Fundamental business books, tech recruitment & board games de oferit
12 fundamental business books:
Here is my minimal selection of the 12 most fundamental business books that you should read prior to enrolling on a Business School/MBA (or launching a startup):
1. Oliver Gassmann - “Business Model Navigator. 55 Models That Will Revolutionise Your Business” - It will help you understand and design business models.
2. Richard Rumelt - “Good Strategy, Bad Strategy. The Difference and Why It Matters” - Strategy is the most commonly misused business word. Learn what strategy is and isn't.
3. A.G. Lafley - “Playing to Win. How Strategy Really Works” - Learn how to design a winning strategy using a customer-centric approach.
4. Michael E. Porter - “Competitive Strategy. Techniques for Analyzing Industries and Competitors” - Understand industry constraints and what makes certain industries more or less attractive.
5. Josh Kaufman - “The Personal MBA. Master the Art of Business” & Jason Barron - “The Visual MBA. Two Years of Business School Packed into One Priceless Book of Pure Awesomeness” - They can be read like recipes book. Just open on any page and learn something new about business.
6. Alistair Croll, Benjamin Yoskovitz - “Lean Analytics. Use Data to Build a Better Startup Faster” - Dive into the world of metrics. This book includes many examples and metrics frameworks.
7. Rochelle King, Elizabeth F. Churchill, Caitlin Tan - “Designing with Data. Improving the User Experience with A/B Testing” - See how we can use metrics in taking decisions based on real facts and data.
8. Rita Gunther McGrath, Ian C. Macmillan - “Discovery-Driven Growth. A Breakthrough Process to Reduce Risk and Seize Opportunity” - Learn how to identify riskiest assumptions behind your product or venture and test them rigorously.
9. Sean Ellis - “Hacking Growth. How Today's Fastest-Growing Companies Drive Breakout Success” - It explains how a product itself can lead to faster growth (instead of marketing).
10. Steve Blank, Bob Dorf - “The Startup Owner's Manual: The Step-by-Step Guide for Building a Great Company” - It lays out the best practices, lessons and tips that have swept the startup world, offering a wealth of proven advice and information for entrepreneurs of all stripes.
11. Giff Constable - “Talking to Humans: Success starts with understanding your customers” - It will teach you how to structure and run effective customer interviews, find candidates, and turn learnings into action.
PS. Yes, there are 12 books on the list ;)
Articole, evenimente si resurse utile acum:
"Don’t worry about “being yourself.” Heck, you don’t even really know who that is. Instead, strive to be your best self. That’s more clear, more consistent. You know better who you want to be than who you are."
Una din cele mai interesante si inteligibile explicatii (56 min.) ale teoriei mecanicii cuantice.
“The mysterious world of quantum mechanics has mystified scientists for decades. But this mind-bending theory is the best explanation of reality that we have.
Whether it’s Schrödinger's cat or the many-worlds interpretation, the ideas quantum mechanics throws up about the reality we live in can seem incredibly strange and daunting.“
Un framework modern, interesant si util pentru sales, dar evident conteaza foarte mult si cum il folosesti si aplici. Vanzatorii mai seniori o sa gaseasca aici cateva idei neuzuale care reflecta mult mai bine psihologia cumparatorului din secolul nostru.
Unul din cele mai bun ghiduri de recruitment pentru #techstartups.
“Your first five hires pretty much chose themselves. (“You’ll give this your all? Okay, you’re in!”) But getting from 5 to 50? The math checks out: it can feel 10 times harder. To grow your team for lasting success, you’ll need the best tools and analytics and you’ll need to be systematic. This thorough introduction to hiring for startups will help get you started, and guide you on your journey to 50 and beyond.”
Asa ar trebui sa fie toate cursurile si trainingurile la care participam sau pe care le cream: “I figured out that most online courses follow a course design, which is fundamentally broken. It is based on the Massive Open Online Course model (MOOCs). These courses are designed to educate a huge amount of students, which comes at the expense of interaction and paradoxically learning itself.”
Intr-o societate (mai ales in pandemie) care ne alieneaza social din ce in ce mai mult, s-ar putea ca board games sa fie singura cale sa ne revenim la normal. La generatiile mai vechi alienarea nu este asa de puternica, dar uitati-va la adolescentii un pic introverti sau timizi si o sa intelegeti mai bine care sunt riscurile.
Un foarte bun top facut de New York Times cu cele mai bune board games pe care le poti face cadou unor prieteni adulti pe care vrei sa ii faci sa descopere farmecul unic al jocurilor de acest gen.
Un foarte bun top facut de New York Times cu cele mai bune board games pe care le poti face cadou unor copii pe care vrei sa ii faci sa descopere farmecul unic al jocurilor de acest gen.
"Blackpink: Light up the sky" (8/10) este un documentar foarte bun despre cum se formeaza si lanseaza un grup muzical de talie mondiala. Nu este de ajuns sa ai doar talent, ci este necesara multa munca intensa, zi de zi, 4-6 ani, cu cei mai buni specialisti din industria muzicii, o echipa sudata de greutatile prin care au trecut, diversitate culturala in echipa, sacrificii, disciplina si, mai ales, atitudinea de a pune echipa deasupra individului.
“Arcane” (9/10) este in clipa de fata cel mai bun serial de animatie Netflix si unul dintre cele mai bune din lumea “cartoons”. Nu este la nivelul celor mai bune anime-uri (ii lipseste profunzimea si ikigai-ul pentru asta), dar pentru “Netflix Generation” sunt sigur ca va fi considerat o capodopera. Interesant si ca este inspirat de lumea unui joc video foarte popular “League of Legends”, un alt fapt care cu siguranta va spori numarul de fani.