Books Recommended by Ben Horowitz
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High Output Management
Andrew S. Grove
Source: "Andy Grove, who built himself from nothing to run Intel, stopped what he was doing to teach us his magic. And not through some ghostwriter either — Andy wrote this book himself. What an incredible gift." - Ben Horowitz
Who Is Michael Ovitz?
Michael Ovitz
Source: "It is truly rare to read a book this honest from a living legend. The Hollywood superhero lets us peak behind his mask and understand his weaknesses and methods." - Ben Horowitz
No Rules Rules
Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention
Reed Hastings
Source: "A great book. I highly recommend it for anyone run a company, but especially those who want a culture that encourages long-term innovation." - Ben Horowitz
4 recommenders
Build
An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making
Tony Fadell
Source: "Delivers priceless advice for any young person who wants to build something great or change the world for the better." - Ben Horowitz
2 recommenders
Writing My Wrongs
Life, Death, and Redemption in an American Prison
Shaka Senghor
Source: "The memoir of a man who went to prison for 19 years, then became an author and MIT fellow." - Ben Horowitz
1 recommender
The Black Jacobins
Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution
C.L.R. James
Source: "My favorite leadership book ever and one of the great stories in human history." - Ben Horowitz
2 recommenders
Dapper Dan
Made in Harlem
Daniel R. Day
Source: "An amazing entrepreneurial story covering everything from dice to fashion." - Ben Horowitz
1 recommender
Lenin
The Man, the Dictator, and the Master of Terror
Victor Sebestyen
Source: "A thrilling biography that provides great insight into how Communism works in practice." - Ben Horowitz
2 recommenders
Skin in the Game
Incerto, Book 5
Nassim Taleb
Source: "A book about the dynamics of how large-scale, highly random systems behave." - Ben Horowitz
Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
Jack Weatherford
Source: "Unexpectedly the most interesting book on the topic of how you think about inclusion." - Ben Horowitz
Focus
The Future of Your Company Depends on It
Al Ries
Source: "Excellent [book] on branding, naming, and marketing." - Ben Horowitz
3 recommenders
Black Spartacus
The Epic Life of Toussaint Louverture
Sudhir Hazareesingh
Source: "Perhaps the sharpest portrait yet of Louverture." - Ben Horowitz
1 recommender
My Years with General Motors
Alfred Sloan
Source: "Very interesting particularly on scale issues." - Ben Horowitz
1 recommender
1 recommender
Zero to One
Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
Peter Thiel
Source: "I learned a lot reading it." - Ben Horowitz
Only the Paranoid Survive
How to Exploit the Crisis Points That Challenge Every Company
Andrew S. Grove
Source: "A great book on strategy." - Ben Horowitz
The Innovator's Dilemma
When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail
Clayton M. Christensen
Source: "A great book on strategy." - Ben Horowitz
The Startup Community Way
Evolving an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem
Brad Feld
Source: "Brand new knowledge." - Ben Horowitz
1 recommender
2 recommenders
1 recommender
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