Generosity leads to trust.

Below are the resources I include 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

The Icarus Deception – Seth Godin
Unleashing The Idea Virus – Seth Godin
Free Prize Inside! – Seth Godin
Think and Grow Rich – Napoleon Hill
Young Entrepreneurs Academy
Startup Weekend
Lemonade Day
Code.org
Think Like a Freak – Steven Levitt & Stephen Dubner
Crushing It! – Gary Vaynerchuk
Die Empty – Todd Henry

Community

1 Million Cups
Tribes – Seth Godin
Uncharted Learning
Junior Achievement USA
DECA Inc.
Collegiate Entrepreneurs’ Organization
Young Entrepreneur Council
Operation HOPE
Creative Mornings
Global Entrepreneurship Network
Startup Genome
Right To Start
The Rainforest – Victor W. Hwang & Greg Horowitt
Startup Communities – Brad Feld
The Startup Community Way – Brad Feld & Ian Hathoway
Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Building Playbook – The Kauffman Foundation

Research

U.S. Small Business Administration
The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
Center For American Entrepreneurship
The Third Wave – Steve Case
Poke The Box – Seth Godin
TEDx
Inc.
TechCrunch
Fast Company
Entrepreneur

Team

Zero To One – Peter Thiel
The Lean Startup – Eric Ries
Startup Life – Brad Feld & Amy Batchelor
Herding Tigers – Todd Henry
SCORE Association
Angel – Jason Calacanis
Venture Deals – Brad Feld & Jason Mendelson

Testing

Startup Opportunities – Sean Wise & Brad Feld
The Dip – Seth Godin
Startup Grind
Rise of the Rest
Global Accelerator Network
Y Combinator
Techstars

Marketing

This Is Marketing – Seth Godin
We Are All Weird – Seth Godin
All Marketers are Liars – Seth Godin
Purple Cow – Seth Godin
Hooked – Nir Eyal
Contagious – Jonah Berger

Sales

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

Results

Entrepreneurs’ Organization
The Messy Middle – Scott Belsky
Good To Great – Jim Collins
The Hard Thing About Hard Things – Ben Horowitz

Persistence

The Practice – Seth Godin
Grit – Angela Duckworth
We Are All Starters – Victor W. Hwang