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I. BooksQuantQuantitative Aptitude for Competitive Examination - Abhijit GuhaHow to Prepare for Quantitative Aptitude for CAT - Arun SharmaVerbalVerbal ability for CAT: Arun SharmaHigh School English Grammar & Composition - by Wren and Martin (for grammar)A Communicative Grammar Of English (for grammar)The first book to read is Word Power Made Easy (The Complete Handbook for Building a Superior Vocabulary). It is a wonderfully written book that makes learning new words fun.After (and only after) you are done with it, read All About Words (An Adult Approach to Vocabulary Building). As the name suggests, it is more advanced than WPME.MarketingPrinciples of Macroeconomics, 6th EditionCommon Sense Economics: What Everyone Should Know About Wealth and Prosperity: James D. Gwartney, Richard L. Stroup, Dwight R. LeeNaked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science (Fully Revised and Updated): Charles Wheelan, Burton G. MalkielFinancePrinciples of Corporate Finance : Richard A. BrealeyOptions, Futures and Other Derivatives (6th Edition) : John C. HullThe Theory of Investment Value: John Burr WilliamsInvestment Valuation: Tools and Techniques for Determining the Value of Any Asset : Aswath DamodaranThe Intelligent Investor: Benjamin GrahamFoundations of Financial Markets and Institutions (4th Edition): Frank J. Fabozzi,Franco P. Modigliani, Frank J. JonesIntermediate Accounting : Donald E. Kieso, Jerry J. Weygandt, Terry D. WarfieldVenture Capital and the Finance of Innovation : Andrew Metrick, Ayako YasudaII. WebsitesVocabIFTTT - Send yourself a weekly vocabulary list of Wikipedia words of the day: Sit down every Sunday (or any other day you like) and learn 7 new words. All you need is a IFTTT and a Pocket account (both free).ESL Exercises: Test your vocabulary by taking a series of structured quizzes.Visual thesaurus: Understand what words mean, and why. Visualize the origin of words and their interconnections.Dictionary.com Flashcards: When you are on the go, use this flashcard app to learn new words.A Year's Worth of WordsVocabulary.com.Word of the DayFreerice.comMarketingThe 30 Best Resources to Learn Marketing for FreeThe Essential List of Startup Marketing ResourcesMust read SEO articles to rank higher on googleSEO Tools: The Complete List (153 Tools Reviewed and Rated)/r/advertisingIII. BlogsA. FinanceProf. Jayanth R. Varma's Financial Markets Blog: Prof Jayant Verma is a Professor of Finance (mainly Financial markets) at IIMA. He is one of the most impressive teachers I have ever met. He was one of the first members of SEBI and is on the board of multiple big companies including Infosys and Axis Bank. His blog, which has been up since 2005, is a brilliant resource on understanding the nuances of the financial markets.Dealbook (NYT): Dealbook is the news aggregator section of NYTimes to keep you updated on the current state of affairs of the Fin industry.Mergers & Inquisitions: Everything you need to know about every aspect of the Financial world - from big investment banks to boutique firms, from Private Equity to Hedge Funds and AM/WM firms.Investment Banking Blog: The holy mecca for preparation of i-Banking interviews, the IB Blog offers everything from bootcamps and interview prep courses (paid) to free resources like basic interview questions, overview of the industry etc.Wall Street Oasis: Similar to #2 above, but with more functionality to read the best articles of the month/week/day etc.FT Alphaville: Another news aggregator that will make sure you do not have any time left in your day (courtesy it's exhaustive coverage of current affairs).B. EntrepreneurshipEntrepreneur: Your companion on the entrepreneurial journey. The site will keep you updated with the start-up world, help you work on various aspects of your professional self, and also provide the much needed pep-talk when you are feeling down/exhausted/defeated.AVC: The chronicles of Fred Wilson ( a Venture Capitalist for the past 30 years) with some incredible credentials to his name (including investments in Twitter, Tumble, Zynga, Foursuare etc). AVC is probably the most widely-read VC blog in the world.C. MarketingMad Over Marketing: MoM is a fun blog. They capture everything from brand wars on twitter, to collection of some of the best and most important marketing campaigns. The blog is a very easy read and will help you broaden your horizon when it comes to thinking of how you can ante up your marketing/advertising game.Duct Tape Marketing: Duct Tape Marketing focuses on small businesses and startups. They take into account that small businesses do not have the funds that large corporations do. So their marketing tactics need to be tailored to their financial capacity.aimClear: aimClear wants to be the single resource when it comes to your personal as well as company brand by using every possible tool in the marketer's kitty - from social media to SEO, from