The book-talk you're going to listen next is with Marvin Liao, investor, avid reader and tsundoku. Marvin is a Partner at the micro venture capital fund 500 Startups, running the accelerator program based in San Francisco, and investing in seed stage startups.

Listen to this episode to find out more about his passion for reading, the books that helped him, what red flags he's looking out in entrepreneurs' pitching process, and common bad advice in the startup industry.

Seth Louey is an entrepreneur based in Texas, CEO and Co-Founder of BotList, the only cross-platform app store for bots. BotList is helping people discover bots that can make their life easier, while also growing, educating, and driving the entire bot ecosystem to the mainstream.

From our book-talk, you'll find out what books had an impact on him, what he learned from them, how he's applying that knowledge into building BotList, his first startup, and the books he'd recommend to the younger generation.

Julia Enthoven is the co-founder of Kapwing, an online video editor. Former product manager at Google, Julia left the job last summer, in the quest to build her own impactful product from scratch. Together with Eric Lu, a friend she met at Google, she focused on building a startup.

Listen to this episode to find out more about the books that changed Julia's worldview, boosted her confidence, and how fiction can help you in your work.

Emi Gal is a Romanian software engineer and entrepreneur based in New York, CEO of Teads Studio. In September 2016, his company, Brainient was acquired by the American group Teads, one of their clients and the largest video advertising marketplace in the world. Emi relocated to New York City to run Brainient (rebranded Teads Studio) as an independent unit

Listen to this episode to find out more about the books that brought meaning into Emi's life and made him a tiny little bit better, smarter, wiser.

Today's book-talk is with Sergey Sapelnyk, the co-founder of Society Socks, a men's funky sock subscription business with a social cause. With every pair of socks sold, they donate another pair to charity – a small stepping stone towards greater change!

Listen to this episode to find out more about the books that had an impact on Sergey, how they influenced his professional life and expanded his perspective on the world.

Kevin is the creator of an online course he launched in 2016 on a niche subject: automated testing with WebDriverIO, intended for front-end developers and QA engineers who want to become test automation pro.

In the past ten years, Kevin has been working – both full-time and freelancing – for marketing agencies and Fortune 500 companies. In the attempt to become less dependent on full-time salary work, he started to look into ideas for creating a side business, as a source of passive income.

From our interview, you'll find out more about the lessons he learned from books, how they helped him in times of self-doubt, how work became a modern form of slavery, and how we can create change.

Thomas Graziani is the co-founder and CEO of WalktheChat, an e-commerce platform that helps foreign businesses sell to China using WeChat.

From our book-talk you'll find out more about the philosophers that left deep marks on Thomas, why reading brings similar benefits in work and love, and how he finds knowledge in the older non-business books.

Benjamin Kwan is the co-founder of TravelClef, a Singapore-based music school with a unique concept.

With a mission to bring joy to the world through music, they have diverse music courses catered mainly to adults and corporate organizations. TravelClef is one of the world's first traveling music schools, they conduct music classes in companies, and organize team buildings with music programmes.

Keep on listening to find out more about the books that left deep marks on Benjamin and inspired his entrepreneurial venture, led him to Eureka moments, and the titles he'd recommend to those who want to build their own business.

Andrew Elliott is the founder of GoDesignerGo, a service that provides businesses with unlimited graphic design service, for a flat monthly fee.

GoDesignerGo was built for businesses who either need to supplement their current graphic design team or, in case of smaller companies, need on-demand graphic design help but don't afford or need an on-staff designer or agency. Companies from all over the world now use it, from large 7-figure companies to small mom-and-pop stores.

Listen to find out more about the books that had the biggest impact on him and the ones he recommends to anyone interested in starting their own business.

Alan Pierce is the CEO of Ansuz Balder Magni (ABM) Investments, an investment company focused on finding, assessing and investing in opportunities within Indonesia.

Alan has been living in Indonesia for more than seventeen years, watching it grow, and sees a massive potential for its economy on a global scale. Indonesia is the owner of the world's fourth largest population and the largest economy in South-East Asia, and ABM plans to take part in its emergence over the next twenty years as a top global economy.

From our interview, you'll find out more about the books that were meaningful for Alan, changed his day to day life, and even helped him keep his team safe and avoid a war with hundreds of villagers during operations on a remote island!