Founders #204 · · 14 books
Steve Jobs (Inside Steve's Brain)
David gives the reading order for the Steve Jobs path in this episode.
The book this episode covers
Inside Steve's Brain
Leander Kahney · Reading rank 150 · in 3 other episodes
David calls the book wonderful and fast to read.
Dedicated episode · Explicit praise · Founder theme
Books David recommends along the way
Creative Selection
Ken Kocienda · Reading rank 7 · in 19 other episodes
David calls Creative Selection fantastic and recommends it for more detail on Jobs's process.
Explicit praise
Becoming Steve Jobs
Brent Schlender and Rick Tetzeli · Reading rank 8 · in 20 other episodes
David includes this book in his recommended Steve Jobs reading order.
Cross-episode reference · Explicit praise
Steve Jobs
Walter Isaacson · Reading rank 13 · in 23 other episodes
David recommends reading Isaacson's book last in a proposed sequence and says to read it in full.
Cross-episode reference · Explicit praise · Founder theme · Reread language
Return to the Little Kingdom
Michael Moritz · Reading rank 54 · in 14 other episodes
David calls the book amazing and recommends starting a Steve Jobs reading sequence with it.
Cross-episode reference · Explicit praise · Founder theme
Steve Jobs and the NeXT Big Thing
Randall E. Stross · Reading rank 60 · in 8 other episodes
David recommends the book as the NeXT wilderness-years period piece in his Steve Jobs reading order.
Cross-episode reference · Explicit praise · Founder theme
Swimming Across
Andrew S. Grove · Reading rank 70 · in 9 other episodes
David calls Andy Grove's memoir phenomenally well written and describes it covering Grove's first twenty years.
Explicit praise
Becoming Trader Joe
Joe Coulombe with Patty Civalleri · Reading rank 91 · in 9 other episodes
David attributes a management lesson to Trader Joe and applies it to operating under uncertainty.
Founder theme
Amazon Unbound
Brad Stone · Reading rank 135 · in 7 other episodes
David draws a start-with-a-question, work-backwards practice from a Bezos/Amazon Marketplace anecdote in this book.
Founder theme
The Professor, the Banker, and the Suicide King
Michael Craig · Reading rank 219 · in 2 other episodes
Cross-episode reference
Also mentioned
Made in Japan
Akio Morita with Edwin M. Reingold and Mitsuko Shimomura · Reading rank 21 · in 21 other episodes
David contrasts the integrated iPod system with the easily copied Walkman to draw a product-strategy lesson from Sony's history.
Founder theme
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