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Ben Chestnut Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Co-founder and former CEO of @Mailchimp. Father, husband, designerd, and cyclist 🚴. Empowering underdog entrepreneurs since 2001.

6 books
Book Cover for: Who's in the Room?: How Great Leaders Structure and Manage the Teams Around Them, Bob Frisch

Who's in the Room?: How Great Leaders Structure and Manage the Teams Around Them

Bob Frisch
Ben ChestnutBen Chestnut

@hollyccc And for the leader of all the teams, this is a good one: Who's in the Room?: How Great Leaders Structure and Manage the Teams Around Them https://t.co/wbvZYDnTGJ

Hardcover, 2012

$29.95Member price:$14.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success, Phil Jackson

Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success

Phil Jackson
Ben ChestnutBen Chestnut

Loved listening to THE coach Phil Jackson (The Last Dance, Eleven Rings) and THE @RickRubin talk about leading and coaching creatives and high performers. https://t.co/pBWX27VG38

Paperback, 2014

$20.00Member price:$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Fables, Aesop

Fables

Aesop
Ben ChestnutBen Chestnut

@Pete9916847 @JamesClear It’s one of Aesop’s Fables. Also a Dreamworks movie 😂 I’m always telling my kids to “be the ant.” I don’t think they teach these fables in school anymore, which is a shame.

Paperback, 2022

$13.95Member price:$12.56 + Free shipping10% off
Book Cover for: Masters of Scale: Surprising Truths from the World's Most Successful Entrepreneurs, Reid Hoffman

Masters of Scale: Surprising Truths from the World's Most Successful Entrepreneurs

Reid Hoffman
Ben ChestnutBen Chestnut

Thanks to @reidhoffman for including my quote alongside other inspiring entrepreneurs, founders, and CEOs in his new book, Masters of Scale. Yours truly is in the chapter called, “Lead, Lead Again.” https://t.co/Wx7lRi1GB9

Hardcover, 2021

$28.00Member price:$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Startupland: How Three Guys Risked Everything to Turn an Idea Into a Global Business, Mikkel Svane

Startupland: How Three Guys Risked Everything to Turn an Idea Into a Global Business

Mikkel Svane
Ben ChestnutBen Chestnut

@mikkelsvane @justingordon212 Oh um - And of course, if you read those other “starter” books, you can advance to the BEST of them all, Startupland: How Three Guys Risked Everything to Turn an Idea into a Global Business by @mikkelsvane

Hardcover, 2014

$26.00Member price:$13.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure, Greg Lukianoff

The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure

Greg Lukianoff
Ben ChestnutBen Chestnut

I’ve been following the work of @JonHaidt since reading his “The Coddling of the American Mind” book. I think every parent and leader should read his work to understand what is happening to our society: https://t.co/XJVzvc7iWc

Paperback, 2019

$19.00Member price:$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book