Frank Blake Recommended Books
Frank Blake has recommended 6 books. Browse the complete reading list with quotes and sources below.
Frank Blake is an American businessman and lawyer, who was the chairman and CEO of The Home Depot.
(Read more on Wikipedia)6 Books Recommended
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Built from Scratch
How a Couple of Regular Guys Grew The Home Depot from Nothing to $30 Billion
"Very meaningful to me, not only because it’s the story of the founding of the Home Depot, but also because of my start as the CEO of Home Depot." - Frank Blake (Source)
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1 person
Jamie Dimon recommended this bookJamie Dimon
On Jamie Dimon's list of favorite books.
Jamie Dimon's recommendation of this book
300 Arguments
Essays
"Bounces around with different observations, some of which you go, god, that’s brilliant and some of it, eh." - Frank Blake (Source)
Good to Great
Why Some Companies Make the Leap...And Others Don't
"As a business person, I love [this book]." - Frank Blake (Source)
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10 people
Jeff Bezos recommended this bookJeff Bezos
Part of "Jeff's Reading List."
Jeff Bezos's recommendation of this book 
Dave Ramsey recommended this bookDave Ramsey
Recommended on Dave Ramsey's website.
Dave Ramsey's recommendation of this book 
Jason Calacanis recommended this bookJason Calacanis
"The great management book." - Jason Calacanis
Jason Calacanis's recommendation of this book 
Max Levchin recommended this bookMax Levchin
One of Max Levchin's answers to "what's your favourite business book you'd advise to young entrepreneurs?"
Max Levchin's recommendation of this book 
Brian Armstrong recommended this bookBrian Armstrong
"The scientific method can be applied to business. This book draws powerful lessons from data." - Brian Armstrong
Brian Armstrong's recommendation of this book 
Ev Williams recommended this bookEv Williams
On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
Ev Williams's recommendation of this book +4
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- Tracy DiNunzio
"It’s too good. [...] Definitely a must read." - Tracy DiNunzio
- Daniel Ek
"A really interesting book." - Daniel Ek
- John Doerr
John Doerr recommended this book at the end of "Measure What Matters."
- Michael Hyatt
Michael Hyatt recommended this book on his website.
- Tracy DiNunzio
Cultural Amnesia
Necessary Memories from History and the Arts
"Such a great observer of different writers, and it makes you want to read all of the source material that he’s writing about." - Frank Blake (Source)
In Search of Lost Time
"I wanted to read Proust, but I didn’t know French so I started with [this book] and start learning French." - Frank Blake (Source)
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2 people
Alain de Botton recommended this bookAlain de Botton
"About a search for how you can stop wasting your life and start to appreciate life and live fully." - Alain de Botton
Alain de Botton's recommendation of this book 
Christopher Hitchens recommended this bookChristopher Hitchens
"[Appears] not to be written by [a human being]." - Christopher Hitchens
Christopher Hitchens's recommendation of this book
Your Hidden Superpower
The Kindness That Makes You Unbeatable at Work and Connects You with Anyone
"A wonderful book." - Frank Blake (Source)
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