Recommendations

Business Books:

Insightful:

"Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell

"Predictably Irrational" by Dan Ariely

"Made To Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die" by Chip and Dan Heath

"Yes! 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to Be Persuasive" by Noah J. Goldstein, Steve J. Martin, and Robert B. Cialdini

"The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell

"Free: The Future of a Radical Price" by Chris Anderson

 

Practical:

"Rework" by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson

"The Breakthrough Company" by Keith McFarland

"How to Make Friends & Influence People" by Dale Carnegie

 

Inspirational:

"Delivering Happiness" by Tony Hsieh

"Crush It!" by Gary Vaynerchuk

"Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us" by Seth Godin

 

Blogs:

"This is going to be BIG..." by Charlie O'Donnell (http://www.thisisgoingtobebig.com)

"Both Sides of the Table" by Mark Suster (http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com)

"On Startups" by Dharmesh Shah (http://www.onstartups.com)

"AVC" by Fred Wilson (http://www.avc.com)

"A Smart Bear" by Jason Cohen (http://blog.asmartbear.com)

"Joel on Software" by Joel Spolsky (http://www.joelonsoftware.com)

"Chris Dixon's Blog" by Chris Dixon (http://cdixon.org/)

 

Movies:

American History X (drama)

Death Proof (action/crime/thriller)

Run Lola Run (action/suspense)

Memento (suspense)

Training Day (drama/action)

American Gangster (drama)

Mafia! (comedy/slapstick)