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