Generosity builds trust.
Welcome to an assortment of resources, organized as they appear at the end of You Don’t Need This Book (2021) and Brewed From Within. (2026). This curated collection includes influential books, community-driven movements, educational programs, media outlets, and entrepreneurial support organizations to keep us all exploring.
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
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Right to Start
1 Million Cups
Creative Mornings
Startup Weekend
Startup Grind
DECA / FBLA / BPA / LaunchX
Y Combinator / Techstars / gener8tor
Zero to One – Peter Thiel
Start with Why – Simon Sinek
The Lean Startup – Eric Ries
This Is Marketing – Seth Godin
Do Hard Things – Steve Magness
The New Builders – Seth Levine & Elizabeth MacBride
The Dip – Seth Godin
You Don’t Need This Book – Ben McDougal
Angel – Jason Calacanis
Venture Deals – Brad Feld & Jason Mendelson
Startup Boards – Feld, Blumberg, & Ramsinghani
Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
Center for American Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurs’ Organization
Global Entrepreneurship Network
LEADERSHIP
Tribes – Seth Godin
Give First – Brad Feld
Dare to Lead – Brené Brown
Herding Tigers – Todd Henry
The Song of Significance – Seth Godin
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team – Patrick Lencioni
The Hard Thing About Hard Things – Ben Horowitz
The Learning Game – Ana Lorena Fábrega
The Icarus Deception – Seth Godin
Tribe of Mentors – Tim Ferriss
Poke the Box – Seth Godin
Linchpin – Seth Godin
The Knot – Seth Godin
Impact Networks – David Ehrlichman
Everyone Communicates, Few Connect – John C. Maxwell
The Rainforest – Victor W. Hwang & Greg Horowitt
The Startup Community Way – Brad Feld & Ian Hathaway
Capital Evolution – Seth Levine & Elizabeth MacBride
TECHNOLOGY
Creativity, Inc. – Ed Catmull
Contagious – Jonah Berger
The Third Wave – Steve Case
Purple Cow – Seth Godin
We Are All Weird – Seth Godin
Revolution in the Valley – Andy Hertzfeld
This Could Be Our Future – Yancey Strickler
Read Write Own – Chris Dixon
The Anthology of Balaji – Eric Jorgenson
The Book of Elon – Eric Jorgenson
Superagency – Reid Hoffman & Greg Beato
The Beginning of Infinity – David Deutsch
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry – Neil deGrasse Tyson
LIFE & HAPPINESS
The Creative Act – Rick Rubin
The Practice – Seth Godin
Atomic Habits – James Clear
Think Again – Adam Grant
The Daily Stoic – Ryan Holiday
Hidden Potential – Adam Grant
Think and Grow Rich – Napoleon Hill
Boundless – Henry King & Vala Afshar
Starry Messenger – Neil deGrasse Tyson
Awaken the Giant Within – Tony Robbins
The Almanack of Naval Ravikant – Eric Jorgenson
The Entrepreneur’s Weekly Nietzsche – Dave Jilk & Brad Feld
You Don’t Need This Podcast – Ben McDougal