conclaves to data management using basic tools like Excel.Bufferapp social: Bufferapp is an exhaustive resource to help you manage, grow, and track your social media persona.HubSpot Blog: A collection of 3 secondary blogs - focusing on sales, marketing, and your agency. This trio will help you streamline your sales activity, boost your pre-sales capabilities, help you traverse the maze of sales-killer questions like, "This is too costly", and also help you manage your time and productivity in a better manner.Marketing Land: The Dealbook of marketing, ML is the one-stop solution for your marketing trends news requirement.Startup Marketing | Ryan Gum: Ryan Gum is a growth hacker who helps create marketing plans for startups and small businesses starting from creating your initial pitch, attracting your first customer, and an exhaustive list of Startup Marketing Resources.The SumAll Blog: The SumAll blog is like the child of Buzzfeed and Medium (and not in a negative sense). They post content which is useful and is also written in a fun manner. The articles are often crisp and under a 5-min read.D. EconomicsFreakonomics: The uthors of the best-selling economics-infused-with-pop-culture book have more to say and share than the 2 books. The blog is usually a collection of podcasts that aim to explore the "hidden side of economics" and highlight outliers, which although rare, are extremely critical.Why Nations Fail: On the same line as Freakonomics, the blog by Daren Acemoglu is a follow-up on his book of the same name and explores similar obscure events that shaped the rise and fall of nations and civilizations.Economixcomix: The companion blog for the graphic novel of the same name by Michael Goodwin, Economixcomix explains the basic tenets of Economics in a simple way, along with illustrations to make understanding easier.The Grumpy Economist: The perennial pessimist, the one who finds faults in everything, the dad who bores his kid during dinner with his constant rants and criticisms, John Cochrane provides an unabashed, and hard-hitting critique that exposes the not-so-sunny side of the world economy.Investing and Economics Blog: The Curios Cat blogs is for us. The laymen. The dabblers. It focuses heaving on personal finance, economics, financial literacy, tax planning, credit management et al; stuff that affects the majority of the populace on a regular basis.The Upshot: The NYT economics companion to its financial section, Dealbook, The Upshot is all you need to read to be perfectly updated of what is happening, why it is happening, what would be the consequences, and what could have been done better.Economist's View: A collection of self-posts and the hottest posts from other economics blogs.The Money Illusion: TMI focuses on the money and capital markets and provides wonderful commentary on financial crises, international economics, foreign reserve dynamics, monetary and fiscal policies, labor markets etc.E. LeadershipGuy Kawasaki: Guy is one of the most well known figures in Silicon Valley, and among the first "tech evangelist".All Things Workplace: As the name suggests, this is a blog for managers, bosses, and professionals and aims to cover all aspects of workplace management including effective communication, employee engagement, conflict management, incorporating cultural diversity and differences, various facets of leadership, boosting creativity, and so on.Seth's Blog: Seth is a funny guy. The funniest of all in this list. Although he calls his blog a marketing blog, it's more generic in nature and oft has funny quips and clever observations interspersed with longform articles.Lean In: Everyone knows the book by Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook. The blog aims to continue the story and encourage and empower women to face challenges, voice their opinions, and grow themselves in the workplace.Switch & Shift: S&S aims at helping business transition from the traditional workplace model to the current, more information driven, globally-diverse-yet-connected workplace.Hot Momma's Project: Don't go by the sexist-sounding name, HMP is sort of a companion to LeanIn and strives to help women claim their rightful place in the corporate world.Culture University: In a globally inter-connected world, understanding, accepting, and imbibing cultural diversity is an important trait for organizations to sustain themselves and grow.Big Think: Having Bill Nye, TheScienceGuy, on board is a big achievement for Big Think which aims to be an idea hub, an "Youtube for ideas" as its founders put it.F. OthersBob Sutton: Bob, a Professor of Management Science at Stanford, writes on everything including, but not limited to, workplace culture, book reviews, team management, employee management etc.Harvard Business Review: HBR is the most popular published management magazine that covers almost everything relevant to an MBA degree. If there has to be a starting point for an MBA student/aspirant, this