Learn from history's greatest entrepreneurs. Every week I read a biography of an entrepreneur and find ideas you can use in your work. This quote explains why: "There are thousands of years of history in which lots and lots of very smart people worked very hard and ran all types of experiments on how to create new businesses, invent new technology, new ways to manage etc. They ran these experiments throughout their entire lives. At some point, somebody put these lessons down in a book. For very little money and a few hours of time, you can learn from someone’s accumulated experience. There is so much more to learn from the past than we often realize. You could productively spend your time reading experiences of great people who have come before and you learn every time." —Marc Andreessen

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#57 John Bogle: Stay the Course: The Story of Vanguard and the Index Revolution 2019-01-28
#56 The Biography of Herb Kelleher 2019-01-22
#55 Tycoon's War: How Cornelius Vanderbilt Invaded a Country to Overthrow America's Most Famous Military Adventurer 2019-01-14
#54 The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt 2019-01-08
#53 Who Is Michael Ovitz? 2019-01-01
#52 The Republic of Tea: The Story of the Creation of a Business, as Told Through the Personal Letters of Its Founders 2018-12-25
#51 Wild Company: The Untold Story of Banana Republic 2018-12-17
#50 Marc Andreessen's Blog Archive 2018-12-11
#49 Screw It, Let's Do It: Lessons in Life by Richard Branson 2018-12-03
#48 Finding My Virginity: The New Autobiography by Richard Branson 2018-11-26
#47 Losing My Virginity: How I Survived, Had Fun, and Made a Fortune Doing Business My Way 2018-11-19
#46 I Love Capitalism: An American Story 2018-11-13
#45 Built From Scratch: How A Couple of Regular Guys Grew The Home Depot from Nothing to $30 Billion 2018-11-05
#44 A Memoir by the Cofounder of Microsoft 2018-10-30
#43 Ray Dalio: Principles: Life and Work 2018-10-22
#42 One From Many: VISA and the Rise of Chaordic Organization 2018-10-16
#41 The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers 2018-10-08
#40 Insisting On The Impossible: The Life of Edwin Land and Instant: The Story of Polaroid 2018-10-02
#39 Walt Disney: An American Original 2018-09-24
#38 The Space Barons: Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and the Quest to Colonize the Cosmos 2018-09-17
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