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Every book Ian Cassel recommended on podcasts
Key facts
- Ian Cassel has recommended or discussed 7 books on podcasts, as of February 14, 2017.
- Ian Cassel has talked about books on 1 podcast, as of February 14, 2017.
- Those books came up in 1 episode, as of February 14, 2017.
- The 3 books Ian Cassel has mentioned in the most episodes, as of February 14, 2017: Getting There, How to Win Friends and Influence People and Outsiders, The.
- The latest episode with a book mention from Ian Cassel aired on February 14, 2017.
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Ian Cassel’s most recommended books
- Getting There by Cynthia Lee A. Pemberton
- How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
- Outsiders, The by William N. Thorndike Jr.
- Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
- Tools of Titans by Timothy Ferriss
Ian Cassel is an investor and entrepreneur best known for focusing on micro-cap and tiny stocks. During his appearance on the Invest Like the Best podcast, Cassel discussed a variety of formative books that shaped his approach to business, goal setting, and personal development. He recommended Dale Carnegie’s How to Win Friends and Influence People, noting that he read it repeatedly while taking a course to improve his speaking skills during high school. Cassel also recommended Napoleon Hill’s Think and Grow Rich as a classic text that helped him reaffirm how to set and pursue personal goals. For efficient reading and morning routine inspiration, he recommended Tim Ferriss’s Tools of Titans and Getting There, praising the latter for offering digestible stories about the actions of various leaders. Among investing and business texts, Cassel cited William N. Thorndike Jr.'s The Outsiders as a formative book whose principles he actively applies when evaluating company founders. Additionally, he discussed Peter Thiel’s Zero to One as an influence that helped crystallize his preference for businesses that successfully dominate their respective markets, and he referenced Thomas William Phelps's 100 to 1 in the Stock Market when examining historical companies that achieved massive long-term gains.
Books Ian Cassel recommended or discussed
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Getting There
Recommended“And there's another book called getting there that is kind of set up a similar way where it just kind of tells stories of, of leaders and whatever they did”
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How to Win Friends and Influence People
Recommended“the first book that I remember reading over and over again, uh, when I was a senior in high school, you know, I could just tell that I wanted to brush up on my speaking skills”
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Outsiders, The
Recommended“One of the formative books, not to get on this rabbit trail, but another formative book for me was, you know, William Thorndykes, you know, the outsiders.”
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Think and Grow Rich
Recommended“And soon after that reading, think and grow rich by Napoleon Hill, which is also a classic that kind of helped me kind of reaffirm kind of how to set goals”
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Tools of Titans
Recommended“one of those books I'm reading now, which I think is a great book is a Tim Ferriss's book, tools of Titans. It's one of those things, especially for a person that might not have a lot of time”
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100 to 1 in the Stock Market
Discussed“And it was kind of an offtake of Thomas Phelps book, a hundred to one, the stock market, which was written in the 1970s that looked at the similar thing.”
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Zero to One
Discussed“The second thing is I look for companies that dominate the market that they're in the book zero to one, but Peter Thiel really helped to define this for me.”
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Appearances
| Episode | Podcast | Date | Books |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ian Cassel – Investing In Tiny Stocks - [Invest Like the Best, EP.24] | Invest Like the Best | 2017-02-14 | 7 |
Other mentions (1: passing, ad reads, own books)
“I thought he would just email me back right away and say, you know, yeah, here's the book, the outsiders or something like that. But he didn't respond right away.”