# Foundational Resource List > Source: https://physicianforge.com/apex-resource-list/ > Author: Drew Albert > Published: June 1, 2020 > Reading time: 4 min > Site: Physician Forge — Where physician-builders find each other The list is growing. Check back soon for updates. ## MBA Foundational Concepts - How to Calculate a Return on Investment (ROI) ([link](http://avc.com/2010/01/how-to-calculate-a-return-on-investment/)) - Time Value of Money ([link](http://avc.com/2010/02/the-time-value-of-money/)) - Analyzing Financial Statements ([link](http://avc.com/2010/04/analyzing-financial-statements/)) - Opportunity Costs ([link](http://avc.com/2010/07/opportunity-costs/)) - Enterprise Value & Market Value ([link](http://avc.com/2010/08/enterprise-value-and-market-value/)) - Employee Equity: Vesting ([link](http://avc.com/2010/11/employee-equity-vesting/)) - What a CEO Does ([link](http://avc.com/2010/08/what-a-ceo-does/)) - Margins ([link](http://avc.com/2011/04/margins/)) - Financing Options for Startups ([link](http://avc.com/2011/05/financing-options-for-startups/)) - EBITDA ([link](http://avc.com/2011/09/ebitda/)) - Cap Tables ([link](http://avc.com/2011/09/mba-mondays-cap-tables/)) - Burn Rate ([link](http://avc.com/2011/12/burn-rate/)) - The Board of Directors, Board Meetings ([link](http://avc.com/2012/04/the-board-of-directors-board-meetings/)) - Revenue Models ([link](http://avc.com/2012/12/mba-mondays-revenue-models/)) - Convertible Debt ([link](http://avc.com/2017/03/from-the-archives-convertible-debt/)) - Valuation ([link](http://avc.com/2004/07/valuation/)) - Revisiting The Term Sheet, [Brad Feld](http://www.twitter.com/bfeld) ([link](http://www.feld.com/archives/2008/06/revisiting-the-term-sheet.html)) - Three Functions of Management, [Matt Blumberg](https://twitter.com/mattblumberg) ([link](https://www.onlyonceblog.com/2011/02/the-three-functions-of-a-management-team)) - Selling Your Company ([link](http://avc.com/2010/12/selling-your-company-1/)) ## Leadership ### Leadership Books - The Great CEO Within, [Matt Mochary](https://twitter.com/mattmochary) ([link](https://amzn.to/2ZWZsS8)) - Radical Candor, [Kim Scott](https://twitter.com/kimballscott) ([link](https://www.radicalcandor.com/)) - The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook, Peter Senge ([link](https://www.amazon.com/Fifth-Discipline-Fieldbook-Strategies-Organization/dp/0385472560/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3KBT0FS4C15Y6&dchild=1&keywords=the+fifth+discipline+fieldbook&qid=1590777519&sprefix=the+fifth+dis%2Caps%2C153&sr=8-1)) - The Hard Things About Hard Things, [Ben Horowitz](https://twitter.com/bhorowitz) ([link](https://www.amazon.com/Hard-Thing-About-Things-Building/dp/0062273205)) - Difficult Conversations, Douglas Stone ([link](https://www.amazon.com/Douglas-Stone-ebook/dp/B004CR6ALA/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=difficult+conversations&qid=1590777562&sr=8-1)) - The Effective Executive, Peter Drucker ([link](https://www.amazon.com/Effective-Executive-Definitive-Getting-Things/dp/0062574345/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1590777582&sr=8-1)) - High Growth Handbook, [Elad Gil](https://twitter.com/eladgil) ([link](https://www.amazon.com/High-Growth-Handbook-Elad-Gil/dp/1732265100/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=high+growth+handbook&qid=1590777608&sr=8-1)) - Reinventing Organizations, [Frederic Laloux](https://twitter.com/fred_laloux) ([link](https://www.amazon.com/Reinventing-Organizations-Illustrated-Invitation-Conversation/dp/2960133552/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=reinventing+organizations&qid=1590777642&sr=8-1)) - Brave