“I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.” – Mark Twain
Online Lectures & Videos:
- Distinguished Innovator Lecture Series – Berkeley
- Stanford University’s Entrepreneurship Corner
- Financial Markets – Yale University
- Open.edu: Top 50 University Open Courseware Collections
- Academic Earth
- Free Science and Video Lectures Online!
- ETH Zurich Conferences
- NPTEL Lectures
- Peer 2 Peer University
- Open Culture
Articles:
Books:
The Personal MBA Recommended Reading List
Productivity & Effectiveness
- 10 Days to Faster Reading by Abby Marks-Beale
- StrengthsFinder 2.0 by Tom Rath
Getting Things Done by David Allen- The Power of Less by Leo Babauta
- The 80/20 Principle by Richard Koch
- Bit Literacy by Mark Hurst
- The Power of Full Engagement by Jim Loehr & Tony Schwartz
The Human Mind
- Brain Rules by John Medina
- Making Sense of Behavior by William T. Powers
- Driven by Paul Lawrence and Nitin Nohria
- Deep Survival by Laurence Gonzales
Communication
- On Writing Well by William Zinsser
- Presentation Zen by Garr Reynolds
- Made to Stick by Chip and Dan Heath
- The Copywriter’s Handbook by Robert Bly
- Show Me The Numbers by Stephen Few
Influence
- How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
- Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert B. Cialdini
- Crucial Conversations by Kerry Patterson et al
- The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene
Decision-Making
- Sources of Power: How People Make Decisions by Gary Klein
- Smart Choices by John S. Hammond et al
- The Path of Least Resistance by Robert Fritz
- Ethics for the Real World by Ronald Howard & Clinton Korver
Creativity & Innovation
- The Creative Habit by Twyla Tharp
- Myths of Innovation by Scott Berkun
- Innovation and Entrepreneurship by Peter F. Drucker
Project Management
- Making Things Happen by Scott Berkun
- Results Without Authority by Tom Kendrick
Opportunity Identification
- The New Business Road Test by John Mullins
- How to Make Millions with Your Ideas by Dan Kennedy
Entrepreneurship
- Ready, Fire, Aim by Michael Masterson
- The Art of the Start by Guy Kawasaki
- The Knack by Norm Brodsky & Bo Burlingham
The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss- Escape from Cubicle Nation by Pamela Slim
- Bankable Business Plans by Edward Rogoff
Value-Creation & Design
Rework by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson- Four Steps to the Epiphany by Steve Blank
- The Design of Everyday Things by Donald Norman
- Universal Principles of Design by William Lidwell, Kritina Holden, and Jill Butler
Marketing
- All Marketers Are Liars by Seth Godin
- Permission Marketing by Seth Godin
- The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing by Al Ries & Jack Trout
- Getting Everything You Can Out of All You’ve Got by Jay Abraham
Sales
- The Ultimate Sales Machine by Chet Holmes
- Value-Based Fees by Alan Weiss
- SPIN Selling by Neil Rackham
- The Sales Bible by Jeffrey Gitomer
Value-Delivery
- Indispensable by Joe Calloway
The Goal by Eliyahu Goldratt- Lean Thinking by James Womack and Daniel Jones
Negotiation
- Bargaining For Advantage by G. Richard Shell
- 3-D Negotiation by David A. Lax and James K. Sebenius
- The Partnership Charter by David Gage
Management
- First, Break All The Rules by Marcus Buckingham & Curt Coffman
- 12: The Elements of Great Managing by Rodd Wagner & James Harter
- Growing Great Employees by Erika Andersen
- Hiring Smart by Pierre Mornell
- The Essential Drucker by Peter F. Drucker
Leadership
- Tribes by Seth Godin
- Total Leadership by Stewart Friedman
- What Got You Here Won’t Get You There by Marshall Goldsmith
- The New Leader’s 100-Day Action Plan by George Bradt et al
- The Halo Effect by Phil Rosenzweig
Finance & Accounting
- Accounting Made Simple by Mike Piper
- Essentials of Accounting (9th Edition) by Robert N. Anthony and Leslie K. Breitner
- The McGraw-Hill 36-Hour Course in Finance by Robert A. Cooke
- How to Read a Financial Report by John A. Tracy
Systems
- Thinking in Systems by Donella Meadows
- Work the System by Sam Carpenter
- Learning from the Future by Liam Fahey & Robert Randall
Analysis
- Turning Numbers Into Knowledge by Jonathan Koomey
- Marketing Metrics by Paul W. Farris et al
- Web Analytics: An Hour a Day by Avinash Kaushik
- The Economist Numbers Guide by Richard Stuteley
Statistics
- How to Lie with Statistics by Darrell Huff
- Principles of Statistics by M.G. Bulmer
Corporate Skills
- The Unwritten Laws of Business by W.J. King
- The Effective Executive by Peter Drucker
- The Simplicity Survival Handbook by Bill Jensen
Corporate Strategy
- Purpose: The Starting Point of Great Companies by Nikos Mourkogiannis
- Competitive Strategy by Michael Porter
- Blue Ocean Strategy by W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne
- Green to Gold by Daniel Esty & Andrew Winston
- Seeing What’s Next by Clayton M. Christensen, Erik A. Roth, Scott D. Anthony
Consulting
- Getting Started in Consulting by Alan Weiss
- Secrets of Consulting by Gerald M. Weinberg
Personal Finance
- Your Money or Your Life by Joel Dominguez & Vicki Robin
- I Will Teach You To Be Rich by Ramit Sethi
- The Millionaire Next Door by Thomas Stanley & William Danko
- Fail-Safe Investing by Harry Browne
- It’s Not About The Money by Brent Kessel
- Work Less, Live More by Bob Clyatt
Personal Development
- Self-Directed Behavior by David L. Watson & Roland G. Tharp
Personal Development for Smart People by Steve Pavlina- Re-Create Your Life by Morty Lefkoe
- Lead the Field by Earl Nightingale
- The Art of Exceptional Living by Jim Rohn


