▤ THE ARMORY · RECOMMENDED READS

The books, essays, and shows I keep pressing on founders. Seeded from a couple of old posts — I'll keep adding to it.

BOOKS

8 PICKS

Leadership Without Easy Answers

The book that rewired how I think about leadership. Adaptive vs. technical problems.

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team

Patrick Lencioni

Reads like a novel. Trust → conflict → commitment → accountability → results.

The Hard Thing About Hard Things

The war stories. 'The Struggle,' and peacetime vs. wartime CEO.

The Innovator's Dilemma

Clayton Christensen

How good companies get disrupted by doing everything right.

Competing Against Luck

Clayton Christensen

Jobs to be Done. Why your perfect product might not do the right job.

Test big ideas in five days. Wonderfully practical.

The Everything Store

Bezos and the age of Amazon.

Building something new instead of copying what works.

BLOGS & ARTICLES

6 PICKS

Economics and tech, clearly and prolifically explained.

The Leverage

Sharp, concise takes on markets and tech.

Business strategy applied to tech, four days a week. Worth the subscription.

Good Product Manager, Bad Product Manager

Ben Horowitz · a16z

Old but still the clearest map of what a PM's job actually is.

Why Product Management is Hard

The origins of PM and how the role changes as you scale.

How to Write a Painless PRD

A clean walk-through, useful for non-technical folks.

PODCASTS

4 PICKS

Ben Gilbert & David Rosenthal

Deep company histories, gloriously long.

Invest Like the Best

Patrick O'Shaughnessy

Conversations on investing, business, and craft.

Food, but really about people.

One curious question per episode, chased down properly.