Books Recommended by Fred Wilson
The Soul of A New Machine
Tracy Kidder
Source: "I love [this book]. First it is a story. Second it captures the passion of engineers who are driven to ship a revolutionary product." - Fred Wilson
Talking to Humans
Success starts with understanding your customers
Giff Constable
Source: "Explains how to do the customer development interviews in a way that will get you the most accurate and actionable feedback." - Fred Wilson
Whiplash
How to Survive Our Faster Future
Joi Ito
Source: "A nine step program to help us survive this world we have unleashed on ourselves." - Fred Wilson
The Hard Thing About Hard Things
Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers
Ben Horowitz
Source: "Chapter five in [this book] is possibly the best thing I've read about leading a tech company." - Fred Wilson
Product Design for the Web
Principles of Designing and Releasing Web Products
Randy J. Hunt
Source: "It might be most useful to someone who is just getting into designing interactive applications." - Fred Wilson
Snow Crash
A Novel
Neal Stephenson
Source: "A lot of what we [at USV] invest in and how we look at the future comes from [this book]." - Fred Wilson
Siddhartha
Hermann Hesse
Source: "I loved [this book] when I read it in college. I think it really impacted me." - Fred Wilson
The Business Blockchain
Promise, Practice, and Application of the Next Internet Technology
William Mougayar
Source: "Makes a complex subject, blockchain technology, accessible for the non-technical." - Fred Wilson
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Source: "Another amazing book that made me see things differently." - Fred Wilson
The Aspirational Investor
Taming the Markets to Achieve Your Life's Goals
Ashvin B. Chhabra
Source: "If you think about investing differently or want to, you might enjoy it." - Fred Wilson
Setting the Table
The Transforming Power of Hospitality in Business
Danny Meyer
Source: "If you are an entrepreneur, you should read this book." - Fred Wilson
The Oxford Shakespeare
The Complete Works
William Shakespeare
Source: Fred Wilson recommended this book on his blog.
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
Michael Chabon
Source: Fred Wilson recommended this book on his blog.
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