New Work, [Aaron Dignan](https://twitter.com/aarondignan) ([link](https://www.amazon.com/Brave-New-Work-Reinvent-Organization/dp/0525536205/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=brave+new+work&qid=1590777665&sr=8-1)) - Non-Violent Communication, Marshall Rosenberg ([link](https://www.amazon.com/Nonviolent-Communication-Language-Life-Changing-Relationships/dp/189200528X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=30IETLUJXQ21D&dchild=1&keywords=nonviolent+communication&qid=1590777686&sprefix=nonviolent%2Caps%2C157&sr=8-1)) - The Score Takes Care of Itself, Bill Walsh ([link](https://www.amazon.com/Score-Takes-Care-Itself-Philosophy/dp/1591843472/ref=sr_1_1?crid=PJSF9NQHXRI2&dchild=1&keywords=the+score+takes+care+of+itself+by+bill+walsh&qid=1590777705&sprefix=the+score%2Caps%2C159&sr=8-1)) - A Theory of Human Motivation, Abraham Masow ([link](https://www.amazon.com/Theory-Human-Motivation-H-Maslow-ebook/dp/B00H3RPBDY/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1X3SMINHHK3VQ&dchild=1&keywords=a+theory+of+human+motivation&qid=1590777722&sprefix=a+theory+of+human+mo%2Caps%2C159&sr=8-1)) - Let My People Go Surfing, Yvon Chouinard ([link](https://www.amazon.com/Let-People-Surfing-Education-Businessman-Including/dp/0143109677/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2OPWJ62LNCPKP&dchild=1&keywords=let+my+people+go+surfing+book&qid=1590777740&sprefix=let+my+peop%2Caps%2C156&sr=8-1)) - Conscious Capitalism, John Mackey ([link](https://www.amazon.com/Conscious-Capitalism-New-Preface-Authors/dp/1625271751/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2ECI07KIA0OBR&dchild=1&keywords=conscious+capitalism+book&qid=1590777768&sprefix=conscoius+capital%2Caps%2C157&sr=8-1)) - Good to Great, Jim Collins ([link](https://www.amazon.com/Good-Great-Some-Companies-Others/dp/0066620996/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=good+to+great&qid=1590777797&sr=8-1)) - High Output Management, Andy Grove ([link](https://www.amazon.com/High-Output-Management-Andrew-Grove-ebook/dp/B015VACHOK/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=high+output&qid=1590777626&sr=8-2)) ### Leadership Podcasts - Jocko Leadership and Discipline Podcast ([link](https://jockopodcast.com/)) - Secret Leaders ([link](https://www.secretleaders.com/)) ## General Business ### Business Podcasts - BiggerPockets Business ([Link](https://www.biggerpockets.com/biggerpockets-business-podcast)) ## Innovation  Innovation Books - Competing Against Luck, Clay Christensen ([link](https://amzn.to/3dv279O)) ** ** ## Strategy Strategy Books - Founders at Work, [Jessica Livingston](https://twitter.com/jesslivingston) ([link](https://www.amazon.com/Founders-Work-Stories-Startups-Early/dp/1590597141?ie=UTF8&redirect=true)) - Zero to One, Peter Thiel ([link](https://www.amazon.com/Zero-One-Notes-Startups-Future/dp/0804139296)) - Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital, Carlota Perez ([link](https://www.amazon.com/Technological-Revolutions-Financial-Capital-Dynamics/dp/1843763311/ref=pd_lpo_14_t_0/142-0024704-9620779?