is it.IV. Movies12 Angry Men (1957): A wonderful movie that was part of my MBA curriculum, 12 Angry Men is probably the best thing you can watch on the art of negotiation and persuasion.To Kill a Mockingbird (1962): I love the book and I make no effort to hide it. The 1962 adaptation by Robert Mulligan does complete justice to the book. It's a life lesson everyone should learn. It teaches you kindness, courage, and unflinching devotion to the pursuit of justice even in the face of overwhelming odds.More about the book and what makes it great: Deepak Mehta (दीपक मेहता)'s answer to Why do you like the book 'To Kill a Mockingbird,' and why should I read it?Up in the Air (2009): As a manager (post your MBA), one of the hardest aspects of your job would be to fire people. In this movie, George Clooney will teach you how to do it.The Pursuit of Happyness (2006): On why persistence is important.Wall Street (1987): A lesson, and a warning, on the lengths to which brokers and financial analysts went to in order to achieve success and fame.The Social Network (2010): For the rabble-rousers. The ones who don't respond well to authority. The dreamers. The entrepreneurs.Too Big To Fail (2011): A documentary on the Financial Crisis of 2008.Margin Call (2011): Chronicles the initial stages of the 2008 crisis. And how corporate greed condemned the world to a period of financial upheaval and meltdown.Inside Job (2010): The final movie on the 2008 crisis. And the best.The Wolf Of Wall Street (2013): Based on the life of Jordan Belfort, a broker/trader, and another victim of the Wall Street Lust.V. Youtube ChannelsTakshzila shikshak: A very well structure and exhaustive resource that replicates the offline classroom model. They cover the entire range of topics for CAT and other MBA entrance exams in India - quantitative ability, vocabulary, logic, reasoning, reading comprehension, grammar, data sufficiency and data interpretation.Other similar resources include:handakafundaCareer Launcher2IIM CAT PreparationByju'sEndeavor Careers Pvt. Ltd.Harvard Business Review: Touching on the nuances of business - strategy formulation and execution, role of a CEO, disruption, stress management, and overall professional development as a manager or an entrepreneur.MBAbullshitDotCom: Topic-wise video lectures on the various basics of Finance - stock and bond markets, valuations, Corporate Finance, Accounting et al.Minute MBA by OnlineMBA.com: Illustrated lessons primarily on entrepreneurship, people management, and innovation.ehowfinance: Another great resource, but focuses more on personal finance, budgeting, accounting, insurance, taxation etc.VI. Videos and playlists#1. You should watch the Economics playlists on CrashCourse. It is one of the best channels on Youtube for learning any subject starting from a blank slate.#2. Marketing Management#3. Corporate Finance#4. Understanding Financial Markets (Yale classes by the Nobel Laureate in Economics, Professor Robert Schiller)#5. Augment your vocabulary (primarily meant for GRE aspirants, however is applicable for most MBA entrance exams)#6. Data InterpretationA few other videos you might find useful.#1. Understanding how the Stock Exchange works#2: Money and creditVII. CoursesA. Business and management (mostly beginner courses)Basics of supply chain management (SCM)Basics of MarketingBasics of OperationsBasics of digital marketingB. Economics and financeFinancial markets: A must take. The course is being taught by the renownedNobel-laureate and Yale Prof Robert Shiller and will cover a lot of concepts of Financial markets and their machinations. Apart from the basics, it will also cover certain aspects of behavioral finance and financial crises and the role of regulations.Microeconomics: Will cover the basics of Microeconomics from supply-demand, market efficiency, types of competitions, market power and public goods and externalities.Introduction to finance: Basics - time value of money and valuationsC. Statistics and data analysisRegression models: The course looks at the various regression models and special cases like ANOVA. All of which is taught in the 1st year.In this course students will learn how to fit regression models, how to interpret coefficients, how to investigate residuals and variability. Students will further learn special cases of regression models including use of dummy variables and multivariable adjustment. Extensions to generalized linear models, especially considering Poisson and logistic regression will be reviewed.Data analysis and statistical inference: Estimation, confidence intervals, decision making based on data analysis etc.Data visualization: Will be helpful both during and after the MBA. How to present the data in the most impactful manner, use software to make complex designs etc.D. Others:Social EntrepreneurshipIntroduction to ProbabilityIntroduction to Time ManagementGetting started with essay writingReasoningIntroduction to Financial AccountingedX - Pricing Options with Mathematical ModelsedX - Yield Curve AnalysisUdemy - The Beginner's Guide to the Stock MarketUdemy - Fundamentals of Forex TradingGrammar and PunctuationIntroduction to Public SpeakingMIT Open Courseware - EconomicsCoursera - Economics and FinanceUdemy - EconomicsedX - Economics

