30 October 2016

Go Here >> Think Like A VC [includes great infographics]

This is THE must-read book, according to some of the world’s top startup investors    
Published: Oct 25, 2016 6:02 p.m. ET
For the past couple of years, the “Twenty Minute VC” podcast has been picking the brains of “today’s most successful and inspiring” venture capitalists, with the aim of dropping knowledge on those looking to make their own mark on Silicon Valley.
As part of the popular program, host Harry Stebbings asks his guests for their favorite books. The picks range from classics, like “The Old Man and the Sea” and “The Catcher in the Rye,” to more obscure nonfiction, such as “The Second Bounce of the Ball: Turning Risk into Opportunity.”
The Ramen Profitable blog’s Joe Hovde, a big fan of the show, was so fascinated by their array of selections that he crunched the numbers to determine which books and authors have actually stood out the most over the hundreds of episodes.
He created a series of infographics to summarize the results (click here for the interactive versions), starting with this one:
 
Source: MarketWatch
 
 

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