Thanks to my panelists Shawn, Scott, Kristen, and Mia, and everyone who attended “Surviving & Thriving as a Startup Employee” during San Diego Startup Week 2017! Here are the titles suggested by panelists during the event:
Suggested Books:
- Start With Why by Simon Sinek
- So Good They Can’t Ignore You by Cal Newport
- Startup Communities by Brad Feld
- Do More Faster by Brad Feld and David Cohen
- The Lean Startup by Eric Ries
- The Four Steps to the Epiphany by Steve Blank (or, uh, the PDF on the Stanford site)
- The Lean Entrepreneur by Brant Cooper and Patrik Vlaskovits
- Customer Success by Nick Menta
- Radical Candor by Kim Scott
Suggested Podcasts:
- “The Startup Vault” with Allison Long-Pettine*
- “Vini Vidi VC” with Neal Bloom*
- “Above and Beyond” with Joelle Goldman
- “How I Built This” on NPR
- SBI Sales and Marketing Podcast
- Secrets for Scaling by Geckoboard
- This Week In Startups
Other tips for getting in-the-know with the industry:
- Follow Entrepreneur, Forbes, Fortune, etc. on Twitter, Facebook, etc.
- Take a deep dive in your specific vertical and be the subject matter expert on your team in your field’s periodicals and books
*local podcasts
