Reid Hoffman Recommended Books

Keith Rabois recommended this book on Twitter.

"I like the author but wish there were more causality/details." - Vinod Khosla

"A great book." - Keith Rabois

"Jam-packs every useful lesson about building and scaling companies into a single, digestible book." - Aaron Levie

"Truly amazing for founders, especially once you start to scale. Wish I'd had it early days at The Muse." - Kathryn Minshew

"[The author]'s advice has been key for Coinbase as we go through hypergrowth, from hiring executives to improving M&A." - Brian Armstrong

"[The author] has no-nonsense, highly applicable advice to any operator transitioning a company from the proverbial garage to the next stage and beyond." - Max Levchin

"Excited to get our growth rate back to the 16x days of yore." - Ryan Petersen

"I wish I had had this book nineteen years ago, when we founded Google. Or even before that, when I was only managing myself!" - Larry Page

"I’d recommend [John Doerr]’s book for anyone interested in becoming a better manager." - Bill Gates

"The most important venture capitalist of our era reveals a key to business innovation and success." - Walter Isaacson

Dustin Moskovitz recommended this book on Twitter.

"Deserves to be fully embraced by every person responsible for performance, in any walk of life. [The author] makes Andy Grove a mentor to us all." - Jim Collins

"Shows how any organization or team can aim high, move fast, and excel." - Sheryl Sandberg

"Had a profound effect on my career and life. I think about his lessons almost every day." - Sheryl Sandberg

Jeff Weiner recommended this book on Twitter.

"It really puts in perspective how bizarre human beings are. It’s an awesome overview of our species." - Joe Rogan

"I would recommend this book to anyone interested in a fun, engaging look at early human history." - Bill Gates

"Best book I've read in [2015]." - Naval Ravikant

"Basically one of the things we've created here is we've imagined ideas that we all share." - Lex Fridman

"A big history narrative of human civilization." - Mark Zuckerberg

One of Peter Attia's answers to "any books you feel would make your reading list?"

"Has looked at thousands of organizations and puts them into categories." - Graham Duncan

"Should be required reading for anyone in teams or with an interest in improving performance and job satisfaction." - David Allen

"Awesome book! Codifies what we instinctively try to do with Zappos culture." - Tony Hsieh

Sahil Lavingia recommended this book on Notion.

Patrick Bet-David recommended this book on his website.

"A very timely book and a powerful call for change." - Arianna Huffington

"Mukherjee once again shows his gift for making hard science easily accessible." - Bill Gates

"So interesting and well written." - John Legend

"A great book." - Bryan Johnson

"Will transform your understanding of how to gain power—and how to use it for good." - Adam Grant

"The nature and use of power is changing rapidly, distributing broadly in unexpected channels. [This book] provides the practical tools to help us all understand this shift." - Craig Newmark

"If you want to understand how the world is changing, what’s really happening and how we can all find our way, this book could not becoming at a better time." - Richard Branson

"Can light a flame bright enough to outshine the glinting fangs and tiki torches." - Russell Brand

"Love this book and its messages." - Kat Cole

Noah Kagan recommended this book in the "Tools of Titans" book.

"Really resonated with me, and I will certainly incorporate many of these principles into my work and personal life." - Kevin Rose

Austen Allred recommended this book on his website.

"This book changed my life." - Steve Harvey

"Do less but do it better. Wise words with application across life and business." - Jodie Cook

Michael Hyatt recommended this book on his website.

"Shows what's possible for women and girls everywhere by highlighting the stories of ground breaking women in Silicon Valley." - Melinda Gates

"About Silicon Valley as seen through the accomplishments of the powerful women who, against all odds, made their mark there." - Caroline Paul

"If you read one book about women in business, [this book] should be the one." - Peter Diamandis

"Has some fun facts from our early days." - Brian Chesky

"A compelling history of Airbnb’s journey from a crazy, it-will-never-work idea to becoming a totally disruptive force." - Tony Hsieh