5 ms·

"Read. A lot. Don’t cherrypick things that seem to apply to you — read it all." <- That is why I read Hacker News.

by scrrr 16y ago

ahoyhere 16y ago
Hacker News is cherrypicking. :) Nobody here seems to read 20- to 30-year-old business books (except possibly me).
- davidw 16y ago
  One of my favorite business books is 'Growing a Business' by Paul Hawken. It's from the 80ies, but much of his advice would look quite at home in a blog post by 37signals or some such.
  - rstocker99 16y ago
    This book is fantastic. It's a great book for bootstrappers. I believe I ran across it on Fog Creek's book list which has some other good books as well. http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/FogCreekMBACurriculum.html http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/FogCreekMBACurriculum...
  - hboon 16y ago
    Not available on B&N and Amazon as eBook. Sigh.
    - pchristensen 16y ago
      It's worth killing the tree for.
  - deleted 16y ago
    [deleted]
  - ahoyhere 16y ago
    Thanks, I ordered my copy from amazon.de. :) Guess it will take about 30 years to get here!
- david927 16y ago
  I would be careful to underestimate HN. The odds are better that there are people here who wrote 20- to 30-year-old business books.
  - ahoyhere 16y ago
    That sounds nice, but on what reasoning do you base it? If I'm missing people, I'd sure like to know.
    - deleted 16y ago
      [deleted]
    - david927 16y ago
      nickb isn't pg -- it was Peter Drucker. :-) Seriously, you're missing people.
- sabat 16y ago
  The Magic of Thinking Big (David Schwartz), from the 1960s IIRC, is great.
  - ahoyhere 16y ago
    Yessss, it really is. I agree! It's one of my faves. But I don't think I'd qualify it as a business book. Inspirational for sure, but it's not about DOING business exactly.
- nadam 16y ago
  I've read some Peter Drucker. It seems I am not alone: quite a lot of results when typing this into google: site:news.ycombinator.com Peter Drucker
  - ahoyhere 16y ago
    Glad to hear it! I don't think I've seen him come up but I'm very glad he does. I am a big Drucker fan. You might also find Charles Handy to be interesting - he's sort of a business spiritualist.
gdltec 16y ago
I agree with reading a lot, however, do not spend too much time on it. At some point "thinking like an entrepreneur" means to act on ideas, not only reading about how to act on them ;)

"Read. A lot. Don’t cherrypick things that seem to apply to you — read it all." <- That is why I read Hacker News.

by scrrr 16y ago

"Read. A lot. Don’t cherrypick things that seem to apply to you — read it all." <- That is why I read Hacker News.

ahoyhere 16y ago

Hacker News is cherrypicking. :) Nobody here seems to read 20- to 30-year-old business books (except possibly me).

davidw 16y ago
One of my favorite business books is 'Growing a Business' by Paul Hawken. It's from the 80ies, but much of his advice would look quite at home in a blog post by 37signals or some such.
- rstocker99 16y ago
  This book is fantastic. It's a great book for bootstrappers. I believe I ran across it on Fog Creek's book list which has some other good books as well. http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/FogCreekMBACurriculum.html http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/FogCreekMBACurriculum...
- hboon 16y ago
  Not available on B&N and Amazon as eBook. Sigh.
  - pchristensen 16y ago
    It's worth killing the tree for.
- deleted 16y ago
  [deleted]
- ahoyhere 16y ago
  Thanks, I ordered my copy from amazon.de. :) Guess it will take about 30 years to get here!
david927 16y ago
I would be careful to underestimate HN. The odds are better that there are people here who wrote 20- to 30-year-old business books.
- ahoyhere 16y ago
  That sounds nice, but on what reasoning do you base it? If I'm missing people, I'd sure like to know.
  - deleted 16y ago
    [deleted]
  - david927 16y ago
    nickb isn't pg -- it was Peter Drucker. :-) Seriously, you're missing people.
sabat 16y ago
The Magic of Thinking Big (David Schwartz), from the 1960s IIRC, is great.
- ahoyhere 16y ago
  Yessss, it really is. I agree! It's one of my faves. But I don't think I'd qualify it as a business book. Inspirational for sure, but it's not about DOING business exactly.
nadam 16y ago
I've read some Peter Drucker. It seems I am not alone: quite a lot of results when typing this into google: site:news.ycombinator.com Peter Drucker
- ahoyhere 16y ago
  Glad to hear it! I don't think I've seen him come up but I'm very glad he does. I am a big Drucker fan. You might also find Charles Handy to be interesting - he's sort of a business spiritualist.

gdltec 16y ago

I agree with reading a lot, however, do not spend too much time on it. At some point "thinking like an entrepreneur" means to act on ideas, not only reading about how to act on them ;)