There are lots of people with this diagnosis who have not just found work, they've managed to excell with a career that they manage to hold down throughout their entire working lives. Indeed, there are many professionals amongst us in many areas of industry.It doesn't mean that they haven't felt an impact of autism at some points throughout their time working, particularly when it comes to jobs that rely heavily on social communication, outside our working hours, our social abilities can be practically non existent and so other aspects of our lives can suffer - because when we finish work we NEED to “not talk” or when our kids are in bed, when we finish work - we can't talk, we NEED to have some time for ourselves, to feel solid again and “unwind”Unwinding after work, and a load of social communication is more of an imperative for autistic people. That can cause problems with stability in the ability to sustain a home life as well as work full time and it affects men and women autists equally.It can be difficult to ongoingly meet the demands from all aspects of life, responsibilities and social duty to friends and family AND work. And not shutdown as a consequence of meeting too many demands for too much of a prolonged time period.Marriages can suffer and so can other social engagements - because in work situations we are masking or camouflaging against our own impairments - it means we are hypervigilant, and hyperfocused for so long on one task throughout the day that our executive functions are prone to getting frazzled long before the working day is over.And then we can end up with messy houses and feeling bedraggled…those things can pile up, and lead to burn out or more self neglect.That also leaves us prone to miss important social cues in work, that leave people with the wrong impression of us and then can lead to office politics that we often don't realise until some aftermath epiphany happens.So those are the ones who seem to me to last a few decades in a career - they sometimes don't get promotions because they don't check the boxes on team building recreational events or “unspoken social criteria”That was what happened to me, I typically thought that so long as I worked hard and met targets “that would be enough" and to cut a long story short - everybody must have thought I was a total bitch, or too stand offish to be a decent human beingn and it wasn't how I saw myself at all, I was just ignorant in the sense that I didn't see when I had upset a person, and they were being genuine.I always felt overly guilty when I believed I'd genuinely caused upset because it was always the opposite of my intention and saying sorry and meaning it was easy to me, whereas their forgiveness of me was nill, because my impairment (my genuine ignorance) wasn't obvious, they didn't know I was actually impaired and naturally presumed “hard faced bitch" instead of “blank faced confused autist with alexythimia!”How could they know, when I didn't? They couldn't and so they were left to come to the conclusions based on neurotypical expectations. Until I stopped masking when I hit thirty and left the office persona behind and turned into a creative flake. :)In a recent survey in the UK it was uncovered that 85% of diagnosed autists want to work andOnly 16% of autistic adults in the UK are in full-time paid employment, and only 32% are in some kind of paid workI worked in recruitment and for a government employment partnership that specialised in delivering training solutions and reducing unemployment statistics, for a few years and it seems to me there are many factors that affect a person's interviews skills - and autistic traits do seem to massively affect a person's ability to perform well during interviews.It impacts on their confidence to such a massive extent that it affects their performance.One solution I can present for this is that we help alleviate the pressure if employers are willing to invest more time with potential candidates, for example, when making contact with short listed candidates for interviewing, conducting isometric testing during the initial meeting, and presenting task orientated tests will reveal more about about suitability of autistic candidates than a formal interview will.Because a formal interview is heavy reliant on social ability and in a pressurised setting, it can became more difficult for an autist to read signals when they are definitely feeling anxious.It would also help If employers can design a pre interview checklist of *things to be discussed during interviews. Because it relieves the tension that autistic person will feel “what will they expect me to have an on the