Technology and AI

The Only Skill that Matters

Jonathan A. Levi · 2019

In the next ten years, every knowledge worker on earth will become one of two things: invaluable or obsolete. No matter the industry, the pace of progress and new information is faster today than ever before in human history, and it’s accelerating…

The San Francisco Fallacy

Jonathan Siegel · 2017

THE SAN FRANCISCO FALLACY IS NOT ABOUT SAN FRANCISCO.Rather, it's about the herd instincts that drive tech companies to set up shop there, and the mistakes these herd instincts lead to. Most importantly, it's about how to avoid making these same mistakes…

The Smartest Person in the Room

Christian Espinosa

Cyberattack, an ominous word that strikes fear in the hearts of nearly everyone, especially business owners, CEOs, and executives. With cyberattacks resulting in often devastating results, it’s no wonder executives hire the best and brightest of the IT world…

Product-Led SEO

Eli Schwartz · 2021

Nothing can take your business to the next level like great search engine optimization (SEO). Unfortunately, it’s not always easy to know what will successfully drive traffic, leads, and sales. If you want to stand out from your competition, your SEO needs a…

Livin' the Drone Life

Tim Ray · 2016

Everyone today seems to have a drone: Amazon, touting a new high-tech delivery method; YouTubers, with countless aerial videos; your neighbor, who keeps crashing into your tree. But drones are more than a gadget craze. They’re a booming business with the…

The Seven Pillars of Customer Success

Wayne McCulloch · 2021 · Audiobook

As a customer success leader, whose insight do you rely on for success? Your field is still maturing, yet your profession is one of the fastest growing in the world. There are tons of books and blogs written by success professionals sharing their experiences…

Automated Stock Trading Systems

Laurens Bensdorp · 2020

Consistent, benchmark-beating growth, combined with reduced risk, are the Holy Grail of traders everywhere. Laurens Bensdorp has been achieving both for more than a decade. By combining multiple quantitative trading systems that perform well in different…

The Anthology of Balaji

Eric Jorgenson · 2023

How do you thrive in an unknown future? When you can’t see past the world we have now, look to visionaries like Balaji Srinivasan. His ideas show us how to build a healthier, brighter, and more technologically-advanced humanity. In The Anthology of Balaji: A…

The Startup Playbook

Rajat Bhargava · 2018

The new second edition of this book is now available, published by Wiley. Get the real guidance you need to create and build your first startup company from founders who have been there many times before. The Startup Playbook is our personal, how-to guide for…

Move Fast

Jeff Meyerson · 2021

Over the last fifteen years, every major aspect of our lives has changed because of Facebook. You may not like Facebook, but you can’t deny its success. And to a large degree, that success stems from the “move fast” ethos. The entire culture of Facebook is…

Forget the Funnel

A Customer-Led Approach for Driving Predictable, Recurring Revenue

Georgiana Laudi · 2023 · Audiobook

Your product is great. So why is marketing it so hard? Many SaaS companies struggle with marketing. Teams try everything they can to drive more traffic, leads, and signups. Yet revenue growth remains…lumpy. Slow. Frustratingly inconsistent. If this sounds…

Digital Marketing in an AI World

Frederick Vallaeys · 2019

Artificial intelligence is radically altering the digital marketing landscape. But if you’re a PPC professional, there’s no need to panic; the sky isn’t falling. Former Google AdWords evangelist Frederick Vallaeys understands what’s coming next, and with his…

Infinite Income

Tanner Chidester · 2021 · Audiobook

As seen in USA Today. Independence. Flexibility. Freedom. For many, these elements are as vital to you in your career as the money you make. After all, if time is money, then controlling your time is gold. But what if you could increase your income and your…

Hackable

Ted Harrington

If you don’t fix your security vulnerabilities, attackers will exploit them. It’s simply a matter of who finds them first. If you fail to prove that your software is secure, your sales are at risk too. Whether you’re a technology executive, developer, or…

Read Write Code

Jeremy Keeshin · 2021

Code is the new literacy. Six hundred years ago, most people couldn’t read. In 1440, the invention of the printing press laid the groundwork for massive increases in literacy and ushered in the modern era. Today, computers and the internet are causing a…

