Biography of the first five years of Netflix through its IPO, written by Marc Randolph, cofounder and first CEO. It details how the company turned the idea of mailing DVDs into reality, navigated the dotcom bubble bursting, found its winning subscription strategy, and launched kiosks.

Biography of John H. Johnson, publishing magnate who founded Ebony and Jet magazines. Details how he built and diversified Johnson Publishing Company, his management style, and the decline of his empire after his death.

Biography about Albert Lasker, an advertising entrepreneur who reshaped America’s consumer culture. Delves into his personal life and mental health struggles, his impact on the advertising industry, and how he reshaped American politics through public relations and marketing.

Framework to help companies find and optimize the factors that lead to sustainably acquiring customers. This approach is data-driven and focuses on strategic experimentation.

Biography about Albert Lasker, entrepreneur and pioneer of modern advertising techniques. Details his upbringing, innovative marketing techniques, personal struggles, and his groundbreaking transformation of how products and ideas are sold.

Autobiography from Michael Dell, founder of Dell Computer. Details how he bootstrapped the company and how his early strategies propelled Dell to over $12 billion in annual revenue in just 14 years.

Autobiography of Willis Johnson, billionaire and founder of global auto auctioneer Copart. Describes his upbringing, military service, and how he transformed a scrapyard into a global auto auction empire. He shares each of the invaluable lessons, strategies, and the philosophies he developed build his company.

Framework to communicate your company’s solution and value add in a way that resonates with customers by Donald Miller. Describes the psychology of customers, how to influence their perspective on your solution, and how to get them to act. This is an update to the 2017 version of this framework.

Biographical anthology about seventeen investors, most of whom founded their own firms. Details their lives, investment philosophies, and strategies. Investors include T. Rowe Price, Warren Buffett, Paul Cabot, Philip Carret, Philip Fisher, Benjamin Graham, Mark Lightbown, Peter Lynch, John Neff, Richard Rainwater, Julian Robertson, Jim Rogers, George Soros, Michael Steinhardt, John Templeton, Ralph Wanger, and Robert Wilson.

Frameworks and mental models for decision-making used by Charlie Munger. This book is a collection of speeches on mental models and psychology for making better decisions to become a better investor and live a fulfilling life. This version contains Charlie's updated thinking since the original 2005 version at the end of each chapter.

Biography of Thomas Rowe Price Jr., founder of T. Rowe Price Group. This book details his life and how, during the 1930s Depression, Price recognized that owning growing businesses generated the largest fortunes. It also details how he started his firm and created a growth investing movement.

Biographical anthology about nine investors who founded their own firms. Details their lives, investment philosophies, and strategies. Investors include Warren Buffett, Paul Cabot, Philip Fisher, Benjamin Graham, Stanley Kroll, T. Rowe Price, John Templeton, Larry Tisch, and Robert Wilson.

Framework billionaire debt investor and Oaktree Capital founder Howard Marks uses to understand and navigate the financial markets and the cycles in them. This book outlines how human psychology and patterns influence those markets and economics.

Framework and strategy based on Warren Buffett’s concentrated investment approach. Explains focus investing and why investing in a few exceptional businesses is a key to this strategy. The book details the importance of understanding the financial performance, backing quality management teams, and other areas too."

Framework for investing process used by Warren Buffett. This book breaks down each step in Buffett’s investment process. Buffett’s investing strategies and philosophy are detailed and connected to his framework and checklist. Examples of how Buffett applied this framework with some of his largest investments are detailed in the book.

Framework for decision-making based on Warren Buffet. This book explores his investment strategies, mindset, and the underlying psychology frameworks used to improve decision-making.

Framework from entrepreneur and Mad Men-era genius David Ogilvy. This book is the how-to guide on various aspects of the advertising industry to help you create ads that sell.

Memoir of billionaire and newspaper entrepreneur Samuel "S.I." Newhouse Sr. Describes the family history and deal by deal how he built his empire. He explains his business principles and philosophies.

Part memoir and part framework, this book is a collection of internal and external communications from David Ogilvy that shows his early years before advertising and his thoughts on creating ads that sell, and building a global agency.

Framework from entrepreneur and advertising pioneer David Ogilvy, detailing his thoughts on creating ads that sell, and building a global advertising agency, alongside his principles and philosophies on business and advertising

Biography of media entrepreneur and the architect of Time Warner Steve Ross. This book describes how Ross built Warner Communications into a behemoth through opportunistic dealmaking, a ruthless vision, and a $14 billion merger with Time Inc.

