TMBA359: Our Favorite Books and Blogs of 2016




Tropical MBA – Location Independent Entrepreneurship show

Summary: Podcast 37:39 | <a href="http://s3.amazonaws.com/TMBAPodcastAll/TMBAPODCAST359.mp3" target="_blank">Download</a> | <a href="http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-lifestyle-business-podcast/get-paid-to-travel-the-world-the-tropical-mba">Stitcher</a> | <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/tropical-mba-entrepreneurship/id325757845">iTunes</a> | <a href="http://www.tropicalmba.com/GreatBooks#comments" target="_blank">Comment</a> A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, when <a href="https://twitter.com/tropicalmba">Dan</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/anythingian">Ian</a> decided to start a business together, their first serious spending was on books. They knew that, in order to run a successful business, they would first have to read up on how others had done gone about it. This week, Dan has invited good friend of the show and author of <a href="https://www.amazon.com/End-Jobs-Meaning-9-5-ebook/dp/B010L8SYRG" target="_blank">"The End of Jobs"</a>, <a href="https://taylorpearson.me/fast/" target="_blank">Taylor Pearson</a> back to discuss some of the books they have discovered over the past year, some of the books they have been re-reading as well as some of their favorite blogs. If you're searching for some great reading material, this is the episode for you. <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aOSfDTBj-bmDKwet5GXF2uN0PGTEIPE4afM89_Jpqx8/edit">Transcript</a> Listen to this week's show and learn: One of Taylor's favorite books about the future of the economy. (2:01) Two of Dan and Taylor's favorite biographies about important people in the world of business and finance. (12:02) Some of the books that Dan and Taylor have re-read over the last six months. (20:34) A list of Dan and Taylor's favorite blogs they have been following in 2016. (25:59) How Taylor feels about his book a year after it was released. (33:06) Mentioned in the episode: <a href="http://www.tropicalmba.com/dc/" target="_blank">The Dynamite Circle</a> <a href="http://www.tropicalmba.com/DCPodcast/" target="_blank">The DC Podcast</a> <a href="https://taylorpearson.me/fast/" target="_blank">TaylorPearson.me</a> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/End-Jobs-Meaning-9-5-ebook/dp/B010L8SYRG" target="_blank">The End of Jobs by Taylor Pearson</a> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Inevitable-Understanding-Technological-Forces-Future/dp/0525428089" target="_blank">The Inevitable by Kevin Kelly</a> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/What-Technology-Wants-Kevin-Kelly/dp/0143120174" target="_blank">What Technology Wants by Kevin Kelly</a> <a href="http://kk.org/thetechnium/1000-true-fans/" target="_blank">1,000 True Fans by Kevin Kelly</a> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/New-Rules-Economy-Strategies-Connected/dp/014028060X" target="_blank">New Rules for the New Economy by Kevin Kelly</a> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/How-Not-Die-Discover-Scientifically/dp/1250066115" target="_blank">How Not to Die by Dr. Michael Greger</a> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Omnivores-Dilemma-Natural-History-Meals/dp/0143038583" target="_blank">The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan</a> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Food-Rules-Eaters-Michael-Pollan/dp/014311638X" target="_blank">Food Rules by Michael Pollan</a> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Just-Kids-Patti-Smith/dp/0060936223" target="_blank">Just Kids by Patti Smith</a> <a href="http://tompettybook.com/" target="_blank">Petty: The Biography by Warren Zanes</a> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Shoe-Dog-Memoir-Creator-Nike/dp/1501135910" target="_blank">Shoe Dog by Phil Knight</a> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Hatching-Twitter-Story-Friendship-Betrayal/dp/1591847087" target="_blank">Hatching Twitter by Nick Bilton</a> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Masters-Doom-Created-Transformed-Culture/dp/0812972155" target="_blank">Masters of Doom by David Kushner</a> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/House-Morgan-American-Banking-Dynasty/dp/0802144659" target="_b..."></a>