Tim Cook: "Best business book of the century."
Warren Buffett: “The best book I read last year. Phil is a gifted storyteller.”
Alexis Ohanian: "Shoe Dog by Phil Knight is a great one -- had no idea Nike had such a long history."
One of 10 biographies Jason Calacanis recommends reading.
Austen Allred: "Loved [Shoe Dog]"
Tobi Lutke's book recommendation for business leaders.
Anthony Pompliano: "One of the best books I read in 2017"
Brian Armstrong mentioned reading Shoe Dog on his blog.
Alexis Ohanian: "[Read this book] in order to navigate the world with heightened awareness for how we're always being influenced/manipulated."
Naval Ravikant: "Influence was fundamental and had a lot to teach."
Tobi Lutke: "[Influence] ranks in the top five books I’ve ever read"
Andrew Wilkinson: "One of my most recommended business books"
Charlie Munger recommended 'Influence' in his book Poor Charlie's Almanack.
Neil Strauss recommended 'Influence' on his website.
One of Max Levchin's answers to 'What's your favourite business book you'd advise to young entrepreneurs?'
Brian Chesky: "Bob's book is great and he's an excellent CEO."
Alexis Ohanian: "One of the best leadership books I've read.
Michael Bloomberg: "Bob Iger's story is a testament to the idea that in America, if you work hard and pursue a dream, you really can achieve it."
Karlie Kloss: "I really admire Bob [Iger] and his opinions"
Tim Ferriss: "The negotiation stories with Steve Jobs alone make this book worth the read."
Jason Calacanis: "I like these stories of executives from the 80s and 90s before the internet, because you can really see how those media companies were built"
Alexis Ohanian: "[Elad Gil's] book is required reading"
Everyone interested in the growth stage of startups should read it.”
Brian Armstrong: "Elad is one of the most experienced operators in Silicon Valley having seen numerous companies hit their inflection point.
Aaron Levie: “Elad jam packs every useful lesson about building and scaling companies in a single, digestible book.
Michael Mauboussin: "Best business book I've read in a long time."
Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "It’s one of the most entertaining and useful business books I’ve ever read.
Alexis Ohanian: "The founding story of Pixar was superb read."
Mark Zuckerberg: "I love reading first-hand accounts about how people build great companies like Pixar and nurture innovation and creativity.
One of 10 biographies Jason Calacanis recommends reading.
Anthony Pompliano: "One of the best books I read in 2017"
Michael Mauboussin: "Superforecasting is most important book since Thinking, Fast & Slow"
Sam Hinkie: "Remarkable book"
Shane Parrish: "This is the second time I’ve read this book."
Alexis Ohanian: "I think it applies interestingly to the work we do"
Raoul Pal: "Amazing read. Financial book of the year."
Michael Mauboussin: "Amazing book about human nature"
Alexis Ohanian: "An incredible story.... If you need some billionaires to despise -- look no further than these charlatans."
Anthony Pompliano: "Just finished reading the book Billon Dollar Whale. Worth checking out"
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: "Best book on the subject"
Alexis Ohanian: "One of the best and most important books I've read [in 2019]."
Michael Mauboussin: "One of my favorite science books in 2018"
Brianne Kimmel: "This is the book the government does not want you to read: BUY NOW"
Kara Swisher: "Edward Snowden's new book 'Permanent Record' is quite good and surprisingly a love letter to the Internet as it was."
Alexis Ohanian: "Reading with gusto over the holiday and especially reflecting on this note - true friendship is the best investment one can make."
Tobi Lutke: "Wonderful"
Austen Allred: "Amazing book"
Alexis Ohanian: "It really made [me and my co-founder] think, 'Well, if these guys could do it, why can’t we?'"
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."
Kat Cole: "Great book!"
Alexis Ohanian: "I'm ready to be excommunicated from the VC world: I enjoyed Anand's book."
Michael Bloomberg: "You don’t want to miss Ken Auletta’s new book 'Frenemies' – a provocative look at the ongoing shift in global advertising and what it means for the future of media"
Alexis Ohanian: "One of the best books I've read [in 2018]. Frenemies kept getting recommended to me by people I respected and it didn't disappoint."
Alexis Ohanian: "Got a ton of these for the Initialized office."
Elon Musk: "Daemon is a great read."
Alexis Ohanian: "Must-read for all of us in white America."
Alexis Ohanian: "Everyone needs to read this book."
At 29, Ohanian has come to personify the dorm-room tech entrepreneur, changing the world without asking permission.
Within a couple of years of graduating from the University of Virginia, Ohanian did just that, selling reddit for millions of dollars. He's gone on to start many other companies, like hipmunk and breadpig, all while representing Y Combinator and investing in over sixty other tech startups.
Without Their Permission is his personal guidebook as to how other aspiring entrepreneurs can follow in his footsteps.