Updates

  1. Person pages list letters, writing, profiles and links as sortable tables with filters, and show each person's companies as links; Fund letters show each letter's description in its own column.
  2. Experts show a checked job title and a short description of each person; 30 more people have photographs.
  3. Every company, fund, university and publication the experts work for has a page listing the people there.
  4. Fund letters show each letter's thesis and filter by it; 225 person pages list the essays, columns and newsletter issues the person wrote.
  5. Person pages list every essay and newsletter issue a person wrote, and their own books as a table in List view.
  6. Recommends shows the five largest kinds of book and the rest under More; browse pictures load sooner.
  7. Podcasts and talks link the original episode, filter by Audio and video or Press, and list each publisher once.
  8. Pages are wider, Recommends has List and Grid, and a filter clicked again turns off.
  9. Book cards sit in a ruled grid with Open Library and Goodreads links and each book's one-line note.
  10. Funds is now Investors; each investor's styles are buttons that filter the table.
  11. Podcasts and talks on a person's page filter by year and publisher and show as a list or a grid of pictures.
  12. Quotes show only people's own words: 472 summaries written by list sites are gone.
  13. Country pages open from Browse again, and every link on the shelf lands on a page.
  14. Subject and person pages show their sections as tabs, and each book appears once on a person's page.
  15. Book cards show the quote, who said it and the source; grids show five cards to a row.
  16. On a phone, a menu holds the sections, search, Updates, Feedback and dark mode.
  17. Feedback takes a screenshot of the page with no browser prompt, opens a screenshot full size when you click it, and clears itself once sent.
  18. Book cards are centred, search names the topic each book sits in, and any text cut short shows whole on hover.
  19. Search groups its results by kind: people, companies, geographies, subjects, topics, books, funds, fund letters and papers.
  20. The Books table lists who recommended each book by name, and the browser tab names the section you are in.
  21. Feedback can take a screenshot of the page, or one you paste or choose, and opens in the corner beside Updates.
  22. Each rail button reopens its section where you left it, and Browse, Table and People show on every book and subject page.
  23. Filters grey out choices that hold nothing instead of hiding them, and Books › People filters by authors or recommenders.
  24. Feedback takes a subject line and up to three screenshots.
  25. Biographies are grouped by the person they are about: 41 new pages, from Abraham Lincoln to Lee Kuan Yew.
  26. Sport splits into 23 sports, and Religion into one topic per faith.
  27. Book lists show as cards: the cover, one recommendation quote and every recommender by name.
  28. Seventeen subjects that had two or three pages under different names now have one page each.
  29. Every page lists its Experts as authors and recommenders, with a link to them on the Experts tab.
  30. Economics, Financial history, Financial panics and Accounting are subjects of their own, with one page per financial crisis.
  31. Book, person and subject pages open inside the app, so the tabs stay in view.
  32. 996 more book covers, and photographs or logos for 227 more people and companies.
  33. Books › Browse shows every subject as cards, and the rail holds Fund letters, Papers, Experts, Books and Funds.
  34. Every topic over 150 books splits into narrower topics, each with a page of its own.

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Founder Mindset and Self-Made Wealth

Entrepreneurship and Startups

These books give advice on the habits, attitudes and career choices that lead people to start businesses and build personal wealth.

Books 31Experts 8Recommenders 36

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  1. The 50th LawRobert Greene, 2009
  2. How to be RichJ. Paul Getty, 1965
  3. The Monk and the RiddleRandy Komisar, 2000
  4. It's Not How Good You Are, It's How Good You Want to BePaul Arden, 2003
  5. How to Get RichFelix Dennis, 2006
The 50th LawThe 50th Law
T2 The 50th Law
Robert Greene · 2009
Open LibraryGoodreads

Lessons on fearlessness drawn from the life of the rapper 50 Cent.

Recommended by: Nat Eliason

How to be RichHow to be Rich
T4 How to be Rich
J. Paul Getty · 1965
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Recommended by: Mohnish Pabrai

The Monk and the RiddleThe Monk and the Riddle
T4 The Monk and the Riddle
Randy Komisar · 2000
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A venture adviser on startups and the trap of the deferred life plan.

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It's Not How Good You Are, It's How Good YouIt's Not How Good You Are, It's How Good You Want to Be
T4 It's Not How Good You Are, It's How Good You Want to Be
Paul Arden · 2003
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Recommended by: Ran Segall, Casey Neistat

How to Get RichHow to Get Rich
T4 How to Get Rich
Felix Dennis · 2006
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How a college dropout with no family money made himself a fortune.