Real World AI

A Practical Guide for Responsible Machine Learning

Alyssa Rochwerger · 2021

How can you successfully deploy AI? When AI works, it’s nothing short of brilliant, helping companies make or save tremendous amounts of money while delighting customers on an unprecedented scale. When it fails, the results can be devastating. Most AI…

Deep Tech

Eric Redmond · 2021 · Audiobook

Are you ready to harness the next big tech opportunity? The world of “deep tech” has launched seven simultaneous global revolutions: artificial intelligence, augmented and virtual reality, blockchain and cryptocurrencies, the Internet of Things, autonomous…

Breaking the Code

Five Steps to a Life-Changing Software Development Job

Bobby Davis Jr. · 2020

If you want to land a job in tech, you need to know how to code. That much is obvious. A skill that is equally as important, but often overlooked, is knowing how to market yourself to potential employers, especially if you’re new to the industry. Do you know…

The AI Republic

Terence C. M. Tse · 2019

Artificial intelligence will radically change our lives--just not in the ways you might think. You've been made to believe that AI will take your job. The truth is AI will deeply change the nature of work itself and lead to the creation of jobs that don't…

The App Factory Playbook

Drew Gorham

Say you have a brilliant app idea. If you don’t have the technical skills to bring it to life, conventional Silicon Valley wisdom demands you get a technical co-founder, pay too much money to an overpriced app agency, or learn to code. These expensive…

Learning to Build

Bob Moesta · 2022

If you’re an innovator or entrepreneur, you challenge precedent and disrupt the status quo. You trust that the result is worth the struggle and embrace change because it could equal progress. You have blind faith. You know that success isn’t reserved for the…

The End of Certainty

Simon Dudley · 2015

Slow evolutionary change is old news. Today, change comes in waves that are rolling in faster and bigger than ever. Excession Events are the huge tidal waves of change that can wipe you out if you’re not prepared. But if you see these events early, you can…

The Product Mindset

David DeWolf

In the digital economy, businesses need to adapt quickly to satisfy customers’ constant demands for new and updated products. But too many organizations are held back by antiquated IT mindsets that separate developmental groups from the rest of the team. To…

Crawl, Walk, Run

Advancing Analytics Maturity with Google Marketing Platform

Alex Yastrebenetsky · 2020

THERE IS A NEWER EDITION OF THIS BOOK : geni.us/CrawlWalkRun2ndEdition In 2019, $130 billion was spent on digital advertising alone, as major retailers, consumer packaged goods companies (CPG), and media outlets embraced the ever-online customer. Despite…

Navigate To The Lighthouse

Kurt Davis · 2022

Execute a lighthouse deal to catapult your startup over the chasm of early adopters and into the land of new opportunities with trillion-dollar companies. Navigate to the Lighthouse explains how to do that, using strategic business development as a…

Break the Wheel

Jay Acunzo · 2018

Our world is flooded by advice, ideas, and experts, but we shouldn't make decisions based on "best practices." Instead, we should do what works best for us, building careers and companies with the sort of clarity that leads to exceptional work. Only, first…

Disrupt or Die

Jedidiah Yueh

With cyclonic technologies like AI and automation sweeping the globe, established industries can be shaken up or taken down in less time and with less effort than ever before. Businesses big and small need a revolutionary, not evolutionary, digital strategy.…

Data Science for Executives

Nir Kaldero · 2018

We are in the 4th industrial revolution; companies need to figure out how to survive. In this exciting revolution, machine intelligence has had a more unprecedented impact on business than the internet, and it's the only path to corporate survival in the…

The Battery-Powered Home

Greg Smith

Do you size, design, or sell solar and storage systems? Would your customers consider those systems 100 percent successful? Pick up The Battery-Powered Home and turn your solar and storage customers into the best lead generators you could ask for. Written…

Sextech Revolution

The Future of Sexual Wellness

Andrea Barrica · 2019

Sitting between Planned Parenthood and Pornhub, sexual wellness is the next blue ocean for tech entrepreneurs and investors, but nobody is talking about it. A market sector predicted to soon break the hundred-billion dollar mark can only fly under the radar…

Life. Camera. Action.

