Wednesday, February 01, 2017
Books and iphone app
Inspired by Mark Zuckerberg's yearly goals ranging from reading books, developing AI to travel, I want to focus on learning how to create an iphone app this year (2017). End of last year was about reading books about startups and kids education -- all the reading I should have done before doing Kidsorted.
Books I read (and some online courses in 2016)-
Books I read (and some online courses in 2016)-
- Crossing the Chasm - it reconfirmed my belief that we should focus on a narrow use case, become the best in that area and then expand from there
- $100 startup - got inspired by it but my DNA is to create high growth tech companies so didn't quite work for me
- Udemy course on SEO - this was great for learning new tools and how to actually do SEO
- Udemy course on investing - still work in progress but rekindled my interest
- Founders Dilemma (just started) - talks about dangers of 50:50 partnership (wish I knew!)
- Growth mindset (in progress) - has influenced how I'm interacting with Aanya. Also, changed my own thinking about what I'm capable of
- 4 hour body - lost 6 kgs by following this book
- Tools of Titans - just browsed but not that impressed
- Zero to One - 2 key takeaways were 1) aim for 10x better product and 2) distribution is more important than product.
- Lean Analytics - started but want to read it
- Charisma Myth - just started but want to read
- Small Giants - started but somehow was too upsetting (re: kidsorted) to finish