Fred Wilson: "Chapter five in 'The Hard Thing About Hard Things' is possibly the best thing I’ve read about leading a tech company"

Peter Thiel: “Every management guide presumes that all great companies follow a formula. But successful startups don’t imitate; they build innovations that can’t be copied.

Ben Horowitz knows no recipe guarantees success. He has written the first true guide for protecting a startup from self-sabotage.”

Raoul Pal: "Without question, to me, The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz is, by far, the best, most brutally honest and incredibly useful book about the realities of starting and running a company, ever written."

Tim Ferriss: "A great book"

Larry Page: "Ben's book is a great read - with uncomfortable truths about entrepreneurship and how to lead to a company.

It's also an inspiring story of a business rebirth through sheer willpower."

Andrew Wilkinson: "'The Hard Things About Hard Things' by Ben Horowitz is one of the best business books I've picked up in years."

Marc Andreessen mentioned 'The Hard Thing about Hard Things' on 'The Tim Ferriss Show' podcast.

Blake Scholl: "'The Hard Thing about Hard Things' is good."

One of Max Levchin's answers to 'What's your favourite business book you'd advise to young entrepreneurs?'

One of the books Keith Rabois recommends for entrepreneurs.

One of five business books Chris Dixon recommended on Twitter.

Marc Andreessen: “It’s the best book on management ever written.”

Tobi Lutke: "That’s one of the best books ever."

Ben Horowitz: "One of my favorite management books by far. In fact, I think it might have been the only management book that I ever read that I liked."

Larry Ellison: “When you want to improve something, measure it, and make sure you measure the right thing”

Brian Armstrong: "Surprisingly, I found I was already using many of the management ideas in this book (1:1, OKRs, etc) which is a testament to just how influential this book is."

Mark Zuckerberg: “[Andy’s] book played a big role in shaping my management style.”

Brian Chesky's primary reference book on management.

One of Sahil Lavingia's most recommended books.

One of the books Keith Rabois recommends for entrepreneurs.

Patrick O'Shaughnessy mentioned reading and loving High Output Management on Twitter.

Nassim Taleb: "When a risk taker writes a book, read it. In the case of Peter Thiel, read it twice. Or, to be safe, three times. This is a classic.”

Elon Musk: “Peter Thiel has built multiple breakthrough companies, and Zero to One shows how.”

Mark Zuckerberg: “This book delivers completely new and refreshing ideas on how to create value in the world.”

Marc Andreessen: "Zero to One is the first book any working or aspiring entrepreneur must read—period."

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "So much of investing is herd behavior, this will have you thinking different than the crowd."

Ben Horowitz: "Zero To One is a great book. I learned a lot reading it."

One of Max Levchin's answers to 'What's your favourite business book you'd advise to young entrepreneurs?'

One of the books Keith Rabois recommends for entrepreneurs.

One of five business books Chris Dixon recommended on Twitter.

This book was on Sam Altman's bookshelf.

Mark Cuban: "This helped me make sense of why things worked and didn't work in the technology industry."

Jeff Bezos: "An enormously influential business book whose principles Amazon acted on and that facilitated the creation of the Kindle and AWS."

Bill Gurley: "A book that all entrepreneurs should read"

Ben Horowitz: "A great book on strategy"

Steve Jobs: "It’s imporant that we make this transformation, because of what Clayton Christensen calls “the innovator’s dilemma,” where people who invent something are usually the last ones to see past it, and we certainly don’t want to be left behind."

Blake Scholl: "Everyone talks about it, I wonder how many people actually read it. You should actually read it.

You should know what disruptive innovation actually means."

One of Max Levchin's answers to 'What's your favourite business book you'd advise to young entrepreneurs?'

One of Aaron Levie's favorite business books.

One of five business books Chris Dixon recommended on Twitter.

Sheryl Sandberg: "[The Lean Startup] provides a great inside look at how the tech industry approaches building products and businesses."

Kevin Systrom: "I don’t know that I read the entire thing, but the principles from Lean Startup, I still apply today."

Mark Cuban: “The Lean Startup tackles the question, 'Why do most start-ups fail?'"

Marc Andreessen: "Eric has created a science where previously there was only art.

A must-read for every serious entrepreneur - and every manager interested in innovation."

