CSW Book Club
Crowdsourcing Week wouldn’t be complete without these go-to resources. We are proud to present to you our highly recommended books and e-books crowdsourced internally. Everything you need to know about what inspires the crowd economy, entrepreneurship, innovation, and everything in-between. Our CSW Book Club grows as we come across excellent reads so please feel free to contact us if you want to add a book and say [email protected]

The SPEED of Trust
by Stephen M .R. Covey (Author), Rebecca R. Merrill (Contributor)
Over two million copies sold. Stephen M. R. Covey shows how trust—and the speed at…

Ask
Ryan Levesque (Author)
The go-to guide for small-business owners and entrepreneurs to discover exactly what consumers want to…

High Road Leadership
John C. Maxwell (Author)
Leadership can be a blessing or a curse. It can help people rise up to…

Masters of Raising Venture Capital
Andrew Romans (Author), Rahul Vohra (Author)
Masters of Raising Venture Capital is filled with invaluable insights from founders & Partners of…

Crossing the Chasm
Geoffrey A. Moore (Author)
The bible for bringing cutting-edge products to larger markets—now revised and updated with new insights…

Reshuffle
Sangeet Paul Choudary (Author)
Thinkers50 Strategy Award 2025 - Final shortlist What if we’ve misunderstood the real power of…

The Sumo Advantage
Bernie Brenner (Author)
Tangible, sustainable growth will come from building and nourishing strategic relationship... not just sales. In…

Digital Minimalism
Cal Newport (Author)
In this timely and enlightening book, the bestselling author of Deep Work introduces a philosophy…

Professional Troublemaker
Luvvie Ajayi Jones (Author)
From the New York Times bestselling author of I'm Judging You, a hilarious and transformational…

Give First: The Power of Mentorship
Brad Feld (Author)
What if the real key to building a lasting startup community isn’t capital or connections—but…

Our Next Reality
Alvin Wang Graylin (Author), Louis Rosenberg (Author), Neal Stephenson (Foreword)
Over the last 100 years, technology has changed our world. Over the next decade it…

Minimalism
Gwyneth Snow (Author)
This book will provide you with a brief history of minimalism and its origins. It…

The Death of Death
José Cordeiro (Author), David Wood (Author)
Is death inevitable? Until now, the history of mankind has been marked by this fatal…

Scientific Advertising
Claude C. Hopkins (Author), Byron Maxim (Editor, Narrator)
This is the only version available that contains the complete and unabridged text from the…

The Worlds I See
Dr. Fei-Fei Li (Author)
ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S RECOMMENDED BOOKS ON AI * FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOKS OF 2023…

Measure What Matters
John Doerr (Author), Larry Page (Foreword)
Legendary venture capitalist John Doerr reveals how the goal-setting system of Objectives and Key Results…

How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars
Safi Bahcall
What do James Bond and Lipitor have in common? Why do traffic jams appear out…

The Brand Gap
Marty Neumeier
THE BRAND GAP is the first book to present a unified theory of brand-building. Whereas…

How to Win Friends & Influence People
Dale Carnegie
You can go after the job you want—and get it! You can take the job…

Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter
by Liz Wiseman (Author), Greg Mckeown
Wall Street Journal Bestseller A thought-provoking, accessible, and essential exploration of why some leaders (“Diminishers”)…

Good to Great
by Jim Collins (Author)
The Challenge: Built to Last, the defining management study of the nineties, showed how great…

Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Dont Know
by Adam Grant (Author)
#1 New York Times Bestseller “THIS. This is the right book for right now. Yes,…

Decisive: How to Make Better Choices in Life and Work
by Chip Heath (Author), Dan Heath (Author)
Chip and Dan Heath, the bestselling authors of Switch and Made to Stick, tackle one…

The Now Habit
by Neil Fiore
Learn how to overcome procrastination and enjoy guilt-free play! One of the most effective programs…