Books Recommended by Ron Conway
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The Four Steps to the Epiphany
Successful Strategies for Products that Win
Steve Blank
Source: "Offers the practical and proven four-step Customer Development process for search and offers insight into what makes some startups successful and leaves some startups unsuccessful." - Ron Conway
2 recommendersThe Art Spirit
Robert Henri
Source: "Notes, articles, fragments of letters and talks to students, bearing on the concept and technique of picture making, the study of art generally, and on appreciation." - Ron Conway
2 recommendersThinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman
Source: "Covers all three phases of [the author's] career: his early days working oncognitive bias, his work on prospect theory, and his later work on happiness." - Ron Conway
Talking to Humans
Success starts with understanding your customers
Giff Constable
Source: "Explains how to do the customer development interviews in a way that will get you the most accurate and actionable feedback." - Ron Conway
3 recommendersProduct Design for the Web
Principles of Designing and Releasing Web Products
Randy J. Hunt
Source: "Understand how to create meaningful online experiences so that users want to come back again and again." - Ron Conway
2 recommendersFounders at Work
Stories of Startups' Early Days
Jessica Livingston
Source: "Collection of interviews with founders of famous technology companies about what happened in the very earliest days." - Ron Conway
Onward
How Starbucks Fought for Its Life without Losing Its Soul
Howard Schultz
Source: "Story of his return to Starbucks, and the success of the company in a tumlutuous economic time in history." - Ron Conway
2 recommendersThe Score Takes Care of Itself
My Philosophy of Leadership
Bill Walsh
Source: "Words of wisdown from [the author] to inspire, inform, and enlighten leaders in all professions." - Ron Conway
Crossing the Chasm
Marketing and Selling High-Tech Products to Mainstream Customers
Geoffrey A. Moore
Source: "Bestselling guide that created a new game plan for marketing in high-tech industries." - Ron Conway
Power Up
How Smart Women Win in the New Economy
Magdalena Yesil
Source: "Pragmatic & full of actionable advice, [this book] prepares women to go to the top in Silicon Valley." - Ron Conway
2 recommendersDear Founder
Letters of Advice for Anyone Who Leads, Manages, or Wants to Start a Business
Maynard Webb
Source: "I highly recommend [this book]…. [The author] has so much experience to share with founders!" - Ron Conway
3 recommendersGates of Fire
An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae
Steven Pressfield
Source: "The story of the battle of 300 Spartan soldiers against the Persian army." - Ron Conway
2 recommendersThe Idea Factory
Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation
Jon Gertner
Source: "The definitive history of America's greatest incubator of technological innovation." - Ron Conway
4 recommendersHigh Output Management
Andrew S. Grove
Source: "User-friendly guide to the art and science of management." - Ron Conway
Face to Face
The Art of Human Connection
Brian Grazer
Source: "Hugely valuable (and entertaining) new book for us all." - Ron Conway
1 recommenderCrime in Progress
Inside the Steele Dossier and the Fusion GPS Investigation of Donald Trump
Glenn Simpson
Source: "Fusion GPS continues to find the truth behind the Trump corruption." - Ron Conway
1 recommender
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