David Basulto

Producing high-quality video used to be a difficult enterprise--restricted by costly equipment and hard-to-come-by technology. But, today, aspiring filmmakers, journalists, vloggers, live-streamers, coaches, educators, and editors have the tools for creating…

From Simi Valley to Silicon Valley

Stephen Gillett · 2019

To succeed in business and in life, you must be focused and committed. But it also takes serendipity and a certain amount of alchemy. Stephen Gillett went from part-time technology specialist at an Office Depot to one of the youngest CIOs of a Fortune 500…

The Entrepreneur's Framework

Joshua H. Davidson

It's no secret--starting a company is hard. So many decisions are interdependent on factors outside of our control. Some founders follow a business plan; Others operate by the seat of their pants. But all entrepreneurs need a personal framework to follow. …

Clone the Ace

Forrest Dombrow

In digital marketing sales, you’re used to doing it all. You generate leads, close deals, and service clients. But when you fail to fulfill your potential, every unmet objective, missed opportunity, and sleepless night takes its toll, on your business and…

Sharper Image Success

Business Lessons from America's Gadget Guy

Richard Thalheimer · 2020

Open a door into the complex and active mind of Sharper Image founder, Richard Thalheimer. This successful entrepreneur shares stories about creating his visions, taking risks, sharing rewards, cultivating generosity, and showing respect, as well as knowing…

CU 2.0

Kirk Drake

In recent decades, credit unions have seen unprecedented threats, due in large part to an eighty-year-old business model and an inability to adapt quickly to a digital economy. But Kirk Drake has devised a powerful plan to revitalize these noble institutions…

Hacking SaaS

Eric Mersch · 2023

Perpetual software licensing is dead. In fact, today’s college graduates are unlikely to encounter it in their careers. That’s because software as a Service, or SaaS, provides the necessary customer insight companies need to innovate better and faster than…

The Humility Imperative

Effective Leadership in an Era of Arrogance

Dave Balter · 2020

The Humility Imperative begs the question: can one be confident and have humility at the same time? In order to explore that, this book emphasizes the very personal nature of leadership. It delivers authentic, raw evidence that building anything requires…

You, Inc.

The Step by Step Guide for Finding A Business Within You

Travis Rosser · 2018

You may not realize it, but we were all given a gift that we should be sharing with the world. The experiences you have accumulated throughout your life can turn you into a potential entrepreneur. You have knowledge that other people need, and they’re willing…

Cyber War...and Peace

Nicholas Shevelyov · 2021 · Audiobook

When evil men plot, good men must plan., Martin Luther King, Jr. If anything is guaranteed about the future, it’s that technological innovation will advance more quickly each year. But progress isn’t just for those with good intentions. The technology that…

It's All About CEX!

Jason S. Bradshaw

Of all the things that can make or break your business, the most critical is experience. Great experiences inspire customers and employees to advocate for you, while bad ones do the opposite. It sounds obvious, but so many companies fail because they don't…

Atomic Scaling

Ludovic Bodin · 2024

Crack the code to supercharging your business. For the last two decades, gaming has outperformed nearly every other industry. Gaming companies produce three times more revenue than Hollywood. A single product boasts $20 billion in revenue. Products crafted by…

Badass IT Support

Ben Brennan · 2018

Too often calling the IT department is a technologically unsavvy person’s worst nightmare. The guys behind the screens seem cold and condescending. But, in reality, they’re just well-meaning people who have never learned how to handle customers. Your IT team…

AI is My Friend

Mikhail Naumov

As a customer service professional, your goal is to help your customers by solving their concerns quickly and effectively. This isn’t easy to accomplish if you’re spending half of your day on repetitive processes that slow down progress. Recent advances in…

This Better Work

Lynsie Campbell · 2021

Most of the founder stories we hear are the successful ones, the ones with happy endings. This is not that kind of story. Being a founder comes with only one guarantee: at times, the obstacles will be so absurdly difficult they will seem almost comical.…

