Guy Kawasaki Recommended Books
Guy Kawasaki is an American marketing specialist, author, and Silicon Valley venture capitalist.
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If You Want to Write
A Book about Art, Independence and Spirit
by Brenda Ueland
"Perhaps my favorite book of all time." - Guy Kawasaki (Source)
Influence
The Psychology of Persuasion
by Robert Cialdini
"The guiding light for how I conduct business—and in many ways how I live my life." - Guy Kawasaki (Source)
The Innovator's Dilemma
When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail
by Clayton M. Christensen
"Taught me why it’s so hard to come up with a second hit." - Guy Kawasaki (Source)
Also recommended by:
Jeff Bezos, Steve Jobs, Mark Cuban, Marc Benioff, Ben Horowitz, Drew Houston, Tim O’Reilly, Max Levchin, Ev Williams, Aaron Levie, Caterina Fake, Steve Blank, Michael Bloomberg, Marc Andreessen, Chris Dixon, Blake Scholl, Bill Gurley
The Effective Executive
The Definitive Guide to Getting the Right Things Done
by Peter F. Drucker
"I devoured this book while in college." - Guy Kawasaki (Source)
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Inevitable Illusions
How Mistakes of Reason Rule Our Minds
by Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini
"Explains how entrepreneurs confuse themselves." - Guy Kawasaki (Source)
The Chicago Manual of Style
by University of Chicago Press Staff
"The definitive book on how to handle the tweaky issues that come up in writing." - Guy Kawasaki (Source)
Crossing the Chasm
Marketing and Selling High-Tech Products to Mainstream Customers
by Geoffrey A. Moore
"Entrepreneurs should read this book when they are cranking out their 'conservative' sales projections." - Guy Kawasaki (Source)
Also recommended by:
Andrew Ng, Drew Houston, Seth Godin, Aaron Levie, Ron Conway, Ev Williams, Chris Dixon, Changpeng Zhao, Bill Gurley
The Hockey Handbook
by Lloyd Percival
"Probably the best book ever written about hockey tactics." - Guy Kawasaki (Source)
Uncommon Genius
How Great Ideas are Born
by Denise Shekerjian
"Gets into the minds of the 'genius' award winners of the MacArthur Foundation." - Guy Kawasaki (Source)
Mastering the Dynamics of Innovation
by James M. Utterback
"Opened my eyes with evidence and findings about innovation." - Guy Kawasaki (Source)
Future Forward
Leadership Lessons from Patrick McGovern, the Visionary Who Circled the Globe and Built a Technology Media Empire
by Glenn Rifkin
"It's about time that Pat's vision and wisdom sees the light of day." - Guy Kawasaki (Source)
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