I use this page to list interesting people / blogs / articles / books and forums I like. I have divided the same into

• personal finance
• life
• entrepreneurship
• photography
• travel

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PERSONAL FINANCE

A.  Investors I admire

1. Warren Buffett
2. Benjamin Graham
3. Phil Fisher
4. Peter Lynch
5. Prof Sanjay Bakshi

B. Favorite finance books

1. Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham
2. One up on Wall Street by Peter Lynch
3. Common stocks and uncommon profits by Phil Fisher
4. Where are the customers yachts by Fred Schwed Jr
5. Why smart people make big money mistakes?
6. Influence by Robert C Cialdini
7. Richest man in Babylon by George S Clason

C. Favorite Articles

1. Why investors are wrong most of the time? by Prof. Sanjay Bakshi

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LIFE

A. People I admire

1. Richard Proenneke
2. Warren Buffett
3. Derek Sivers

B. Books I like

1. One mans wilderness by Richard Proenneke
2. So good they can’t ignore you by Cal Newport

C. Articles on personal development

1. “Do you have 16 boxes?” by Seth Godin
2. “Stop doing lists” by Jim Collins

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ENTREPRENEURSHIP

A. Articles / blogs

1. Startup ideas out of your ‘own’ needs by Paul Graham
2. Art of Bootstrapping by Guy Kawasaki
3. Mistakes of startups by Paul Graham
4. 10 questions any startup should ask every month by Smart bear
5. 13 things for a startup by Paul Graham
6. Why startups die by Paul Graham
7. You don’t need a great idea to start a company by Elad
8. Ways to make money by Jason Fried

B. Interesting books on startups

1. Growing a business by Paul Hawken
2. Anything you want by Derek Sivers
3. Knack by Norm Brodsky
4. Rework by Jason Fried
5. How to get rich? by Felix Dennis (Dont get misled by title, its a damn good book)

C. I admire

1. Paul Graham
2. Sir Richard Branson
3. Derek Sivers

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PHOTOGRAPHY

A. Photographers I admire  

• Galen Rowell (the adventure photographer I like the most)
• Mitchell Kanashkevich (highly talented travel photographer)
• Shankar H Ganesh (Photography expert)

B. Favorite photography books

1. Light, science and magic
2. Hotshoe diaries by Joe McNally
3. Picture this by Molly Bang
4. Mountain light by Galen Rowell

C. Articles on photography

1. “Photographing people” by Gavin Gough
2. “Filters for landscape photography” by Darwin Wiggett
3. “16 tips for fine art photography” by Alan Briot
4. “Equipment buying patter” by Ganesh Shankar
5. “Give your bird photos soul” by Marie Read

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TRAVEL

A.Travelers / travel bloggers / travel companies I admire

1. Shree Kumar

B. Cycling resources based mostly in Bangalore

1. Bangalore Bikers club (Cycling forum)
2. Cycling and more (a cycling travel company I really like)

C. Articles on travel, trekking, birding, hiking, cycling, etc

1. “What to carry on a trek?” by CTC

D. Favorite travel related books

1. Into the wild
2. Around the world in 80 days

E. Favorite travel related movies

1. Into the wild
2. Touching the void
3. Motorcycle diaries
4. One crazy ride
5. Riding solo on top of the world (documentary on riding alone to the Changthang plateau)
6. Cave of the yellow dog (a documentary based in Mongolia)
7. 7 years in Tibet (please bear with Brad Pitt’s poor acting, everything else is brilliant)