Books Recommended by Ron Conway
Dear Founder
Maynard Webb
Source: "I highly recommend [this book]…. [The author] has so much experience to share with founders!" - Ron Conway
Talking to Humans
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
Product Design for the Web
Randy J. Hunt
Source: "Understand how to create meaningful online experiences so that users want to come back again and again." - Ron Conway
Onward
Howard Schultz
Source: "Story of his return to Starbucks, and the success of the company in a tumlutuous economic time in history." - Ron Conway
Thinking, 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
The Idea Factory
Jon Gertner
Source: "The definitive history of America's greatest incubator of technological innovation." - Ron Conway
High Output Management
Andrew S. Grove
Source: "User-friendly guide to the art and science of management." - Ron Conway
Power Up
Magdalena Yesil
Source: "Pragmatic & full of actionable advice, [this book] prepares women to go to the top in Silicon Valley." - Ron Conway
The Score Takes Care of Itself
Bill Walsh
Source: "Words of wisdown from [the author] to inspire, inform, and enlighten leaders in all professions." - Ron Conway
The Four Steps to the Epiphany
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
The 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
Crossing the Chasm
Geoffrey A. Moore
Source: "Bestselling guide that created a new game plan for marketing in high-tech industries." - Ron Conway
Face to Face
Brian Grazer
Source: "Hugely valuable (and entertaining) new book for us all." - Ron Conway
Crime in Progress
Glenn Simpson
Source: "Fusion GPS continues to find the truth behind the Trump corruption." - Ron Conway
Gates of Fire
Steven Pressfield
Source: "The story of the battle of 300 Spartan soldiers against the Persian army." - Ron Conway
Founders at Work
Jessica Livingston
Source: "Collection of interviews with founders of famous technology companies about what happened in the very earliest days." - Ron Conway