Jason Calacanis: "You need to read 'The Lean Startup'"

One of five business books Chris Dixon recommended on Twitter.

Raoul Pal enjoyed reading 'The Lean Startup'.

Andrew Wilkinson: "One of my most recommended business books"

Seth Godin: "This book will make you uncomfortable. Depending on what you do all day, it might make you extremely uncomfortable. That's a very good thing, because you deserve it. We all do.

Jason and David have broken all the rules and won. Again and again they've demonstrated that the regular way isn't necessarily the right way. They just don't say it, they do it. And they do it better than just about anyone has any right to expect.

This book is short, fast, sharp and ready to make a difference. It takes no prisoners, spares no quarter, and gives you no place to hide, all at the same time.

There, my review is almost as long as the first chapter of the book. I can't imagine what possible excuse you can dream up for not buying this book for every single person you work with, right now."

Mark Cuban: “If given a choice between investing in someone who has read REWORK or has an MBA, I’m investing in REWORK every time.

A must read for every entrepreneur.”

Shane Parrish: "This book showed me that I wasn’t alone or crazy. Other people think about the workplace like I do too."

Tony Hsieh: “The wisdom in these pages is edgy yet simple, straightforward, and proven. Read this book multiple times to help give you the courage you need to get out there and make something great.”

Jeff Bezos: “Unperturbed by conventional wisdom, Jason and David start fresh and rewrite the rules of business. Their approach turns out to be as successful as it is counter-intuitive.”

Tim Ferriss: "I encourage people to think of [Rework] as an Elements of Style for building profitable businesses in a web-savvy world.

Each chapter is 2-5 pages long and delivers their tactics and principles fat-free, without fluff. Just like their business models."

Naval Ravikant: "Best book I've read since Sapiens (far less mainstream, though)."

Brian Armstrong: "Was really ahead of it's time, a lot of original thinking (some really out there stuff too)."

Peter Thiel: "This book breaks the taboo on prophecy: We're not supposed to talk about a future that doesn't include the powerful states that rule over us today.

Rees-Mogg and Davidson argue that national governments could soon become as antiquated as 19th-century empires."

Changpeng Zhao: "Just read the Sovereign Individual again. Amazed that it was written before 1997.

Talks about internet currencies, etc. Good read."

Vitalik Buterin reviewed The Sovereign Individual on Twitter.

One of Sahil Lavingia's most recommended books.

Michael Saylor recommended The Sovereign Individual on his Bitcoin website, Hope.com

Marc Andreessen: "A very good book we recommend"

Ben Horowitz: "I read this book as part of my MBA program. It’s full of common sense, which, while I didn’t know it at the time, isn’t so common."

Vinod Khosla: "Andy's Only the Parnoid Survive is one of [my] favorite books on entrepreneurship"

Balaji Srinivasan: "We’ve all read Grove. Only the paranoid survive."

Charlie Munger recommended 'Only The Paranoid Survive' in his book Poor Charlie's Almanack.

Included on Jamie Dimon's list of favorite books he sent to JP Morgan summer interns in 2010.

Sheryl Sandberg: "Blitzscaling shows how companies can build value for customers and shareholders in the digital age.

A compelling inside view of how the new economy is being built and is transforming global business.”

Changpeng Zhao: "This has been very helpful to Binance as we chart our growth as an organization.

It’s a fairly up-to-date book, which even talks about recent topics like cryptocurrencies."

Vinod Khosla: "An insightful book on how to scale at a very fast pace and more importantly WHEN.

Also explains why inefficient use of money can be important."

Anthony Pompliano: "No brainer pick up for every entrepreneur and investor."

Brian Chesky: “The book the start-up world has been waiting for. I can’t think of any other that so perfectly captures the specific challenges — and opportunities — that a company faces at every stage of growth.

This book shares some of the key secrets for building mission-oriented, global businesses at speed."

Sam Altman: "I got to read an early copy of this, and have been waiting for it to come out so that I can recommend it to everyone"

Reid Hoffman: "If you want the chance to turn your startup into the next Google or Twitter, then read this trenchant guide from someone who played key roles in the growth of these companies."

Alexis Ohanian: "[Elad Gil's] book is required reading"

Chris Dixon: “This is a great book that complements Peter Thiel’s classic Zero to One (an alternative title for Elad’s book would be “1 to n”).