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=1843763311&pd_rd_r=8cea469c-224d-4e66-8a2a-acdf3a2de5de&pd_rd_w=U7wJR&pd_rd_wg=yptuZ&pf_rd_p=7b36d496-f366-4631-94d3-61b87b52511b&pf_rd_r=V2FB7APDCCCASNHQQKW9&psc=1&refRID=V2FB7APDCCCASNHQQKW9)) - 7 Powers, Hamilton Helmer ([link](https://amzn.to/2XnAJon)) - Thinking In Systems, Donella Meadows ([link](https://amzn.to/2XoPPdu)) ## Marketing ### Email Marketing - Email Mastery ([link](https://emailmastery.org/)) ## Finance ### Investing Podcasts - We Study Billionaires ([link](https://www.theinvestorspodcast.com/we-study-billionaires/)) ### Finance Books - Principles, Ray Dalio ([link](https://amzn.to/3doo1LR)) ** ** ## Economics - How the Economic Machine Works, Ray Dalio ([link](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHe0bXAIuk0)) ** ** ## Startups ### YC Startup School (A++) - How to Start a Startup, [Sam Altman](https://twitter.com/sama) ([link](http://startupclass.samaltman.com/lists/readings/)) ### Fasttrack: Books for Founders - 7 Powers, Hamilton Helmer ([link](https://amzn.to/2XnAJon)) - Radical Candor - Thinking In Systems, Donella Meadows ([link](https://amzn.to/2XoPPdu)) - Difficult Conversations - The Effective Executive - High Growth Handbook - High Output Management - Reinventing Organizations - Non-Violent Communication - The Score Takes Care of Itself - A Theory of Human Motivation - The Lean Startup, Eric Ries ([link](https://amzn.to/2MmBGXE)) ## Venture Capital ### History of VC - Debt: the First 5000 Years – Alex Danco ([link](https://danco.substack.com/p/debt-the-first-5000-years)) - The History of Private Equity & Venture Capital – Wikipedia ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_private_equity_and_venture_capital)) - They Would be Gods ([link](https://www.scribd.com/doc/179382/They-Would-be-Gods)) - Heat Death: Venture Capital in the 1980s – [Jerry Neumann](https://twitter.com/ganeumann), [Reaction Wheel](http://reactionwheel.net/) ([link](http://reactionwheel.net/2015/01/80s-vc.html)) - Dot-com Bubble – Wikipedia ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dot-com_bubble)) - The Rise and Fall of the Venture Business, [Fred Wilson](https://twitter.com/fredwilson) ([link](http://avc.com/2007/11/the-rise-and-fa/)) - The Micro VCs are Coming, Mattermark #RIP ([link](https://mattermark.com/the-micro-vcs-are-coming/)) ### Mary Meeker Internet Trends - 2018 ([link](https://www.bondcap.com/report/it18/)) - 2019 ([link](https://www.bondcap.com/report/itr19/)) - Our New World ([link](https://www.bondcap.com/report/onw/)) ### News & Trends - Product Hunt ([link](https://www.producthunt.com/)) - Hacker News ([link](https://news.ycombinator.com/)) - Techmeme ([link](https://www.techmeme.com/)) - TechCrunch ([link](https://techcrunch.com/)) - Recode ([link](https://www.vox.com/recode)) - The Verge ([link](https://www.theverge.com/)) - Wired ([link](https://www.wired.com/)) - Seth Godin ([link](https://seths.blog/)) - AVC ([link](https://avc.com/)) ### Steve Schlafman Recs: Slideshares - Inside the Blackbox of Venture Capital, [Mike Maples](https://twitter.com/m2jr) of [Floodgate](https://floodgate.com/) ([link](https://www.slideshare.net/mikemaplesjr/floodgate-vc-fundraising-primer-ppt)) - How to be an Angel Investor, [Naval Ravikant](https://twitter.com/naval) of [AngelList](https://angel.co/) ([link](https://www.slideshare.net/venturehacks/how-to-be-an-angel)) - Building Startup Ecosystems and Investing in Tech Startups, [Dave McClure](https://twitter.com/davemcclure) of [500 Startups](https://twitter.com/500startups) ([link](https://www.slideshare.net/dmc500hats/building-startup-ecosystems-investing-in-tech-startups)) - Think Big But Start Small, [Jim Goetz](https://twitter.com/jimgoetz) of [Sequoia Capital](http://www.sequoiacap.com/) ([link](https://www.slideshare.net/dealhorizon/jim-goetz-of-sequoia-capital-at-stanford?from_m_app=ios)) - Raising a Seed Round, [Steve Schlafman](http://www.twitter.com/schlaf) of [High Output](http://www.highoutput.co/) ([link](https://www.slideshare.net/mobile/schlaf/raising-a-seed-round?qid=6be4faec-bfc1-4d8b-a249-2a775e27c023&v=&b=&from_search=4)) - Startup