I was asked to share with my new team at IAG what I listen to and read. Here is the list of podcasts and ‘go to’ books from me:
Podcasts
a16z: (Andreessen Horowitz): Software is eating the world: https://a16z.com/podcasts/ – great episode with Tim O’Reilly and Benedict Evans on Platforming the Future: https://a16z.com/2017/10/12/a16z-podcast-platforming-the-future/
TwiT: (This Week in Tech): Leo Laporte’s podcast network gathering together technology thinkers: https://twit.tv/ – great shows on here: The Tech Guy: https://twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy, This Week in Tech: https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech and Triangulation: https://twit.tv/shows/triangulation
NPR TED radio hour: http://www.npr.org/programs/ted-radio-hour/ – podcast based on the best TED Talks
NPR All Tech Considered: http://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/ – episodes of the great radio show covering tech, ideas and innovation
It’s a monkey: https://itsamonkey.com/podcasts – produced on George St, Sydney it covers Australian Tech and has some good interviews with some good thinkers
This Week in Startups: http://thisweekinstartups.com/ – from Jason Calacanis an opinionated from thorough view of startup world
Note to Self: http://www.wnyc.org/shows/notetoself – quirky podcast reminding us to always to be curious in life
The Anthill: https://theconversation.com/uk/podcasts/the-anthill – monthly view of the academia world from The Conversation
Books
Rework from Jason Fried: https://www.amazon.com/Rework-Jason-Fried/dp/0307463745/
The Lean Startup from Eric Ries: https://www.amazon.com/Lean-Startup-Entrepreneurs-Continuous-Innovation/dp/0307887898/
The Startup Way from Eric Ries: https://www.amazon.com/Startup-Way-Companies-Entrepreneurial-Management/dp/1101903201/
Business Model Generation and others from Alex Osterwalder: https://www.amazon.com/Alexander-Osterwalder/e/B0037M2W0E/ (now formed into a business, Strategyzer – https://strategyzer.com/)
Scaling Lean from Ash Maurya: https://www.amazon.com/Scaling-Lean-Mastering-Metrics-Startup/dp/1101980524/
Hooked: How to build habit-forming products from Nir Eyal: https://www.amazon.com/Hooked-How-Build-Habit-Forming-Products/dp/1591847788/
What would Google Do? from Jeff Jarvis: https://www.amazon.com/What-Would-Google-Do-Reverse-Engineering/dp/0061709697/
The Hard Thing About Hard Things from Ben Horowitz: https://www.amazon.com/Hard-Thing-About-Things-Building/dp/0062273205/
High Output Management from Andrew Grove: https://www.amazon.com/High-Output-Management-Andrew-Grove/
Crossing the Chasm from Geoffrey Moore: https://www.amazon.com/Crossing-Chasm-3rd-Disruptive-Mainstream/
Zero to One from Peter Thiel: https://www.amazon.com/Zero-Notes-Start-Ups-Build-Future/dp/0753555190/
The Innovators Dilemma from Clayton Christensen: https://www.amazon.com/Innovators-Dilemma-Technologies-Management-Innovation/dp/1633691780/
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