Karlie Kloss: "It’s an amazing book on the beginning of humanity. It’s scientific but also philosophical."

Joe Rogan: "Great book... Fucking fascinating... Very enlightening."

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "This book was so entertaining and useful.

It provides a concise history of humankind and outlines why we have the psychology we do today (this part is great for thinking about investor behavior)."

Changpeng Zhao: "[This book] gives me a greater perspective about how humans emerged and why we behave the way we do."

Daniel Ek: "One of the most-talked-about books of the last couple of years, and for good reason.

Both sobering and conservatively optimistic in equal measure, it seems even more relevant for us at the moment to learn from our socio-anthropological history."

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

Naval Ravikant: "An orthogonal and clinical examination of the human animal, from the beginning to now.

Humans are story-telling alpha predators that killed the competition and domesticated the survivors. This is our story, and it's not all pretty."

Melinda Gates mentioned this book as one of her 11 favorite books.

Reid Hoffman: "Sapiens has had me thinking a lot about the evolution of humanity and what our future looks like."

Mark Zuckerberg: "I found the chapter on the evolution of the role of religion in human life most interesting and something I wanted to go deeper on."

Raoul Pal enjoyed reading 'Sapiens'.

One of the books Keith Rabois recommends for entrepreneurs.

Bill Gurley: "I really enjoyed [Sapiens]"

Bill Gates: "Melinda and I spent weeks talking about this history of the human race."

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.

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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.

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.

Chris Dixon: “I always love reading Taleb’s books, even if I don’t always agree with him. This was up there with Black Swan and his other classics.”

Ben Horowitz: "A book about the dynamics of how large-scale, highly random systems behave."

Keith Rabois: "The Skin in the Game book is quite powerful, albeit often redundant."

Vinod Khosla: "I like his ideas a lot, especially in Antifragile and the first half of this book.

I've always complained about pundits relative to doers, discovering/learning over planning..."

Naval Ravikant recommended 'Skin In The Game' on Twitter.

Marc Andreessen recommended 'Skin In The Game' on Twitter.

Reed Hastings: "The forces of competition are just incredibly strong. Everyone is trying to eat your lunch, and if you don’t read 7 Powers you’re going to die a lot sooner."

Peter Thiel: "Hamilton Helmer understands that strategy starts with invention. He can't tell you what to invent, but he can and does show what it takes for a new invention to become a valuable business"

Patrick Collison: "Correctly places enormous value on execution and on culture. However, I think this sometimes leads to insufficient importance being placed on strategy.

Hamilton Helmer's deeply incisive work will hopefully help correct that"

Daniel Ek: "Hamilton Helmer is the best kind of big thinker – he offers great insights that you can turn into real world action.

At Spotify the 7 Powers are widely used as we discuss new initiatives.

His distillation of the key types of strategic power, how to find them, how to leverage them, and how to maintain them is a fantastic toolset for companies at every stage.”

One of the books Keith Rabois recommends for entrepreneurs.

Vinod Khosla: "Very good; definitely worth reading"

Jack Dorsey: "You should read it"

Tim Ferriss: "A great book."

One of the books Keith Rabois recommends for entrepreneurs.

Patrick O'Shaughnessy mentioned reading and loving The Checklist Manifesto on Twitter.

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.

Michael Mauboussin: "The best book I have ever read on human behavior. Sapolsky is an amazing teacher."

Vinod Khosla: "Among the best insights into our brain and behavior. A top of the charts for me for this year, along with Scale."

Marc Andreessen: "Robert Sapolsky's magnum opus on human behavior."

Keith Rabois: "A bit of a long commitment but worth it. Provocative."

Keith Rabois: "Amazing read about Russia from 1998-2007. Highly relevant to the Putin issues."

Brianne Kimmel: "One of my favorite books!"

Chris Sacca: "Was lucky to get to know [Bill Browder] over ten years ago. [Red Notice] and [Bill Browder] are both special."

One of 10 biographies Jason Calacanis recommends reading.

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.

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.

Vinod Khosla: "Among the best books! A way of living, working & commitment to excellence"

Jack Dorsey says this book had a major influence on him.

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

One of the books Keith Rabois recommends for entrepreneurs.

Vinod Khosla: "Important [lessons on] investing, business, sports"

One of the books Keith Rabois recommends for entrepreneurs.

Bill Gurley recommends reading every book by Michael Mauboussin for learning the basics of investing.

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

Keith Rabois: "I highly recommend reading her book."

Patrick O'Shaughnessy mentioned reading and loving The Upside of Stress on Twitter.

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.

Joe Rogan: "Fascinating shit"

Keith Rabois: "Fascinating"

Patrick O'Shaughnessy mentioned reading and loving Breath on Twitter.

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.

Tim Ferriss: "I highly recommend the book, Grit. It's really about teaching your kids to focus on hard work and not intrinsic capability."

Tobi Lutke: "Great book."

Keith Rabois: "Although the title may make it appear intuitive, the reading is much more insightful and applicable than you might guess."

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "Read this and found it excellent. Maybe the go-to health book for me to recommend now. Changed lots of my views about things like sugar, carbs, and the reasons why exercise is good."

Keith Rabois mentioned reading Burn on Twitter.

Michael Mauboussin: "[The Model Thinker] helped me think better in 2018."

Keith Rabois: "I have been searching for a book to recommend on this topic for a decade"

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

One of the books Keith Rabois recommends for entrepreneurs.

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."

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.

Ben Horowitz: "A great book"

One of the books Keith Rabois recommends for entrepreneurs.

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

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

Keith Rabois recommended 'The Vision of the Annointed' as one of 5 books for making society better.

One of the books Keith Rabois recommends for entrepreneurs.

Keith Rabois: "Steve Jobs and the NEXT Big Thing is a fascinating book."

Keith Rabois: "Required reading in our household."

Keith Rabois: "If you enjoy baseball, this is the book to read"

Keith Rabois: "An outstanding book"

Keith Rabois: "Book of 2018"

Keith Rabois: "If you want to understand why health care is a mess and how to improve it (without making it worse) start by reading this book"

Keith Rabois: "A book for today's times"

Keith Rabois: "A book for today's times"

Seth Godin: "You're smarter than you think.

Ozan Varol makes a compelling case for each of us to level up and to contribute at a level we've talked ourselves out of."

Keith Rabois: "A book for today's times"

One of the books Keith Rabois recommends for entrepreneurs.

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