- Crossing the Chasm: Marketing and Selling Disruptive Products to Mainstream Customers by Geoffrey A. Moore
- Also a favourite of Seth Godin
- If You Want to Write: A Book About Art, Independence, and Spirit by Brenda Ueland
- Inevitable Illusions: How Mistakes of Reason Rule Our Minds by Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini
- Influence: Science and Practice by Robert B. Cialdini
- Mastering the Dynamics of Innovation by James M. Utterback
- The Effective Executive: The Definitive Guide to Getting the Right Things Done by Peter F. Drucker
- Also a favourite of Tim Ferriss and Jeff Bezos
- The Hockey Handbook by Lloyd Percival
- The Innovator’s Dilemma by Clayton M. Christensen
- Also a favourite of Evan Williams, Max Levchin, Jeff Bezos, Mark Cuban, Malcolm Gladwell and Steve Jobs
- The Pumpkin Plan: A Simple Strategy to Grow a Remarkable Business in Any Field by Mike Michalowicz
- Also a favourite of Seth Godin
- Uncommon Genius: How Great Ideas are Born by Denise Shekerjian