Recommended by: Andrew Wilkinson, Derek Sivers, Sam Parr and 1 other

The Ten Roads to RichesThe Ten Roads to Riches
T4 The Ten Roads to Riches
Ken Fisher, Lara Hoffmans · 2008
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Making Ideas Happen: Overcoming the ObstacleMaking Ideas Happen: Overcoming the Obstacles Between Vision and Reality
T4 Making Ideas Happen: Overcoming the Obstacles Between Vision and Reality
Scott Belsky · 2010
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Mohnish Pabrai, Guy Kawasaki, Simon Sinek

Cold Hard Truth: On Business, Money & LifeCold Hard Truth: On Business, Money & Life
T4 Cold Hard Truth: On Business, Money & Life
Kevin O'Leary · 2011
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Mohnish Pabrai

The Millionaire FastlaneThe Millionaire Fastlane
T4 The Millionaire Fastlane
M.J. DeMarco · 2011
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Why jobs, 401(k)s and frugality are a slow lane, and business ownership a fast one.

Recommended by: Nat Eliason, Ali Abdaal

Amazing Things Will HappenAmazing Things Will Happen
T4 Amazing Things Will Happen
C.C. Chapman · 2013
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Startup LifeStartup Life
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Brad Feld, Amy Batchelor · 2013
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Crazy Is a Compliment: The Power of Zigging Crazy Is a Compliment: The Power of Zigging When Everyone Else Zags
T4 Crazy Is a Compliment: The Power of Zigging When Everyone Else Zags
Linda Rottenberg · 2014
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Recommended by: Mohnish Pabrai

Recession Proof GraduateRecession Proof Graduate
T4 Recession Proof Graduate
Charlie Hoehn · 2014
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Noah Kagan, Tim Ferriss

SmartcutsSmartcuts
T4 Smartcuts
Shane Snow · 2014
Open LibraryGoodreads

Nine principles of lateral thinking that innovators use to reach goals faster.

Recommended by: Nat Eliason, Noah Kagan

LimitlessLimitless
T4 Limitless
Ajaz Ahmed · 2015
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Recommended by: Richard Branson

The Net and the ButterflyThe Net and the Butterfly
T4 The Net and the Butterfly
Olivia Fox Cabane · 2017
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Recommended by: Safi Bahcall

Rise and GrindRise and Grind
T4 Rise and Grind
Daymond John, Daniel Paisner · 2018
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Recommended by: Chelsea Krost

Pocket Full of DoPocket Full of Do
T4 Pocket Full of Do
Chris Do · 2020
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Two decades of short reflections on entrepreneurship, creativity and philosophy.

Recommended by: Johnnie Gomez

PowershiftPowershift
T4 Powershift
Daymond John · 2020
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A process for using power in negotiations to close deals and reach a chosen outcome.

Recommended by: James Altucher

The Almanack of Naval RavikantThe Almanack of Naval Ravikant
T4 The Almanack of Naval Ravikant
Eric Jorgenson · 2020
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Naval Ravikant's ideas on building wealth and being happy, gathered from his talks.

Recommended by: Balaji S. Srinivasan, Nat Eliason and 9 others

The Entrepreneur's Weekly NietzscheThe Entrepreneur's Weekly Nietzsche
T4 The Entrepreneur's Weekly Nietzsche
Brad Feld, Dave Jilk · 2021
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We Should All Be MillionairesWe Should All Be Millionaires
T4 We Should All Be Millionaires
Rachel Rodgers · 2021
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Recommended by: Sarah Pritula

Give FirstGive First
T4 Give First
Brad Feld · 2023
Open LibraryGoodreads

published 2023

Recommended by: Brad Feld

Book of Ideas
T4 Book of Ideas
Ramin Malinic
Goodreads

Recommended by: Ran Segall

Burning Entrepreneur
T4 Burning Entrepreneur
Brad Feld
Goodreads

Recommended by: Brad Feld

Choose YourselfChoose Yourself
T4 Choose Yourself
James Altucher
Goodreads

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Hustle
T4 Hustle
Jesse Tevelow
Goodreads

Recommended by: Brad Feld

Rich20Something
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Daniel DiPiazza
Goodreads

Recommended by: Cynthia Johnson

Self-Made SuccessSelf-Made Success
T4 Self-Made Success
Shaan Patel
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Recommended by: Mark Cuban

The Connection AlgorithmThe Connection Algorithm
T4 The Connection Algorithm
Jesse Tevelow
Goodreads

Recommended by: Brad Feld

The Education of MillionairesThe Education of Millionaires
T4 The Education of Millionaires
Michael Ellsberg
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