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title: "Books"
summary: "Books by Nathan Phinney."
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author: "Nathan Phinney"
author_role: "COO, AllSafe IT"
author_url: "https://nathanphinney.com/about/"
same_as: ["https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathanphinney"]
expertise: ["IT", "InfoSec", "Managed Services", "Cybersecurity", "Business Operations", "Technology for Escrow Companies", "Technology for Nonprofits"]
updated: 2026-10-10
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Books by Nathan Phinney: 2 titles.

## CTRL ALT SURVIVE

Subtitle: The Secrets of My Small Business Success | Status: available

This is not a conventional business book, and if you intend to survive your small business, you can't afford to be a conventional business leader. CTRL ALT SURVIVE is an audacious, occasionally hilarious, and always honest look at what it takes to turn a business into something that matters. It's about finding the advantages hidden in plain sight, fostering human connections, and taking the sort of calculated risks that will keep you up at night before paying off in ways that defy imagination.

> Nathan shares here a blend of hard-won insights and practical strategies for entrepreneurs who understand that people and relationships are key to business success.
>
> Dr. Ivan Misner, Founder of BNI and NY Times Bestselling Author

> In 'Ctrl Alt Survive,' with candor, wit, and wisdom, Nathan Phinney shares his own hard-won lessons on how to grow your business in a time of rapid technological change.
>
> Dr. Joseph O. Chapa, author of "Is Remote Warfare Moral?"

- Twin: https://nathanphinney.com/books/ctrl-alt-survive.md
- Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Ctrl-Alt-Survive-Secrets-Business/dp/B0DJN78S48 (Amazon: CTRL ALT SURVIVE listing)

## CTRL ALT AI

Status: coming (November 2026)

AI amplifies whatever you point it at. This book is about choosing the target: what the tools are actually good for in a small business, where they quietly fail, and why the judgment still has to be yours.

- Twin: https://nathanphinney.com/books/ctrl-alt-ai.md

## About the author

**Nathan Phinney**, COO, AllSafe IT.

- Co-founded Bright Bear Technology Solutions (2010 to 2020), which reached the CRN MSP 500 and Ingram Micro SMB 500 lists before its 2020 acquisition by Datapath.
- 17 SOC 2 initiatives across six companies, never an exception on an effort he led
- Member of InfraGard
- Member of the XChange Advisory Board, The Channel Company (2018 to 2022 and 2026)
- Author of _CTRL ALT SURVIVE: The Secrets of My Small Business Success_

Expertise: IT, InfoSec, Managed Services, Cybersecurity, Business Operations, Technology for Escrow Companies, Technology for Nonprofits.

Featured in: CRN (7 articles, 2019 to 2026), Backblaze, Bigleaf Networks, Channel Partners Expo, GTIA, Orange County Business Journal. See https://nathanphinney.com/press.md

Recommended on LinkedIn by Brook Porter (Partner and Co-Founder at G2 Venture Partners; previously at Kleiner Perkins, where he worked with Al Gore) and Tim Acker (Former channel chief at Lumen).

More: [About Nathan Phinney](https://nathanphinney.com/about.md) | [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathanphinney)