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Josh Kaufman
Personal blog · personalmba.combusinesscareer
Josh Kaufman writes JoshKaufman.net, a personal blog at personalmba.com about business and career. Since 2008, 64 different Hacker News readers have linked it 118 times, most often “Best Business Books”. The last post was in 2024, but the archive is still widely read.
Most-linked posts?
- Best Business Books15 people · 20 mentions · first linked 2008-09-26
- The Personal MBA Recommended Reading List8 people · 9 mentions · first linked 2015-12-17
- /7 people · 10 mentions · first linked 2016-01-07
- How to read faster3 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2010-06-06
- /3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2009-06-04
- The Personal MBA Recommended Reading List2 people · 5 mentions · first linked 2008-01-05
- /2 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2009-12-24
- /personal-mba-book-launch/2 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2010-12-31
- /second-order-effects/2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2019-06-13
- /galls-law/2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2022-03-22
What Hacker News says?
Dalia, I suggest you get MBA (part time) which would boost your career in future https://personalmba.com/
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on “My experience as a Gazan girl getting into Silicon Valley companies”Submitted World-Class Performers Don't Work - They Enjoy High Performance as a story · 80 points
HN discussionMandatory reference to Gall’s Law [0]: > “A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked. A complex system designed from scratch never works and cannot be patched up to make it work. You have to start over with a working simple system.” [0]: https://personalmba.com/galls-law/
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on “Trillions spent and big software projects are still failing”Submitted The Personal MBA Recommended Reading List as a story · 22 points
HN discussionThis hit me hard as well. I just wrote a post about choosing to spend time with my 4 month old daughter every morning instead of working full-time. ( http://personalmba.com/building-a-business-that-supports-you... ) Derek's post reminded me why I don't spend more time building my business. Some things are worth more than money.
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on “The Last Post”Submitted How to read faster as a story · 22 points
HN discussion- In the blog post I linked to the "best business books" by "Personal MBA": https://personalmba.com/best-business-books/ - I talked about 3 letters to shareholders - And talked about the Bible - I talked about books by Alan Weiss & Derek Sivers
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on “Business books are entertainment, not strategic tools”Submitted Best Business Books as a story · 20 points
HN discussionhttps://personalmba.com/ is also good for entrepreneurs
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on “Harvard Classics Book Download”Submitted The Personal MBA Recommended Reading List as a story · 11 points
HN discussionI would say https://personalmba.com/
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on “Ask HN: Recommend one book I need to read this summer?”- rs · 2010-04-17
Submitted School is Just a Formality - The Personal MBA as a story · 10 points
HN discussion That's what I do: http://personalmba.com . Business is not that difficult once you know the basics. The best place to start is my book: http://personalmba.com/book/ Hope you find it useful!
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on “Why do you think people are poor?”Submitted Most Valuable Things I Learned in Business School as a story · 10 points
HN discussionI asked the same question a few years ago (tech background, needed to uplift my business knowledge/lingo). The response was "you should find a way to obtain the knowledge of an MBA, without having to do one". As a result of searching a few years back, I ended up buying a copy of "The Personal MBA" and reading it through. This comes with the list of 99 business books, listed here; https://personalmba.com/best-busines…
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on “If you want to transform IT, start with finance”Submitted Ways to Make Money as a story · 10 points
HN discussionJosh Kaufman’s book “The Personal MBA” is a good, short introduction to what’s covered in a typical MBA with a recommendation for further reading for each topic[1]. MIT’s MicroMaster’s in Finance is a great place to start if you want to learn finance[2]. [1] https://personalmba.com/ [2] https://micromasters.mit.edu/fin/
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on “Ask HN: What are some good resources to learn business administration/finance?”Submitted Core Human Skills as a story · 9 points
HN discussionSomewhat tangential to the topic, https://personalmba.com/ teaches you more or less all the book knowledge of a fairly decent MBA program, for an infinitesimal price relative to what you'll pay at an Ivy league or even a state school. What you don't get w/the Personal MBA is the support of your professors, other students, and most importantly the network and recognition ... MBA is really something one should do if t…
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on “M.B.A. Applications Decline at Harvard, Wharton, Other Elite Schools”Submitted Everything “Free” is Subsidized as a story · 6 points
HN discussionTo add more social proof, it’s also featured on the personal mba ( http://personalmba.com/best-business-books ), which is a highly curated place. Tim Ferriss also talks a lot about stoicism on his blog. When I saw it on the personal mba, saw it with a note of 10/10 in Sivers’s books notes, and understood it was about “the weird thing Tim Ferriss was talking about constantly” I knew this book was worth my attention.…
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on “The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius”Submitted The Downside of Specialization as a story · 3 points
HN discussionShout out to The Personal MBA. https://personalmba.com/
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on “Why you probably don't need an MBA”Submitted Can books substitute an MBA? as a story · 3 points
HN discussionUnsurprisingly, someone has attempted to make a business out this exact question. The Personal MBA site has a good selection of books to get your started. It's categorized under different topics like marketing, finance, strategy, etc. https://personalmba.com/best-business-books/
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on “Sheryl Sandberg Says an MBA Doesn't Matter in Tech”Submitted The Personal MBA Recommended Reading List as a story · 2 points
HN discussionIf you want to learn about business more generally, the kind of generalist stuff that’s in an MBA Josh Kaufman’s Personal MBA is a fantastic place to start, and has a recommended book to follow up on each topic it covers if you need more depth. https://personalmba.com/
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on “Ask HN: How to self study management, especially supply chain management?”Submitted What Must an Educated Person Know ? as a story · 2 points
HN discussionPersonalMBA really is a my go-to reference because it is very comprehensive and extremely accessible online. First 5 chapters tackle the strategy behind the '5 parts of every business' 1) Value Creation 2) Marketing 3) Sales 4) Value Delivery 5) Finance The next 6 Chapters deal with the tactics involved in executing that strategy. 6) The human mind 7) Working With Yourself 8) Working With Others 9) Understanding Sys…
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on “DIY MBA: My Reading List (2019)”Submitted What Must an Educated Person Know? as a story · 2 points
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