If you want to give yourself a personal MBA (in 6 months), read these books:
Hi, I’m Ben.
I received an MBA from Cornell.
I’ve also read 300+ business books.
Trust me: You can get 90% of the knowledge from reading books
(and without spending $150k).
So, I put together a 6-month personal MBA for you...
The 6-month curriculum is 12 books
(you’ll read 2 books every month).
Subjects:
Strategy
Entrepreneurship
Accounting/Finance
Personal Finance
Marketing
Operations
Systems Thinking
Public Speaking
Negotiation
Networking
Leadership
Productivity/Effectiveness
Here we go...
Zero to One
by Peter Thiel and Blake Masters
Subject: Strategy
Lessons:
• Escape competition
• Contrarian approaches create value
• Go from “0 to 1,” not “from 1 to n”
The Lean Startup
by Eric Ries
Subject: Entrepreneurship
Lessons:
• Build minimum viable products
• When in doubt, simplify
• Win by getting feedback + learning fast