

Young Entrepreneurs Academy
U.S. Small Business Administration
Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
Center for American Entrepreneurship
The Third Wave – Steve Case
Poke the Box – Seth Godin
This is Strategy – Seth Godin

Testing

Startup Grind
The Dip – Seth Godin
Startup Opportunities – Sean Wise & Brad Feld
Y Combinator / Techstars / gener8tor
Global Accelerator Network

Marketing

You Don’t Need This Podcast
This Is Marketing – Seth Godin
All Marketers are Liars – Seth Godin
Read Write Own: Building the Next Era of the Internet – Chris Dixon
Everyone Communicates, Few Connect – John C. Maxwell
Entrepreneur / Inc. / Fast Company
Creativity, Inc. – Ed Catmull
Contagious – Jonah Berger
Purple Cow – Seth Godin
Hooked – Nir Eyal

Sales

Pitch Anything – Oren Klaff
A Mind for Sales – Mark Hunter
To Sell Is Human – Daniel H. Pink
Sales Secrets – Brandon Bornancin
Business Network International

Results

Good to Great – Jim Collins
Entrepreneurs’ Organization
The Messy Middle – Scott Belsky
Boundless – Henry King & Vala Afshar
The Hard Thing About Hard Things – Ben Horowitz

Persistence

The Practice – Seth Godin
Grit – Angela Duckworth
Atomic Habits – James Clear
The Daily Stoic – Ryan Holiday
The Entrepreneur’s Weekly Nietzsche – Dave Jilk & Brad Feld
The Almanack of Naval Ravikant – Eric Jorgenson
The Anthology of Balaji – Eric Jorgenson
We Are All Starters – Victor W. Hwang