HN focuses mostly on web startups. Could you guys recommend any resources on startups in other fields (like medicine, chemistry, material science, manufacturing automation or sensors) ?
If you really want to read about technology startups in other fields, MIT's Technology Review is legendary<p><a href="http://www.technologyreview.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.technologyreview.com/</a><p>Classic books before you go outside software hardware<p>"Showstopper! The Breakneck Race to Create Windows NT and the Next Generation at Microsoft"<p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Showstopper-Breakneck-Windows-Generation-Microsoft/dp/0759285780" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/Showstopper-Breakneck-Windows-Generati...</a><p>"Money from Thin Air: The Story of Craig McCaw, the Visionary who Invented the Cell Phone Industry, and His Next Billion-Dollar Idea"<p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Money-Thin-Air-Visionary-Billion-Dollar/dp/0812926978" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/Money-Thin-Air-Visionary-Billion-Dolla...</a><p>Any bio related to blockbuster drug discovery like:<p>"Laughing Gas, Viagra, and Lipitor: The Human Stories behind the Drugs We Use"<p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Laughing-Gas-Viagra-Lipitor-Stories/dp/0195300998" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/Laughing-Gas-Viagra-Lipitor-Stories/dp...</a><p>Kinda off-beat but
"The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test" by Tom Wolfe<p>And if you've read many references to "Founders at Work" and do not yet own your own copy, it is the best startup book out there.