Business: The High Growth Handbook

April 14th, 2021  |  Season 5  |  32 mins 42 secs

business book, growth, startup tips, tactical advice

Author of 'The High Growth Handbook,' Elad Gil shares his perspective and learnings to scaling startups. It contains tactical advice on key issues for post product-market fit companies such as the role of the CEO, hiring executives, late-stage fundraising, M&A, and other topics.

Business: The Messy Middle - Scott Belsky

April 7th, 2021  |  Season 5  |  32 mins 55 secs

business mindset, entrepreneurship, startup tips

Notice how rare you hear business talking about the middle part of their venture?

Best selling author, entrepreneur, Chief Product Officer at Adobe, Scott Belsky wrote the book to address topics that he found fellow entrepreneurs seldom discuss. No one talked about the bumps in the road — just how something was great until it failed.

The Messy Middle will outfit you to find your way through the hardest parts of any bold project or new venture.

Business: The Hard Thing About Hard Things - Ben Horowitz

March 31st, 2021  |  Season 5  |  27 mins 20 secs

business mindset, ceo, entrepreneurship, startup tips

The Hard Thing About Hard Things is invaluable for veteran entrepreneurs as well as those aspiring to their own new ventures, drawing from Horowitz's personal and often humbling experiences.

Business: The Lean Startup - Eric Ries

March 12th, 2021  |  Season 5  |  33 mins 45 secs

business mindset, entrepreneurs, product development, startup

The Lean Startup is a scientific approach to creating and managing startups, largely based on the lean production process which was pioneered by Toyota in Japan. The book clearly defines what entrepreneurship is all about.

Business: Shoe Dog - Phil Knight - The story of Nike

March 5th, 2021  |  Season 5  |  31 mins 1 sec

autobiography, business, mindset

Shoe Dog is a memoir by Nike co-founder Phil Knight. The memoir chronicles the history of Nike from its early struggles to its evolution into one of the world's most recognized and profitable companies. It also highlights certain parts of Phil Knight's life.