I'm dyslexic, I hate reading. I've always taken the attitude of 'just do it' and 'learn from mistakes' but a couple of weeks ago I decide I will start reading at least a book a month.
After reading the Lean Startup I feel like I've learnt more about building Startups than what I have reading various startup related articles on HN all year.
I'm sure this isn't the case with all books but I wouldn't agree that it's better just to go out there and try to do stuff you don't really understand. You'll probably just be wasting your time in most cases.
I agree. It seems like the author of the post threw together a list of books that came out of a cursory search on Amazon. This is linkbait, and I'm flagging this post.
[+] [-] davidw|13 years ago|reply
And... ultimately, I think it's better to get out there and do stuff rather than read about it.
[+] [-] leejw00t354|13 years ago|reply
After reading the Lean Startup I feel like I've learnt more about building Startups than what I have reading various startup related articles on HN all year.
I'm sure this isn't the case with all books but I wouldn't agree that it's better just to go out there and try to do stuff you don't really understand. You'll probably just be wasting your time in most cases.
[+] [-] diego|13 years ago|reply
[+] [-] nodemaker|13 years ago|reply
In any case no-one should read that many books about entrepreneurship. Free time IMO in much better spent in reading fiction or history.