Biography of Samuel 'S.I.' Newhouse Sr., patriarch of a newspaper empire and billionaire media mogul. Details his strategies around labor relations, decentralized leadership, editorial independence, and Monopolistic ownership.

Autobiography of book publishing entrepreneur and Random House founder Bennett Cerf reveals his journey and the secrets behind publishing iconic books at Random House.

Biography of billionaire and newspaper entrepreneur Samuel "S.I." Newhouse Sr. Details his immigrant upbringing, growth by acquisition strategy, deals, and tax optimization strategy used to leave a billion dollar empire for his family.

Biography of Samuel "S.I." Newhouse Jr. and his family's then $13 billion media empire. This book details how he expanded his father's empire from newspapers to magazines such as GQ, Vogue, Vanity Fair, and more. Also covered are his business strategies, management style, and personal background.

Biography about Canada's richest family and how they built a fortune in newspapers, media, and oil and gas. This book describes how Roy Thomson built the empire and his son Kenneth Thomson turned the empire into the financial data powerhouse later known as Thomson Reuters.

Combines "My Life in Advertising" and "Scientific Advertising" to share legendary copywriter Claude Hopkins' journey into the principles and fundamentals of direct marketing. Considered an advertising industry bible, it explains many concepts, including test marketing and coupons.

Autobiography of Roy Thomson: After reaching sixty and moving to the U.K., this book picks up where the biography "Roy Thomson of Fleet Street" left off. Roy describes how he built a U.K. and international newspaper empire and climbed the social ladder to become a Lord.

Biography of newspaper, cable, real estate, and professional sports entrepreneur and billionaire Jack Kent Cooke. This book dives deep into his early years, acquisition strategies, deals that created an empire, and his personal struggles.

Autobiography of data entrepreneur and former NYC mayor Michael Bloomberg. This book details his early years, corporate career, and how he built a $100 billion fortune selling data to Wall Street. Michael describes strategies and philosophies on business, life, politics, and more.

Biography of Roy Thomson, a newspaper entrepreneur and the patriarch of Canada's richest family. Details his childhood, his failures, and how he built a billion-dollar cash-flowing media empire by acquiring newspapers in North America and the U.K.

Billy Wilkerson shaped Hollywood, built Las Vegas, and embraced the underworld. In this biography, his son reveals how a failed movie career fueled the creation of The Hollywood Reporter and how his gambling transformed a desert outpost into the glittering Flamingo Hotel.

Autobiography of media entrepreneur and CNN founder Ted Turner. This book details his upbringing, sailing passion, and how he built a $10 billion fortune revolutionizing the cable industry. Ted describes his personal struggles, strategies, tactics, battles, and the deals that led to his success.

Biography of British publisher and Maxim magazine founder Felix Dennis. The story of his eccentric life and how he built fortunes in magazine publishing and mail-order computer parts. And how he lost some of his fortune to addiction.

Hollywood Reporter founder Billy Wilkerson faced massive gambling debts. To minimize his gambling losses he decided to become the house and created the Flamingo hotel and casino in Las Vegas. The untold story of Billy's vision, early Las Vegas, and his epic battle with Bugsy Siegel over the project told by his son.

How John H. Johnson bootstrapped Ebony and Jet magazines to over $200 million in annual revenue in the 1980's and became the publisher of choice for Black Americans. He shares his journey from Arkansas poverty to Chicago titan. He shares his strategies and lessons learned along the way, along with his personal tragedies.

Sam Zell's masterclass on entrepreneurship and investing. His unfiltered thoughts on his contrarian investment philosophy and his unique approach to business and life. Sam shares frameworks for understanding real estate, supply and demand, and market cycles.

The story of British inventor James Dyson and how he revolutionized the appliance industry. Chronicles his decades-long journey of experimentation, failure, and ultimate triumph, revealing the secrets behind his groundbreaking designs and approach to innovation.

The story of a serial dealmaker and entrepreneur who built fortunes in trash, videotape rentals, professional sports teams and more. This book details Wayne Huizenga's journey and offers insights into his business strategies, leadership style, and deal-making prowess.

Recounts how a penniless Armenian immigrant became a billionaire dealmaker. This book recounts Kirk Kerkorian's extraordinary life and how he transformed Las Vegas into a global entertainment mecca. It details his shrewd investments and deals across industries, from aviation and movie studios to luxury hotels and casinos.

Felix Dennis shares the unvarnished truth about building wealth through entrepreneurship. He delivers a direct and practical guide packed with hard-won lessons. He shares his stories of both spectacular successes and brutal failures.

