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.

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.

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?'

Tim Urban: "The Three Body Problem trilogy rocked my existence for a few months last year.

One-dimensional characters and fairly bland writing—but the plot is so mind-bending that the flaws are irrelevant."

Mike Novogratz: "Great summer read"

Naval Ravikant: "Great series."

Tobi Lutke: "Loved the series."

Barry Silbert: "Amazing"

Mark Zuckerberg: "It's a Chinese science fiction book that has gotten so popular there's now a Hollywood movie being made based on it."

Max Levchin shared 'The Three Body Problem' on his LinkedIn page.

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.”

Seth Godin: "The first chapter alone will change your life.

'Thinking in Bets' helps us understand what it actually means to make a decision, because decisions and outcomes are different things."

Michael Mauboussin: "An awesome book"

Marc Andreessen: "Compact guide to probabilistic domains like poker, or venture capital.

Best articulation of "resulting", drawing bad conclusions from confusing process and outcome. Recommend for people operating in the real world."

Howard Marks: "Thinking in Bets talks about how to systematize our thinking about making decisions under uncertainty because that's what we do as investors, just like poker players or gamblers"

Max Levchin: "One of the takeaways I found most relevant to business is that you should not conflate the quality of your judgement with the ultimate outcome of an initiative."

Jason Calacanis: "You have to read Good To Great. It will change the way you look at startups"

Brian Armstrong: "The scientific method can be applied to business. This book draws powerful lessons from data."

Daniel Ek: "Good to great is a really interesting book."

One of Max Levchin's answers to "What’s your favorite business book you’d recommend to young entrepreneurs?"

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

Tim Ferriss: "The Power of Habit, by Duhigg is actually a very good book"

Ray Dalio: "[The Power of Habit] really opened my eyes. I recommend that you read it yourself"

Naval Ravikant: "That one was interesting, not because of its content necessarily, but because it’s good for me to always keep on top of mind how powerful my habits are.

Humans are basically habit machines."

Max Levchin: "Compiles a bunch of great academic neuroscience and applied psychology research on habit formation."

Max Levchin shared 'Consider Phlebas' on his LinkedIn page.

Jeff Bezos: "Iain M. Banks’ amazing Culture series [is] a huge personal favorite"

Elon Musk: "Compelling picture of a grand, semi-utopian galactic future. Hopefully not too optimistic about AI."

Stewart Butterfield: "Audio version of Hillbilly Elegy, read by author JD Vance, was five stars. Human, perceptive, loving, well-told."

One of 10 biographies Jason Calacanis recommends reading.

Max Levchin shared 'Hillbilly Elegy' on his LinkedIn page.

Bill Gates: "Hillbilly Elegy gave me new insights into poverty in America."

Chris Sacca: "'The Martian' by Andy Weir is a fantastic read. The best."

Matt Ridley: "I loved the fact that the hero never once implies that it’s courage, spirit and faith that saves him — as so many modern books and films would do — just lots of practical tinkering and problem-solving"

Max Levchin shared 'The Martian' on his LinkedIn page.

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

Raoul Pal recommended 'The Ascent of Money' on Twitter.

Anthony Scaramucci: "Peter (Schiff) would be well served to read 'The Ascent of Money' by Niall Ferguson, then study the mathematical properties of Bitcoin, and then open his mind to the certainty that our advances in technology have made our money (incorruptible) better. Follow the history first."

Shane Parrish: "It seems that throughout history we, as a people, forget that sources of trouble that are small can have huge implications.

We forget that leverage makes us fragile. Just when we think we’ve figured out the world and reduced it to an equation based on empirical evidence, it changes and lights a tinderbox."

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

Raoul Pal recommended 'When Genius Failed' on Twitter.

Vinod Khosla: "A dive into how the notion of "Safetyism" undermines the freedom of inquiry and speech that is indispensable to universities.

Too much political correctness?"

Max Levchin: "The Coddling of the American Mind highlights the need to continue to have such discussions about sensitive topics instead of ignoring them for the sake of comfort."

Michael Mauboussin: "[The Coddling of the American Mind] helped me think better in 2018."

Max Levchin: "Easily the best piece of Russian prose of the 20th century"

Jack Dorsey: "One of my favorite books"

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: "Talk about tenacity"

Max Levchin shared 'Endurance' on his LinkedIn page.

Max Levchin: "Follows a hedge fund manager who tries to distance himself from an insider trading investigation, and a complicated family situation by embarking on a cross-country bus trip."

Mike Novogratz: "Gary has a hyper-keen sense of observation which he uses to skewer New York hedge fund society. His pen mightier than 2/20."

Stewart Butterfield: "One of the most useful books I've ever read on either leadership or management"

Max Levchin: "In a high-growth startup, such conversations can often be very stressful, and it is easy to lose track of your shared end goal when emotions flare up.

[Crucial Conversations](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-im-reading-month-max-levchin/?trk=portfolioarticle-card_title)[ covers many of the useful tactics in making sure these conversations are productive, and offers advice on improving relationships with your coworkers."](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-im-reading-month-max-levchin/?trk=portfolioarticle-card_title)

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

Max Levchin shared 'Dear Leader' on his LinkedIn page.

Max Levchin shared 'The Great War of Our Time' on his LinkedIn page.

Max Levchin shared 'The Sympathizer' on his LinkedIn page.

Bill Gates: "A fresh take on the Vietnam War

I thought this thrilling story about a double agent lived up to the hype."

Max Levchin shared 'Slow Horses' on his LinkedIn page.

Max Levchin shared 'The Paper Menagerie And Other Stories' on his LinkedIn page.

Max Levchin: "Recommended!"

Max Levchin: "A smart pragmatic guide for time-starved triathletes"

Max Levchin: "I have a certain permanent love for Donald Knuth's magnum opus."

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

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

Max Levchin: "The Last Question is a famous sci-fi short story, and quite possibly one of the best sci-fi stories ever written.

Since it is a short story I won’t give too much away, but Asimov’s degree of forward-thinking is something to behold."

Max Levchin: "This book documents the SEC’s investigation into hedge fund SAC Capital Advisors and several individuals including Steven Cohen. Highly recommended."

Max Levchin: "It’s a very fun read that I would classify as part of the guilty pleasure section of my personal library."

Max Levchin: "Steinhauer brings a great writing style that makes you feel as though you’re peeling back the layers of an onion as the story progresses.

You’re not really sure what you’re going to find until you get to the core."