Books Recommended by Kevin Systrom
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How to Read a Book
The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading
Mortimer J. Adler
Source: "[The author's] thesis is that the most important part of reading a book is to actually read the table of contents and familiarize yourself with the major structure of the book." - Kevin Systrom
2 recommenders
Principles
Life and Work
Ray Dalio
Source: "I was blown away. It’s both a guide to life, a guide to business, and also I think an insight into [the author] and someone who’s built an amazing business." - Kevin Systrom
25 recommendersArianna HuffingtonBen GreenfieldBill GatesBryan JohnsonDiddyDoug McMillonDrew HoustonDustin MoskovitzGary VaynerchukHoward MarksJack DorseyKevin SystromLex FridmanMarc BenioffMark CubanMichael BloombergNaval RavikantReed HastingsTim FerrissTony RobbinsAusten AllredPatrick O'ShaughnessyTom BilyeuMarty CaganJames Clear
Competing Against Luck
The Story of Innovation and Customer Choice
Clayton M. Christensen
Source: "Great book [...] Terrible title, but within it there's effectively an expression of this thing called 'jobs to be done theory.'" - Kevin Systrom
2 recommenders
The New New Thing
A Silicon Valley Story
Michael Lewis
Source: "I read [this book] and I said to myself this feels like an area of the world I can come to and be myself.'" - Kevin Systrom
4 recommenders
The Goal
A Process of Ongoing Improvement
Eliyahu M. Goldratt
Source: "About basically manufacturing and supply chain management. It sounds really boring, but I promise you it’s really good." - Kevin Systrom
3 recommenders
The Mathematics of Politics
E. Arthur Robinson
Source: "I’m interested in both politics and also the math behind elections." - Kevin Systrom
1 recommender
The Signal and the Noise
Why So Many Predictions Fail-but Some Don't
Nate Silver
Source: "An investigation into our ability to predict future events." - Kevin Systrom
3 recommenders
The Lean Startup
How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses
Eric Ries
Source: "The principles from [this book], I still apply today." - Kevin Systrom
Blink
The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
Malcolm Gladwell
Source: Kevin Systrom recommended this book on Facebook.
3 recommenders
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will be Killed With Our Families
Stories from Rwanda
Philip Gourevitch
Source: Kevin Systrom recommended this book on Facebook.
2 recommenders
Nudge
Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness
Richard H. Thaler
Source: Kevin Systrom recommended this book on Facebook.
3 recommenders
Small Is the New Big
and 183 Other Riffs, Rants, and Remarkable Business Ideas
Seth Godin
Source: Kevin Systrom recommended this book on Facebook.
1 recommender
The Anatomy of Buzz
How to Create Word of Mouth Marketing
Emanuel Rosen
Source: Kevin Systrom recommended this book on Facebook.
1 recommender
4 recommenders
Visual Explanations
Images and Quantities, Evidence and Narrative
Edward R. Tufte
Source: Kevin Systrom recommended this book on Facebook.
2 recommenders
The Tipping Point
How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
Malcolm Gladwell
Source: Kevin Systrom recommended this book on Facebook.
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