Go into monk mode with these 10 books (you'll thank me later):
The Hard Things About Hard Things
by Ben Horowitz
A playbook for dealing with the hard truths leaders confront every day.
Lessons:
• Build the business, not the culture
• The importance of Wartime CEOs
• There are no silver bullets, only lead bullets
Zero to One
by Peter Thiel
Teaching the most important skill in life: learning to think for yourself.
Lessons:
• Last can be first
• Rivalry causes us to copy the past
• Progress comes from monopoly, not competition
Hooked
by Nir Eyal
Reading this helped me grow Herb by 168% year-over-year.
Lessons:
• Start with triggers
• Make actions easy
• Offer variable rewards
Predictable Revenue
by Aaron Ross
This book is the playbook for building sustainable revenue.
Lessons:
• Implement a proven outbound sales system
• Create a sales machine using the $100M best practices from Salesforce