I worked in early-stage venture capital, at Union Square Ventures, at the beginning of my career, and I still find the industry fascinating and bizarre. A few of my favorite books about it all

I spent some of my undergrad studying and living in the Great Lakes region of Africa. Here’s a few of the best books I’ve read about it, plus a few others to avoid –

A college summer spent in Bangkok got me interested in Myanmar, and though I wanted to visit then, the timing wasn’t right. Instead, I read all I could and finally visited during the summer of 2015. Here’s the highlights (and one lowlight.) Books I particularly recommend are bolded.