Everyone interested in the growth stage of startups should read it.”

Max Levchin: "Armed with observations gathered scaling some of the most successful and important companies of Silicon Valley, Elad has no-nonsense, highly applicable advice to any operator transitioning a company from the proverbial garage to the next stage and beyond."

Brian Armstrong: "Elad is one of the most experienced operators in Silicon Valley having seen numerous companies hit their inflection point.

His advice has been key for Coinbase as we go through hypergrowth, from hiring executives to improving M&A."

Aaron Levie: “Elad jam packs every useful lesson about building and scaling companies in a single, digestible book.

My only gripe is that he didn’t write this when we were in the early days of Box as it would have saved my ass countless times.”

Daniel Ek: "A brilliant Pulitzer Prize–winning book about how the modern world was formed, analyzing how societies developed differently on different continents.

I like how this is written from a biologist’s point of view rather than purely based on history or anthropology."

Joe Rogan: "Guns Germs and Steel is an amazing book."

Charlie Munger recommended 'Guns, Germs, and Steel' in his book Poor Charlie's Almanack.

Included on Jamie Dimon's list of favorite books he sent to JP Morgan summer interns in 2010.

Raoul Pal said 'Guns, Germs, and Steel' influenced his macro thinking on Twitter.

Arianna Huffington: "A must read!"

Bill Gurley: "Historically important book that will hopefully stand as a critical catalyst to change in our industry."

Melinda Gates: "For decades, powerful men have responded to sexism in tech by saying, “It’s always been this way.” What they mean is, “It will always be this way.”

Emily Chang's book proves that the first statement is wrong. And we don't have to accept the second."

Michael Bloomberg: "An important new book about gender equality in Silicon Valley"

Aaron Levie mentioned 'Brotopia' on Twitter.

Marc Andreessen: "Steve Jobs is the person who most inspires the new generation of Silicon Valley entrepreneurs. In this deeply-researched book, you'll find the most honest portrait of the real Steve Jobs."

Jack Dorsey: "Square would not exist without the work and persistence of Steve Jobs. I am forever grateful. Amazing read."

Brian Armstrong: "A biography of the famous Apple CEO. I read the Walter Isaacson biography last year, but found this one slightly better."

One of the books Keith Rabois recommends for entrepreneurs.

Nassim Taleb: "Very clear exposition, does the math without getting lost in the details.

Although many of the concepts of the introductory first 100 pages can be found elsewhere, they are presented with remarkable cut-to-the-chase clarity."

Elon Musk: “Written by three experts in the field, Deep Learning is the only comprehensive book on the subject.”

Satya Nadella was so significantly impacted by Deep Learning that he hired co-author Yoshua Bengio to help shape the future of Microsoft’s Artificial Intelligence approach as a machine learning advisor.

Vinod Khosla: "For a slightly more technical read [on Machine Learning], I’d suggest Ian Goodfellows Deep Learning."

Tony Robbins: "In Behind the Cloud, Marc Benioff takes us through the ups and downs of building one of the most extraordinary businesses of our time and reveals the tactics that gave salesforce.com its amazing edge.

This book will show you how to focus your vision, think differently, align your organization―and transform your business and your life."

David Sacks: "I strongly recommend that all founders read Chapter 3 of Behind the Cloud (on Marketing)."

One of the books Keith Rabois recommends for entrepreneurs.

One of four good books Aaron Levie highly recommends reading.

Casey Neistat: "Unbelievably riveting."

Andrew Wilkinson: "One of my favorite books of the past few years."

Alexis Ohanian: "Gripping read by Nick Bilton about the founding, rise, and fall of The Silk Road."

Chris Dixon: “I never really followed this story when it happened, so wanted to catch myself up. It is a real page-turner.”

Vinod Khosla: "A key to understanding why Silicon Valley culture is changing the world."

Changpeng Zhao: "The title says it all. After reading this book, you will understand why we tolerate failures at Binance, and more importantly, what types of failures we tolerate or not."

Brian Armstrong: "Enjoyed reading Loonshots"

One of the books Keith Rabois recommends for entrepreneurs.

Marc Andreessen: "I've always wondered what would have happened if we had built one-click payments into the browser from the very beginning. With bitcoin, we finally get this 'Internet of Money'.

