{"id":4144,"date":"2020-01-18T00:05:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-17T18:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pitch.link\/blog\/?p=4144"},"modified":"2020-02-26T00:10:23","modified_gmt":"2020-02-25T18:40:23","slug":"what-founders-read","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pitch.link\/blog\/what-founders-read\/","title":{"rendered":"What Founders read"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">Well a lot of diverse stuff. I found this interesting list by Amr Kafina a indie web developer who sourced the list from mostly public domain and aggregated the public recommendations from founders. Then he built a site where you can search these by Title, Author or the Founder who recommended that book and a link to the Amazon page for the book. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Here are some other lists which look great too. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first from BookAuthority. The one I would like to read therein &#8211; &#8216;(C)lean Messaging&#8217; by Scott Brown. \u201cThe Lean Startup movement has created an adverse effect; while founders get out of the office and listen to what customers want, the time they spend building, measuring and iterating is focused inward. This is productive in building a company, but neglects a founders need to actually talk about what they built.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The other by Dr Chloe Sharp &#8211; \u201cA Long Reading List for Startups\u201d neatly stacked under Psychology and Mindset, Productivity, Bitcoin and Business Strategy and innovation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"810\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cdn.pitch.link\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/26000936\/384.jpg?resize=810%2C540&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4145\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.pitch.link\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/26000936\/384.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.pitch.link\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/26000936\/384.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.pitch.link\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/26000936\/384.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.pitch.link\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/26000936\/384.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Read away. How to make time for this? Look out for hints next Wednesday (as to how you can easily (well not so much) put in 200 hours a month without loosing sleep. Literally. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Where I learnt this #384 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Founder Books &#8211; recommended by over 100 founders <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/postmake.io\/books\">https:\/\/postmake.io\/books<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>17 Best New Startup Founders Books To Read In 2020 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bookauthority.org\/books\/new-startup-founders-books\">https:\/\/bookauthority.org\/books\/new-startup-founders-books<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Long Reading List for Startups <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/snapout\/a-long-reading-list-for-startups-508f55d34c37\">https:\/\/medium.com\/snapout\/a-long-reading-list-for-startups-508f55d34c37<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well a lot of diverse stuff. I found this interesting list by Amr Kafina a indie web developer who sourced the list from mostly public domain and aggregated the public recommendations from founders. 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