spot answer for?” Can be a massive source of angst for autistic people who (generally speaking) don't feel comfortable in unstructured social settings.On the flip side to this, there are some autistic people (like me) who don't struggle with interviews (I've only ever had one refusal and the job was shit and they expected me to work tonnes of overtime for peanuts, helping to sell houses!) and Ive had enough interviews to understand the format, enough to lead into a conversation with a potential employer that feels less intimidating.The way I look at it is “it's not just them interviewing me, it's me interviewing them, to see if i want to work for them”I have never had an interview that I've not pre scripted, admittedly for my first ever interview when I was eighteen - it was for a low end sales job and my only plan was to use the words “verbally articulate” and stick the word *meritocracy in there somewhere.I got the job, I didn't need qualifications for it, I just blathered my way in - it was afterall, a job selling windows, soffits and fascias. Two more jobs after that an I was “marketing manager” for one of the biggest national training providers in the country.Ironically, I taught people interview skills. I secured employment contracts with employers and I telephoned the employer post interview, to get input on how the candidates had come across.Much of the input from employers related to confidence levels and one common dissuadant was “tilting head when listening” - some employers probably don't feel so comfortable with someone who leans when listening. It makes them feel too important and self conscious of themselves - (employers are just people too;)And so interviews can seem like massive obstacle, to some people and they are not often significant things, they are easy to rectify sometimes with some light hearted humour and yet to so many people are prone to take rejection too personally… and the biggest reason that employers seem callous to interviewees is because (certainly in areas with high unemployment rates per populace) there is such a vast number of applicants per position.So it shouldn't be taken as “personal” and i know that isn't easy, because rejection can eventually lead to a lack of self confidence, especially when somebody has had twenty interviews and each one has confounded them with a sense of feeling unemployable.And then when it feels like an obstacle - that's when it becomes one.But it is possible to overcome obstacles, it's not easy but practice can help, eventually you will be so numb that you expect rejection so much that you just be yourself and eventually statistics will creep in and you will get somebody who says “yes, I'll give you a go”But there are other techniques and I really really do recommend roleplaying, imagining your own script and try to play it out your way, during the interview and see what happens! What's the worse they can say ??? No ?? Well, if that's happened so many times already, what is there to lose by trying to take control or at least have a go and see what happens?Watching some videos, with interview techniques is all very well and good, but its mainly helpful to people because it illustrates the type of questions that employers ask and they are things that we can think of good answers to, prior to ever being asked ourselves.All most of us really need to ease some of the pre interview angst is to develop some techniques to avoid our minds going blank.Sometimes just writing a few paragraphs of some really key strengths that make an ideal job candidate, for a specific position, is enough - to know about the company, to learn about its infrastructure prior to an interview - always looks impressive and shows a professional mindset.It can be a hurdle for most people who are looking for work, neurotypical people struggle with it too and unemployment can kill a person's confidence. The trick to a good interview is seeming confident in what you know, certain of what you say and “light hearted” can work, because it is pleasent to be around and ultimately somebody wants to employ people who will work in some way as a part of team.There is no reason that some people Asperger's /autism diagnosis can't work in some role… a 16% full time employment rate amongst autistic people in the UK proves that.The defacit between them and the ones who “want to work” (the 85%) shows that we must start looking at this as a significant problem and look at addressing a breakdown of the hurdles/barriers to work…There is definitely a problem!…That we need help to overcome, we cant afford to loose track of the fact that hurdles can be jumped… its a matter of identifying them and then implementing some experiements that will hopefully work in reducing the currently high level of unemployment and getting employers to implement less friendy and more efficient interview strategies, that rely more on ability to fulfill a specific job role, rather than some inane ability to maintain non-relavent and socially complex levels of involvement.It should be enough that we are able to do a job and are often well qualified for it, however we may lack on none essential (non job related), implicitly inferred social demands.National Autistic Society