Pitch Decks, [Steve Schlafman](http://www.twitter.com/schlaf) of [High Output](http://www.highoutput.co/) ([link](https://www.slideshare.net/schlaf/startup-pitch-decks)) - An Entrepreneurs Guide to Finding A Coach, [Steve Schlafman](http://www.twitter.com/schlaf) of [High Output](http://www.highoutput.co/) ([link](https://medium.com/@schlaf/an-entrepreneurs-guide-to-finding-a-coach-ca049054f86a)) - Startup Pitch Deck Templates, [Nextview VC](http://www.nextviewventures.com/) ([link](https://www.slideshare.net/mobile/nextviewvc/startup-pitch-deck-templates-next-view-ventures-slideshare?qid=6be4faec-bfc1-4d8b-a249-2a775e27c023&v=&b=&from_search=6)) - Pitch Deck Template, [Sequoia Capital](http://www.sequoiacap.com/) ([link](https://www.slideshare.net/PitchDeckCoach/sequoia-capital-pitchdecktemplate?from_m_app=ios)) - When & How to Raise Venture Capital, Frank Rimalovski ([link](https://www.slideshare.net/rimalovski/when-howtoraisevc7mar15?from_m_app=ios)) Best of Posts & Essays - Investors and their Incentives, [Aaron Harris](https://twitter.com/harris) ([link](http://www.aaronkharris.com/investors-and-their-incentives)) - How to be an Angel Investor, [Paul Graham](https://twitter.com/paulg) ([link](http://www.paulgraham.com/angelinvesting.html)) - Elements of Enduring Companies, [Sequoia Capital](http://www.sequoiacap.com/) ([link](https://www.sequoiacap.com/article/elements-of-enduring-companies/)) - Writing a Business Plan, [Sequoia Capital](Sequoia Capital) ([link](https://www.sequoiacap.com/article/writing-a-business-plan/)) - Startup Advice, [Sam Altman](https://twitter.com/sama) ([link](http://blog.samaltman.com/startup-advice-briefly)) - Do Things That Don’t Scale, [Paul Graham](https://twitter.com/paulg) ([link](http://paulgraham.com/ds.html)) - How to Raise Money, [Paul Graham](https://twitter.com/paulg) ([link](http://paulgraham.com/fr.html)) - Black Swan Farming, [Paul Graham](https://twitter.com/paulg) ([link](http://paulgraham.com/swan.html)) - Schlep Blindness, [Paul Graham](https://twitter.com/paulg) ([link](http://www.paulgraham.com/schlep.html)) Venture Capital Books - Mastering The VC Game, [Jeff Bussgang](https://twitter.com/bussgang) ([link](https://amzn.to/2XPzf5j)) - Venture Deals, [Brad Feld](https://twitter.com/bfeld) & [Jason Mendelson](https://twitter.com/jasonmendelson) ([link](https://amzn.to/301XRKP)) - Venture Capitalists at Work, [Tarang Shah](https://www.boiscapital.com/tarang-shah) ([link](https://amzn.to/2ZYzjCk)) - eBoys Randall E. Stross ([link](https://amzn.to/3dk0I5H)) - Secrets of Sandhill Road, Scott Kupor ([link](https://amzn.to/3eCQspm)) ### Podcasts - Invest Like the Best, Patrick O’Shaughnessy ([link](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/invest-like-the-best/id1154105909?mt=2)) - This Week In Startups, Jason Calcanis ([link](https://thisweekinstartups.com/)) - Full Ratchet, Nick Moran ([link](https://fullratchet.net/)) - 20min VC, Harry Stebbings ([link](https://thetwentyminutevc.com/)) - Brave New Work, Aaron Dignan ([link](https://www.bravenewwork.com/podcast)) - The Knowledge Project, Shane Parrish ([link](https://fs.blog/knowledge-project/)) - Coaches Rising, Joel Monk ([link](https://www.coachesrising.com/podcast/)) ** **  Special thanks to [Steve Shlafman](https://twitter.com/schlaf) for inspiration and adoption of many links from his collection. --- Canonical HTML: https://physicianforge.com/apex-resource-list/ Journal: https://physicianforge.com/journal/ Membership: https://physicianforge.com/physician-forge-community/