Books to read in ecosystem - exiang/startup-resources GitHub Wiki
Good books sharing, the above four must read, the following three are optional. The recommended reading order start from left to right, but the top left and right could bored you to dead. I suggest you to read the white one 'Hacker & painter' frist, then the blue one 'The lean startup', follow by 'The hackers', and last the 'rainforest'.
Hacker & painter is a masterpiece. In fact, some of its content is published and available for free on yc website. You should have heard about Paul Graham if it is not your first day in this ecosystem. This book explains why you should start a business instead of working for others, how creativity function in capitalism, and so on. I am surprised that this book is not well-known locally, but this is the first book I think anyone who wanted to run a start-up should read.
'The Lean Startup' needs no more introduction, popular locally. Proven best practices in modern day startup helps you prevent mistake in your startup journey.
'The hackers' kind of with a sad tone, talks about an era that never returns. A history of origin earlier than Paul Graham, the foundation of the entire startup ecosystem.
Rainforest is especially important for the people involved in running an ecosystem, but unfortunately not many here knows about this book too. The most important keyword from this book is 'serendipity'. It's optional f you just want to run a startup but not an ecosystem.
Again, books can only teach u that much, walk the talk is still vital.
p/s: if you too busy to find time to read abook, following youtube video may helps you:
好书分享，上面四本必读，下面三本属于补助品。阅读次序本该从左到右，但如果不是本科生应该会被最上面左右闷死。建议读白色的 Hacker & painter, 然后lean startup, 再读hacker，最后 rainforest.
Hacker & painter 是大师级的作品。其实ycomb 也有片段文章供免费阅读。Paul Graham 是谁如果你还不知道就不要跟人家讲你做初创的。左右脑一样重要，还能融合生意经，就像打通了任督二脉一样。里面也解释了为什么要创业不要替人打工，创意在资本里的运作等等。我奇怪的是这书在本地不出名，但这是我认为任何一个要做初创的都应该读的第一本书。
Lean 就不需介绍了，在本地都很出名，属于后现代作品。
hacker 讲的是悲壮的历史，一个一去不复返的年代。一个比Paul Graham 还早的起源史，初创的根本。
Rainforest 对参与经营ecosystem 的人尤其重要，可惜在这里不太出名，而我也只读懂一点点而已。只要做 startup 的就不必读啦。
还是那句，尽信书不如无书。