But this book isn't just an ode to bitcoin -- it's an ode to open protocols, what happens when you connect people online, and the power of innovation on the internet."

Balaji Srinivasan: "With Mastering Bitcoin, Andreas Antonopoulos wrote one of the best technical books on digital currency. With The Internet of Money, he's matched that feat by compiling his talks into one of the best books on Bitcoin for a broad audience. Highly recommended!"

Raoul Pal: "This book will help you understand the technology and the philosophical potential of the [Bitcoin] space"

Michael Saylor recommended The Internet of Money on his Bitcoin website, Hope.com

Satya Nadella: "The Rise and Fall of American Growth concludes that innovation is the ultimate source of dramatic improvements in the human condition”

Stewart Butterfield: "I'm reading this book and I can already tell I am going to be so annoying about it afterwards. Sorry in advance"

Patrick Collison included this book on his list of recommended books.

Bill Gates: "The book was a fantastic read, and well worth the time"

Naval Ravikant: "Love that book."

Patrick Collison included this book on his list of recommended books.

This book was on Sam Altman's bookshelf.

Jack Dorsey: "Incredible book by Stewart Brand. Best I’ve read this year."

Marc Andreessen: "[A book on] why even environmentalists should be pro building, pro cities, pro nuclear, and pro genetic engineering."

Matt Ridley: "Stewart Brand is the god of the environmental movement."

Michael Mauboussin: "[Secrets of Sand Hill Road] is great!"

Sam Altman: “I’ve observed thousands of founders and thought a lot about what it takes to create something important and to achieve outlier success.

Kupor’s book takes founders who want to do both through everything from how VCs raise money and evaluate deals, to how to think about term sheets and set up boards.

It’s a valuable resource for any founder who wants to work with VCs.”

Reid Hoffman: "Gallagher captures the remarkable journey of Airbnb exceedingly well; she takes readers from its earliest and scrappiest days through becoming an enduring company with a brand beloved by millions around the world.”

Tony Hsieh: “Leigh Gallagher has written a compelling history of Airbnb’s journey from a crazy, it-will-never-work idea to becoming a totally disruptive force.”

Brian Chesky: "Has some fun facts from our early days"

Mark Zuckerberg: "It's about the competition to electrify the nation between Edison, Westinghouse and Tesla... Graham is a great storyteller."

Chris Dixon: “This was a fun semi-historical novel focusing on the epic legal battle between Westinghouse/Tesla vs Edison.

Good compliment to Empires of Light (one of my favorite history books).”

Vinod Khosla: "I don’t read fiction, but this almost historical fiction is fun especially for Silicon Valley types."

Satya Nadella: “Kai-Fu Lee's smart analysis on human-AI coexistence is clear-eyed and a must-read.

We must look deep within ourselves for the values and wisdom to guide AI's development.”

Balaji Srinivasan: "Kai-Fu Lee's book AI Superpowers holds up very well today in key ways.

I initially thought it'd be a pop overview of AI.

But it's actually a history of the Chinese tech ecosystem. Many of his takes on speed of execution & innovation have now proven out."

Arianna Huffington: “Kai-Fu Lee's experience as an AI pioneer, top investor, and cancer survivor has led to this brilliant book about global technology.

AI Superpowers gives us a guide to a future that celebrates all the benefits that AI will bring, while cultivating what is unique about our humanity.

It’s one of those books you read and think, ‘Why are people reading any other book right now when this is so clearly the one they need to be reading?’”

Reid Hoffman: "In this hyper networked world remade fresh every day, with new perils and new opportunities, there is one book to be sure to read: Joshua Ramo's new book, a masterpiece, The Seventh Sense.

To understand the tsunami of the networked age, you need history, biography, tech, philosophy, politics--and you want a book that has a depth beyond whatever else you could be streaming, podcasting, or wiki-ing.

This is that book."

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

Important message I agree with none the less"

Keith Rabois shared a photo of 'The Seventh Sense' as his 'latest reading' on Twitter.

Satya Nadella: “I had the privilege of learning from Reed personally and studying the Netflix culture. The insights in this book are invaluable to anyone trying to create and sustain organizational culture.”

Ben Horowitz: “As the information age shrinks product cycles and compresses time frames, the most important business question of our era is, How do we keep innovating?

In this breakthrough book, Reed Hastings and Erin Meyer provide the answer.