A candid autobiography detailing how Sumner Redstone built a media empire through acquisitions. He describes his thinking during his biggest deals, his epic battles, and the challenges he endured over several decades to own BET, Paramount Pictures, MTV, Nickelodeon, Blockbuster, Simon & Schuster, and CBS.

From professor to blackjack legend to Wall Street innovator, this book reveals Edward Thorp's remarkable journey and how he applied mathematics to conquer seemingly unbeatable odds, ultimately building a fortune. It details his pioneering work in quantitative investing and the unique perspectives he developed on risk, reward, and the power of analytical thinking.

The story of Jim Simons and quantitative investing. This book details how Simons transformed from a mathematics professor and Cold War codebreaker into the founder of Renaissance Technologies (RenTech), the most successful hedge fund in history. This book reveals his strategies and decisions along the way, but also the twelve years of relentless struggle and personal tragedies Simons overcame to build his empire.

The story of how Black Entertainment Television (BET) went from an idea to being sold for $2.3 billion. This book describes how Robert "Bob" Johnson founded, built, and sold the company. The book describes internal struggles and Johnson’s personal missteps, while detailing the impact of the channel on the Black community.

Learn the inside story of Teledyne Corporation's founding and how Henry Singleton built it into an industrial powerhouse. This book details the principles, strategies, and tactics behind Teledyne and Singleton's remarkable success.

Learn about Naval Ravikant's mental models for building wealth and living a fulfilling life. This book curates a decade of Naval's most powerful insights, extracted from his online posts and interviews. Use his thinking framework to understand how the world works and build a life you truly want, both in business and personally.

Details how billionaire Sheila Johnson navigated personal and professional challenges to co-found BET, build Salamander Hotels & Resorts, and own professional sports teams. A blueprint for extraordinary resilience and entrepreneurial triumph.

How one visionary and financial engineer built the modern cable TV industry from the ground up. Learn the strategies, deals, and bold moves John Malone used to build a media empire.

Describes how eight CEOs generated outsized returns, and beat the market, using a secret weapon: superior capital allocation. Learn how the best CEOs deployed their company resources strategically.

Learn the behind-the-scenes founding story of eBay and the invaluable lessons learned along the way. Discover the challenges, strategies, decisions, and innovations that propelled eBay to a global marketplace and community.

A framework to maximize how much you get done. Details a step-by-step process to organize tasks, projects, and commitments in a system that brings clarity, focus, and a sense of calm and control.

This book details a framework to tackle digital chaos by organizing your digital life and knowledge. Learn how to be more productive by capturing, organizing, and better utilizing your digital information.

This book provides the framework to go from zero to competent in any skill in just 20 hours. Discover a step-by-step simple process anyone can use to rapidly learn new skills and accelerate their personal and professional growth.

A history of the boom and bust that shaped the economy between 1982 and 2004. This book highlights the key events, people, and underlying trends that fueled market's rise and collapse.

Arthur Blank believes that for good companies, purpose and profit can-and should-go hand in hand. Learn how he built companies people love. This book offers practical, real-world leadership lessons for creating a high-performing organization.

Three generations of investment strategies that allowed one family to build a $2 billion fortune. Learn the time-tested principles for long-term financial success each generation used.

How the founders grew The Home Depot from an idea to a $30 billion retail giant. Details decisions and strategies around focusing on customers, empowering employees, and challenging conventional wisdom that led to outsized success. Home Depot story is one of risk taking and relentless hard work.

The entrepreneurial playbook from billionaire Home Depot co-founder Bernie Marcus delivers lessons on everything from startup grit to scaling a massive enterprise. Discover invaluable insights and actionable lessons from his incredible journey.

Investor, entrepreneur, and Home Depot co-founder Ken Langone shares the principles and strategies that propelled him from nothing to a multi billion-dollar fortune. This book reveals his roadmap for achieving financial freedom through entrepreneurship and capitalism.

This book distills Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger's wisdom into a practical framework for decision-making, risk management, and long-term thinking. Learn how simplicity, rationality, and a deep understanding of human nature can help you avoid costly mistakes and build lasting success in business and investing.

The history of interest rates and their impact. This book reveals the hidden risks of artificially low interest rates, including economic instability and misallocation of capital – crucial knowledge for navigating today's business environment.

Historical exploration of the hedge fund industry. This book details the origins, key players, their impact on the industry, and the role hedge funds played in the 2007-2009 financial crisis.

Historical exploration of the venture capital (VC) industry. This book details the key players, their impact on the industry, and how VC has impacted innovation and economic growth.

Biography of Wework and Adam Neumann. Describes Neumann's journey leading to founding Wework. Describes how the company's rapid growth period fueled by venture capital. Details rapid decline and ouster of Neumann.