This is a super-post collating multiple existing answers of mine. It is broken down into:#1. Books#2. Online resources#3. Blogs and websites#4. Youtube Channels#5. Online Courses#6. Movies#1. BooksA. QuantQuantitative Aptitude for Competitive Examination - Abhijit GuhaHow to Prepare for Quantitative Aptitude for CAT - Arun SharmaB. VerbalWord Power Made Easy (The Complete Handbook for Building a Superior Vocabulary) - A wonderfully written book that makes learning new words fun.After (and only after) you are done with it, read All About Words (An Adult Approach to Vocabulary Building)."Competition Success Review" magazineThe editorial sections of major newspapersGood non-fiction books on diverse topics - law, finance, history, politics, philosophy, crime, religion etcVerbal ability for CAT: Arun SharmaHigh School English Grammar & Composition - by Wren and Martin (for grammar)A Communicative Grammar Of English (for grammar)BBC list of Top 100 Books.#2. Online resourcesApart from the basic forums - PagalGuy, TotalGadha, HandakaFunda etc, the below websites will help you prepare comprehensively for the written test as well as for the later parts of the process.A. VerbalA.1. VocabIFTTT - Send yourself a weekly vocabulary list of Wikipedia words of the day: Sit down every Sunday (or any other day you like) and learn 7 new words. All you need is a IFTTT and a Pocket account (both free).ESL Exercises: Test your vocabulary by taking a series of structured quizzes.Visual thesaurus: Understand what words mean, and why. Visualize the origin of words and their interconnectionsDictionary.com Flashcards: When you are on the go, use this flashcard app to learn new words.A.2. Reading SpeedSpritz: Boost your reading speed. Spritz is one of the rare speed-reading websites/app that actually helps.A.3. English languageBBC - Learning English: A great resource to know and understand the various nuances of the English language./r/WritingPrompts: Strangers give you a random (and mostly weird) topic, and you need to write an engaging story around it. Helps build your vocab, grammar and comprehension skills.B. General AwarenessThe best way to stay updated on the various developments is to follow specific sub-reddits./r/worldnews: Be updated on the current events in the world./r/technology/r/science/r/news: Mostly US centric newsC. Soft skillsTake up a few courses:Introduction to Time ManagementGetting started with essay writingReasoningGrammar and PunctuationIntroduction to Public SpeakingD. OthersTenADay: Solve 10 questions everyday from the CAT curriculum. Level up, slowly but steadily#3. Blogs and websitesA. FinanceProf. Jayanth R. Varma's Financial Markets Blog: Prof Jayant Verma is a Professor of Finance (mainly Financial markets) at IIMA. He is one of the most impressive teachers I have ever met. He was one of the first members of SEBI and is on the board of multiple big companies including Infosys and Axis Bank. His blog, which has been up since 2005, is a brilliant resource on understanding the nuances of the financial markets.Dealbook (NYT): Dealbook is the news aggregator section of NYTimes to keep you updated on the current state of affairs of the Fin industry.Mergers & Inquisitions: Everything you need to know about every aspect of the Financial world - from big investment banks to boutique firms, from Private Equity to Hedge Funds and AM/WM firms.Investment Banking Blog: The holy mecca for preparation of i-Banking interviews, the IB Blog offers everything from bootcamps and interview prep courses (paid) to free resources like basic interview questions, overview of the industry etc.Wall Street Oasis: Similar to #2 above, but with more functionality to read the best articles of the month/week/day etc.FT Alphaville: Another news aggregator that will make sure you do not have any time left in your day (courtesy its exhaustive coverage of current affairs)B. EntrepreneurshipEntrepreneur: Your companion on the entrepreneurial journey. The site will keep you updated with the start-up world, help you work on various aspects of your professional self, and also provide the much needed pep-talk when you are feeling down/exhausted/defeated.AVC: The chronicles of Fred Wilson ( a Venture Capitalist for the past 30 years) with some incredible credentials to his name (including investments in Twitter, Tumble, Zynga, Foursuare etc). AVC is probably the most widely-read VC blog in the world.C. MarketingMad Over Marketing: MoM is a fun blog. They capture everything from brand wars on twitter, to collection of some of the best and most important marketing campaigns. The blog is a very easy read and will help you broaden your horizon when it comes to thinking of how you