Bookshelf

What I read & listen to

Books, then blog posts, then podcasts.

Books

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The Psychology of Money
Morgan Housel
Convinced me that most of my biggest calls, at work and with money, were emotional decisions wearing a spreadsheet's clothes.
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The Coaching Habit
Michael Bungay Stanier
Taught me to ask one more question before jumping in with the answer.
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The Mom Test
Rob Fitzpatrick
The playbook for talking to customers without quietly lying to yourself about what they told you.
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Monetizing Innovation
Madhavan Ramanujam
Made me build pricing into the product conversation from day one instead of bolting it on at the end.
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Venture Deals
Brad Feld & Jason Mendelson
The book I wish I'd read before my first term-sheet conversation, not after.

Blog Posts

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Stratechery
Ben Thompson
The reason I think about business models before I think about features.
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The Product-Led Newsletter
Aakash Gupta
Tactical enough that I've actually used it in a roadmap review, not just nodded along.

Podcasts

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One Knight in Product
Jason Knight
Good company for the parts of the job that don't show up in a case study.
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Lenny's Podcast
Lenny Rachitsky
The closest thing to sitting in on another company's product review.