My background is also CS and I'd recommend wholeheartedly "The personal MBA"[0]. It organizes the fundamentals of business in a clear and concise fashion that w

My background is also CS and I'd recommend wholeheartedly "The personal MBA"[0]. It organizes the fundamentals of business in a clear and concise fashion that will be easy to understand and hard to forget. The book is not in depth of course but rather a comprehensive overview. protip: skip the first self-promotional chapter, I was so put off by its poor taste that it made me delay reading the book by a few months. The rest is great though! As others have mentioned, startup school[1] is also a goldmine. In my opinion it's less thorough on fundamentals and more focused on key lessons and understandings that only come with handling a successful startup. Many authors cover the same topics but the startup school presenters are actually authoritative on them, kudos! The lean startup[2] is also a must, offering solid advice on how not to waste time, which equals runway, as a founder. Another good one is Never Split the Difference[3], which teaches you a few tricks to fend for yourself while raising money in the world of VCs which, may I remind you, negotiate for a living. 0: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9512985-the-personal-mba https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9512985-the-personal-mba 1: https://www.startupschool.org/ https://www.startupschool.org/ 2: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10127019-the-lean-startup https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10127019-the-lean-startu... 3: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26156469-never-split-the-difference https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26156469-never-split-the...