can ante up your marketing/advertising game.Duct Tape Marketing: Duct Tape Marketing focuses on small businesses and startups. They take into account that small businesses do not have the funds that large corporations do. So their marketing tactics need to be tailored to their financial capacity.aimClear: aimClear wants to be the single resource when it comes to your personal as well as company brand by using every possible tool in the marketer's kitty - from social media to SEO, from conclaves to data management using basic tools like Excel.Bufferapp social: Bufferapp is an exhaustive resource to help you manage, grow, and track your social media persona.HubSpot Blog: A collection of 3 secondary blogs - focusing on sales, marketing, and your agency. This trio will help you streamline your sales activity, boost your pre-sales capabilities, help you traverse the maze of sales-killer questions like, "This is too costly", and also help you manage your time and productivity in a better manner.Marketing Land: The Dealbook of marketing, ML is the one-stop solution for your marketing trends news requirement.Startup Marketing | Ryan Gum: Ryan Gum is a growth hacker who helps create marketing plans for startups and small businesses starting from creating your initial pitch, attracting your first customer, and an exhaustive list of Startup Marketing Resources.The SumAll Blog: The SumAll blog is like the child of Buzzfeed and Medium (and not in a negative sense). They post content which is useful and is also written in a fun manner. The articles are often crisp and under a 5-min read.D. EconomicsFreakonomics: The uthors of the best-selling economics-infused-with-pop-culture book have more to say and share than the 2 books. The blog is usually a collection of podcasts that aim to explore the "hidden side of economics" and highlight outliers, which although rare, are extremely critical.Why Nations Fail: On the same line as Freakonomics, the blog by Daren Acemoglu is a follow-up on his book of the same name and explores similar obscure events that shaped the rise and fall of nations and civilizations.Economixcomix: The companion blog for the graphic novel of the same name by Michael Goodwin, Economixcomix explains the basic tenets of Economics in a simple way, along with illustrations to make understanding easier.The Grumpy Economist: The perennial pessimist, the one who finds faults in everything, the dad who bores his kid during dinner with his constant rants and criticisms, John Cochrane provides an unabashed, and hard-hitting critique that exposes the not-so-sunny side of the world economy.Investing and Economics Blog: The Curios Cat blogs is for us. The laymen. The dabblers. It focuses heaving on personal finance, economics, financial literacy, tax planning, credit management et al; stuff that affects the majority of the populace on a regular basis.The Upshot: The NYT economics companion to its financial section, Dealbook, The Upshot is all you need to read to be perfectly updated of what is happening, why it is happening, what would be the consequences, and what could have been done better.Economist's View: A collection of self-posts and the hottest posts from other economics blogs.The Money Illusion: TMI focuses on the money and capital markets and provides wonderful commentary on financial crises, international economics, foreign reserve dynamics, monetary and fiscal policies, labor markets etc.E. LeadershipGuy Kawasaki: Guy is one of the most well known figures in Silicon Valley, and among the first "tech evangelist".All Things Workplace: As the name suggests, this is a blog for managers, bosses, and professionals and aims to cover all aspects of workplace management including effective communication, employee engagement, conflict management, incorporating cultural diversity and differences, various facets of leadership, boosting creativity, and so on.Seth's Blog: Seth is a funny guy. The funniest of all in this list. Although he calls his blog a marketing blog, it's more generic in nature and oft has funny quips and clever observations interspersed with longform articles.Lean In: Everyone knows the book by Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook. The blog aims to continue the story and encourage and empower women to face challenges, voice their opinions, and grow themselves in the workplace.Switch & Shift: S&S aims at helping business transition from the traditional workplace model to the current, more information driven, globally-diverse-yet-connected workplace.Hot Momma's Project: Don't go by the sexist-sounding name, HMP is sort of a companion to LeanIn and strives to help women claim their rightful place in the corporate world.Culture University: In a globally inter-connected world, understanding, accepting, and imbibing cultural diversity is an important trait for organizations to sustain themselves and grow.Big Think: Having Bill Nye, TheScienceGuy, on board is a big achievement for Big Think which aims to be an idea hub, an "Youtube for ideas" as its founders put it.F. OthersBob Sutton: Bob, a Professor of Management Science at Stanford, writes on everything including, but not limited to, workplace culture, book reviews, team management, employee management etc.Harvard Business Review: HBR is the most popular published management magazine that covers almost everything relevant to an MBA degree. If there has to be a starting point for an MBA student/aspirant, this is it.