They lay out a proven, systematic methodology for building, maintaining, and enhancing a highly innovative global culture. It is an amazing piece of work. Bravo!”

Ray Dalio: "Reed, his people, and his culture are all of star quality. I recommend his book."

Changpeng Zhao: "This book is a great read"

Kara Swisher: "Let us all fete Mike Isaac for his great book 'Super Pumped' on Uber"

Alexis Ohanian: "Good read."

Tim Urban: "A great biography on Musk"

Anthony Pompliano: "Found it even better than I anticipated."

One of Austen Allred's top five all-time recommended books.

Vinod Khosla: "This book tells the story of the world I have always lived, loved and believed in, despite the recent techlash."

Austen Allred: "[One of] my favorite books for understanding the history of Silicon Valley"

One of the books Keith Rabois recommends for entrepreneurs.

Bill Gurley: "Bad Blood is an incredible book that should be read by each and every player in the startup/Silicon Valley ecosystem."

Michael Mauboussin: "Amazing book about human nature"

Andrew Wilkinson: "Soooo good."

Bill Gates: "I couldn’t put down this thriller with a tragic ending"

Anthony Pompliano: "This 100 page book was written for pre-coiners by some of the most well-respected Bitcoiners in the world."

Balaji Srinivasan: "The Little Bitcoin Book was written in a few days by N people, one chapter each, and then published on Amazon"

Michael Saylor recommended The Little Bitcoin Book on his Bitcoin website, Hope.com

Anthony Pompliano: "If the movie is half as good as the book, it will be a box office hit"

Anthony Scaramucci: "For those who haven’t, please go read Bitcoin Billionaires by Ben Mezrich"

Cameron Winklevoss: "If you love a good summer read, check out Bitcoin Billionaires by Ben Mezrich!

It chronicles the Wild West days of Bitcoin, and explains the technology and movement that’s changing the world."

Keith Rabois: "Not for everyone but recommend for tech folks."

Patrick Collison included this book on his list of recommended books.

Larry Ellison gave 'The Mythical Man-Month' to every software executive whom he met at Oracle.

Included on Jeff Bezos' list of books that Amazon employees refer to as “Jeff’s Reading List.”

Charlie Munger recommended 'The Wealth and Poverty of Nations' in his book Poor Charlie's Almanack.

Included on Jamie Dimon's list of favorite books he sent to JP Morgan summer interns in 2010.

Paul Graham: "Hard Drive, about Microsoft, is good."

Sam Altman: "Nick Bostrom's excellent book "Superintelligence" is the best thing I’ve seen on this topic. It is well worth a read."

Elon Musk: "Worth reading Superintelligence by Bostrom. We need to be super careful with AI. Potentially more dangerous than nukes."

Andrew Wilkinson: "Still one of the best business books I’ve ever read."

Tobi Lutke: "Great book"

Elon Musk: "Quite interesting."

Vinod Khosla: "About pressing political, technological, social, and existential issues as we move into uncharted territory of the future."

Joe Rogan mentioned '21 Lessons for the 21st Century' on the 'Joe Rogan Experience' podcast.

Bill Gates: "Yuval Noah Harari has written another thought-provoking book."

Bill Gurley: "I really, really loved 'How Innovation Works' from Matt Ridley.

It is a very elegant follow up to 'The Rational Optimist' - read both if you can."

Naval Ravikant: "Everything by Matt Ridley is worth reading."

Naval Ravikant: "Amazing book, but good luck finishing it"

One of Sahil Lavingia's most recommended books.

Keith Rabois: "It is the most important book published in the last 5-10 years."

Naval Ravikant mentioned reading 'The Book of Why' on Twitter.

Austen Allred: "[One of] my favorite books for understanding the history of Silicon Valley"

One of Sam Altman's recommended books for young startup founders.

Alexis Ohanian: "A bunch of really great interviews [Jessica] did with a bunch of just OGs of entrepreneurship. I am begging her to do a second book because the first one is just a must read."

Paul Graham: "It is probably the single most valuable book a startup founder could read."

Elon Musk: “This is a compelling guide to the challenges and choices in our quest for a great future of life, intelligence and consciousness—on Earth and beyond.”

Keith Rabois: "Best introduction to AI, accessible to sophisticated. Enjoyable to read."

