Books
Through a range of best-selling books, I dive deep into the principles, strategies, and mindsets that have fueled my entrepreneurial successes across industries. Discover practical lessons for your own journey.
Life Lessons - How to fail and win
A business biography that follows the life of Alan Knott-Craig as a serial entrepreneur in the telecoms and tech spaces.
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Don't Panic!: A book by South African for South Africans.
Don't pack for Perth - stay and put your energy into creating the South Africa we all want to live in.
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13 Rules for being an Entrepreneur
The life of an entrepreneur is not all roses. But it can lead you to happiness, and with some luck, you can make a small dent on the world.
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Mobinomics: Mxit and Africa's mobile revolution
This is the story of Mobinomics, the new economy of mobile, and how it is connecting people and changing lives.
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Be A Hero: Live a heroic life
Why lead an ordinary life when you could be so much more? If you're looking for inspiration. You need heros. Alan Knott-Craig can help you find them.
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Really, Don't Panic!: Positive messages by South Africans, for South Africans
Read the advice of Alan Knott-Craig, Alec Hogg, Max du Preez, Siya Mnyanda, Brand Pretorius and a host of others who tell us: Really, Don't Panic!
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Moenie Stres Nie!: Positiewe boodskappe vir Suid-Afrikaners, deur Suid-Afrikaners
Lees die advies van Alan Knott-Craig, Willem Breytenbach, Max du Preez, Anet Vosloo, Brand Pretorius en menigte ander wat vir ons sê: Moenie stres nie!
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So, you want to be a Hero
This book tries to distil the wisdom of many heroes of the past & present in the form of rules, guides, letters and quotes.
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Connected: A Brief History of Global Telecommunications
A History of Telecommunications, this book gives you the information you need to know about what keeps us connected and how we got here.
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Alan’s Reading List
- Skin in the Game by Nassim Taleb
- Seeking Wisdom by Peter Bevellin
- David vs Goliath by Malcolm Gladwell
- Adapt by Tim Hartford
- Mindset by Carol Dweck
- Thinking Fast & Slow by Daniel Kahneman
- The Obstacle is the Way by Ryan Holliday
- The Outsiders by William Thorndike
- Business Brilliant by Lewis Schiff
- Zero to One by Peter Thiel
- The Hard thing about Hard things by Ben Horowitz
- Cyrus the Great by Larry Hedrick
- Uncertainty by Jonathan Fields
- The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt
- Rational Optimist by Matt Ridley
- Baruch – My Own Story by Bernard Baruch
- Anton Rupert by Eben Dommisse
- Confessions of an Advertising Man by David Ogilvy
- Hackers & Painters by Paul Graham
- The 2nd bounce of the ball by Ronald Cohen
- The Art of Thinking Clearly by Rolf Dobelli
- How Champions Think by Bob Rotella
- Damn Right by Janet Lowe
- Shoe Dog by Phil Knight
- Who is Michael Ovitz by Michael Ovitz
- Good Strategy, Bad Strategy by Richard Rumelt
- Courage: The Joy of Living Dangerously by Osho