#4. Youtube ChannelsTakshzila shikshak: A very well structure and exhaustive resource that replicates the offline classroom model. They cover the entire range of topics for CAT and other MBA entrance exams in India - quantitative ability, vocabulary, logic, reasoning, reading comprehension, grammar, data sufficiency and data interpretation.Other similar resources include:handakafundaCareer Launcher2IIM CAT PreparationByju'sEndeavor Careers Pvt. Ltd.Harvard Business Review: Touching on the nuances of business - strategy formulation and execution, role of a CEO, disruption, stress management, and overall professional development as a manager or an entrepreneur.MBAbullshitDotCom: Topic-wise video lectures on the various basics of Finance - stock and bond markets, valuations, Corporate Finance, Accounting et al.Minute MBA by OnlineMBA.com: Illustrated lessons primarily on entrepreneurship, people management, and innovation.ehowfinance: Another great resource, but focuses more on personal finance, budgeting, accounting, insurance, taxation etc.#1. You also can watch the Economics playlists on CrashCourse. It is one of the best channels on Youtube for learning any subject starting from a blank slate.#2. Marketing Management#3. Corporate Finance#4. Understanding Financial Markets (Yale classes by the Nobel Laureate in Economics, Professor Roberyt Schiller)#5. Augment your vocabulary (primarily meant for GRE aspirants, however is applicable for most MBA entrance exams)#6. Data InterpretationA few other videos you might find useful.#1. Understanding how the Stock Exchange works#2: Money and credit#5. Online CoursesA. Business and management (mostly beginner courses)Basics of supply chain management (SCM)Basics of MarketingBasics of OperationsBasics of digital marketingB. Economics and financeFinancial markets: A must take. The course is being taught by the renowned Nobel-laureate and Yale Prof Robert Shiller and will cover a lot of concepts of Financial markets and their machinations. Apart from the basics, it will also cover certain aspects of behavioral finance and financial crises and the role of regulations.Microeconomics: Will cover the basics of Microeconomics from supply-demand, market efficiency, types of competitions, market power and public goods and externalities.Introduction to finance: Basics - time value of money and valuationsC. Statistics and data analysisRegression models: The course looks at the various regression models and special cases like ANOVA. All of which is taught in the 1st year.Data analysis and statistical inference: Estimation, confidence intervals, decision making based on data analysis etc.Data visualization: Will be helpful both during and after the MBA. How to present the data in the most impactful manner, use software to make complex designs etc.Other useful courses:Social EntrepreneurshipIntroduction to Probability#6. Movies12 Angry Men (1957): A wonderful movie that was part of my MBA curriculum, 12 Angry Men is probably the best thing you can watch on the art of negotiation and persuasion.To Kill a Mockingbird (1962): I love the book and I make no effort to hide it. The 1962 adaptation by Robert Mulligan does complete justice to the book. It's a life lesson everyone should learn. It teaches you kindness, courage, and unflinching devotion to the pursuit of justice even in the face of overwhelming odds.More about the book and what makes it great: Deepak Mehta (दीपक मेहता)'s answer to Why do you like the book 'To Kill a Mockingbird,' and why should I read it?Up in the Air (2009): As a manager (post your MBA), one of the hardest aspects of your job would be to fire people. In this movie, George Clooney will teach you how to do it.The Pursuit of Happyness (2006): On why persistence is important.Wall Street (1987): A lesson, and a warning, on the lengths to which brokers and financial analysts went to in order to achieve success and fame.The Social Network (2010): For the rabble-rousers. The ones who don't respond well to authority. The dreamers. The entrepreneurs.Too Big To Fail (2011): A documentary on the Financial Crisis of 2008.Margin Call (2011): Chronicles the initial stages of the 2008 crisis. And how corporate greed condemned the world to a period of financial upheaval and meltdown.Inside Job (2010): The final movie on the 2008 crisis. And the best.The Wolf Of Wall Street (2013): Based on the life of Jordan Belfort, a broker/trader, and another victim of the Wall Street Lust.