Marc Andreessen: "Software is eating the world and 'Without Their Permission' is your ultimate cookbook."

Garry Tan: “Alexis and Steve’s reddit story is a the great American dream writ large and in digital ink. Alexis gives an approachable, easy-to-understand blueprint on how anyone with a laptop can touch millions of people’s lives and make something people love.”

Paul Graham: "Amazing"

Sam Altman: "It was excellent!"

Paul Graham: "This is one of the great classics of computer science.

I bought my first copy 15 years ago, and I still don't feel I have learned everything the book has to teach."

Max Levchin: "Easier to read [than 'The Art of Computer Programming'] end-to-end quickly."

Fred Wilson: "I love Kidder’s book. First it is a story. Second it captures the passion of engineers who are driven to ship a revolutionary product. Great read"

One of Paul Graham's answers to 'Do you know of any good books about startups?'

Brian Armstrong: "Probably the greatest number of insights per paragraph, and a master of metaphors."

One of the books Keith Rabois recommends for entrepreneurs.

Garry Tan: "The simplest book I recommend everyone to read when they want to do design."

Brian Armstrong: "A framework to simulate how customers experience your product, especially the moments of confusion.

Each customer comes to your product with a reservoir of trust, and every interaction adds or depletes a bit of trust from that reservoir."

Brian Armstrong: "An inspiring biography. It was incredible to hear about the determination, constraints, willingness to endure ridicule, disbelief, etc that the two brothers endured on their journey to invent the airplane.

A worthwhile read for all builders."

One of Austen Allred's top five all-time recommended books.

Reed Hastings: “Coming from an industry driven by disruption, it’s refreshing to read Brad Smith’s call for the tech sector to assume more responsibility.

In Tools and Weapons, Brad and Carol Ann Browne wrestle with some of the world’s toughest technology challenges with common sense and valuable insight reflecting their inside experience.

The ideas in Tools and Weapons won’t solve all our problems, but they’re a very good place to start.”

Satya Nadella: "It’s an important book on some of the biggest tech issues of our time and their impact on all of our lives – and well worth reading."

Chris Dixon: "One of my favorite history books"

Austen Allred: "[One of the books] that has inspired me the most or changed the way I live."

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "Tom Wolfe’s writing is electric, and his subject matter fascinating.

There are no modern equivalents to the test pilots and astronauts of the 1950’s and 1960’s.

I wonder how people of the internet age would react to the constant death defying, or death inducing, stunts like those undertaken by these pilots."

One of Richard Branson's top books to read in a lifetime.

Brianne Kimmel: "Nadia Eghbal’s book is a future classic."

Balaji Srinivasan: "Nadia is very smart and it’s worth reading anything she writes on open source."

Barry Silbert: "Digital Gold by Nathaniel Popper is a fantastic, entertaining read...and historical record of bitcoin's first 5 years"

Anthony Pompliano: "One of the best books I read in 2017"

Balaji Srinivasan: "Andreas M. Antonopoulos does it again. The second volume of 'The Internet of Money' is perhaps the single best reference to get a quick overview of the latest developments in Bitcoin, Ethereum, ICOs, and the blockchain space in general"

Raoul Pal: "This book will help you understand the technology and the philosophical potential of the [Bitcoin] space"

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "Paul Graham—one of our best technology philosopher-kings—is also programmer and essayist. He may be the best business essayist alive."

Alexis Ohanian: "How did it take me so long to read (listen) to this?

Fantastic book, Nick Bilton - far more relatable than I knew or expected."

Casey Neistat: "It was reading Hatching Twitter that literally motivated me, inspired me, and gave me the confidence to start my own technology company."

Satya Nadella: "Iansiti and Lakhani have written an important book that explains what's required to rethink the firm and become an AI-first company.

Anyone interested in the impact of AI should read this book."

Mark Cuban mentioned reading 'Competing in the Age of AI' on Twitter.

Sheryl Sandberg: “In The Fourth Industrial Revolution, Professor Klaus Schwab puts forth a thoughtful framework for leaders to meet the challenge of maximizing the benefits of the profound technological, social and economic transformation reshaping society.

Drawing on over four decades of bringing together governments, private sector and other parts of civil society, Schwab starts a wide-ranging discussion on how we can help to ensure that the Fourth Industrial Revolution drives progress for humankind.”