Bitcoin Pizza

Samantha Radocchia · 2019

When you hear the word blockchain, what's your reaction? Do you think it's a fad that's been overhyped but will soon be forgotten? Or maybe you have a vague understanding of how the technology works, but you're unsure of how it will impact your life. Neither…

CLEVER

The Six Strategic Drivers for the Fourth Industrial Revolution

Alessandro Lanteri · 2019

As a business leader, you need to make decisions that set your company up for success, now and in the future. The challenge? In this fast-changing world, the rules of strategy are being rewritten and the go-to solutions you once relied on are no longer…

Competing in the Connecting World

Gregg Garrett · 2018

The rapid convergence of computing and telecommunications technologies into products, better known as the Internet of Things, coupled with strong human behavioral change has created the emergence of a technological discontinuity that is disrupting all…

Reset

William Treseder · 2018

People are drowning in too much information in this digital age. They often feel trapped and paralyzed, tolerating an economy that’s optimized to keep them distracted while letting “the System” control their lives. But if you want to succeed today, you need…

The Warrior's Garden

Richard Ryan · 2025 · Audiobook

In a world dominated by screens and algorithms, who is truly in control? Every time you pick up the phone, you’re being manipulated. With every site you visit and post you make, your behavior is being tracked. Your habits are sold to the highest bidder, and…

Future Ready

A Changemaker's Guide to the Exponential Revolution

Nick Davis · 2020

Every day, legacy business models and traditional best practices are transforming around us, driven by technologies like AI, blockchain, 5G, and quantum computing that are radically altering our future vision. As a leader and innovator, you’re facing an…

The Patient as CEO

Robin Farmanfarmaian · 2015 · Audiobook

We are on the cusp of a healthcare revolution. From wearable sensors, to improved point-of-care diagnostics to artificial intelligence and robotics, there are breakthroughs in biomedical technology on an almost daily basis which are set to fundamentally…

One to Ten

Rags Gupta · 2021

Here’s a little secret: Most tech startups get to One. They build a product, land some customers, and close funding. The harder part? Getting from One to Ten. Tech founders struggle to progress past early adopter customers and founder-led sales, to grow…

Listen or Die

Sean McDade · 2018

In this interconnected world dominated by social media, consumers' voices are broadcast louder and wider than ever before. Companies are faced with the choice to either listen to their customers and thrive...or eventually die. No matter what industry you're…

Creating Your Dojo

Dion Stewart

Transforming a company’s digital product development capabilities is a monumental task that can leave even the most seasoned leaders feeling completely overwhelmed. Traditional approaches to training often fail to have their desired impact. Instead of…

Guaranteed Analytics

Jim Rushton · 2019

Decision-makers can’t get enough from data. The problem is, most leaders only use data to reaffirm the obvious information, and their companies are suffering because of it. Executives interested in getting to scalable, insight-driven business decisions are…

Own Your Own Plane

Nik Tarascio

Despite what you may believe, owning a private plane is not a privilege reserved exclusively for celebrities, world leaders, and the uber-rich. If you’re an entrepreneur or business person who flies regularly on commercial or charter airlines, private plane…

Demystifying Esports

A Personal Guide to the History and Future of Competitive Gaming

Baro Hyun · 2020

While multimillion-dollar prizes are common in esports today, did you know that esports began humbly in a small Asian country without a significant gaming industry at the time? And would you believe that after two decades of embracing esports, Koreans enjoy…

Niche, Please!

Skyler Irvine · 2021

TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, Instagram. These words are enough to strike fear in the heart of any established business owner over thirty-five. But there’s good news for entrepreneurs overwhelmed by social trends in digital media: you don’t have to be an expert…

Shifting Optics

A Life, in Perspective

Dung Duong · 2020

As a child, Dung Duong fled a third-world country, lived in refugee camps, was jailed, and found himself homeless before immigrating to the United States, ultimately growing up in poverty. A strong student and gifted engineer, Dung eventually found success as…