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "A brilliantly well written book about the current state of global governments and what forces are likely to shape governments in the future."

Tony Robbins: “Diamandis and Kotler have written a powerful and beautiful masterpiece outlining a compelling future for humanity.

The Future is Faster Than You Think offers CEOs and entrepreneurs a clear vision on the transformation of every major industry this decade.

Required reading for anyone who wants to surf above the tsunami of change.”

Marc Benioff: "The book is for leaders, innovators, & entrepreneurs wanting to take advantage of converging exponential technologies"

Anthony Pompliano: "Nik nailed this one. Highly recommend"

Michael Saylor recommended Layered Money on his Bitcoin website, Hope.com

Balaji Srinivasan: "Useful for anyone trying to bootstrap a new community or network, which is virtually every founder these days."

Garry Tan: "The cold start problem is the biggest problem for builders. Thanks for sharing your wisdom, Andrew Chen"

Brian Armstrong: "I do agree that all networks tend toward centralization over time. Great book on this."

Arianna Huffington: "A must-read for all Americans who want to remain the ones deciding what they can read, watch, and listen to.”

Paul Graham: "If you want to understand how venture capital works and the effect it has had on the US economy, this is the book to read.

Lots of people talk about VC. Few of them understand it. But Mallaby does."

Patrick Collison: "By far the best book I've read on the sector."

Patrick Collison included this book on his list of recommended books.

Patrick Collison included this book on his list of recommended books.

Patrick Collison included this book on his list of recommended books.

Marc Andreessen: "[An important book] on how modern technological economies can build more outputs with less inputs, and why we need all economies to be modern and technological."

Marc Andreessen: "[An important book] on perhaps the greatest American builder of all, the builder who brought electricity to us all, Thomas Edison."

Tobi Lutke: "[Malcolm McLean is one of the] entrepreneurs who would absolutely be on your podcast if he would be alive right now"

Bill Gates: "Shipping containers are way more interesting than you might think."

Included on Jeff Bezos' list of books that Amazon employees refer to as “Jeff’s Reading List.”

Included on Jeff Bezos' list of books that Amazon employees refer to as “Jeff’s Reading List.”

Warren Buffett: "A must-read for those concerned with the safety of our country"

Elon Musk: "[This book] is really, really good if you want a primer on structural design."

Fred Wilson: "Excellent and quick read for entrepreneurs."

Chris Dixon: “A really interesting inside look at, well, Apple’s design process under Steve Jobs.

Apple is probably the premier product development organization of the last 20 years — and very little is known about it by outsiders — so inside peeks are always really fascinating.”

Tim Urban: "Just opened Tim Ferriss' new book Tools of Titans and got stuck for a bunch of hours. Definitely worth checking out."

Jack Dorsey shared an 'excellent' interview with Isaiah Jackson on 'Bitcoin and Black America'.

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "This book does a great job framing the issues that will emerge in an increasingly automated world.

Ford's discussion of the pros and cons of automation make for very interesting reading."

Balaji Srinivasan: "Don't judge this self-published book by its cover, just read it."

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "Great detail on the business history of the video game industry.

I wish there were more primers written like this."

Max Levchin shared 'The Song Machine' on his LinkedIn page.

Brianne Kimmel: "Highly recommend for anyone in tech.

One of the most concise and engaging books on tech history. Read it cover to cover this weekend"

Vinod Khosla: "This explores the largest act of capitalist colonisation ever attempted — the colonisation of our minds, behavior, free will, our very selves."

Vinod Khosla: "If you want speculation about what the master AI might need (one view).

For a slightly more technical read, I’d suggest Ian Goodfellows Deep Learning."

Vinod Khosla: "Great topic adequately covered but could be more interesting"

Vinod Khosla: "Really good book if you want to understand social media & people as an app"

Vinod Khosla: "Mildly entertaining hacker world story and personal battles therein."

Marc Benioff: "The most important book ever on the ethical and humane use of tech."

Casey Neistat: "Super insightful read. Highly recommend"

Casey Neistat: "Awesome story about how IG came to be and its impact broadly on human interaction.

Def recommended quarantine reading."

Balaji Srinivasan: "A good read for crypto people."

Bill Gurley: "Great book"

One of Elon Musk's favorite books about space.

One of Mark Cuban's 2017 Books to Read.