[Books]

Reading list and recommendations

Measure What Matters // John Doerr How Google, Bono, and the Gates Foundation rock the world with OKRs [open]

★Zero to One // Peter Thiel & Blake Masters Notes on startups, or how to build the future [open]

★Principles: Life and Work // Ray Dalio Life and work principles from the founder of Bridgewater [open]

Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order // Ray Dalio Why nations succeed and fail [open]

Everything Is F*cked: A Book About Hope // Mark Manson Finding hope in a hopeless world [open]

★Secrets of Sand Hill Road // Scott Kupor Venture capital and how to get it [open]

What You Do Is Who You Are // Ben Horowitz How to create your business culture [open]

Be the Unicorn // William Vanderbloemen 12 data-driven habits that separate the best leaders from the rest [open]

Venture Capitalists at Work // Tarang Shah & Sheetal Shah How VCs identify and build billion-dollar successes [open]

Why Nations Fail // Daron Acemoglu & James A. Robinson The origins of power, prosperity, and poverty [open]

Super Founders // Ali Tamaseb What data reveals about billion-dollar startups [open]

★The Power Law // Sebastian Mallaby Venture capital and the making of the new future [open]

★Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion // Robert B. Cialdini The classic book on persuasion [open]

Founders at Work // Jessica Livingston Stories of startups' early days [open]

★High Growth Handbook // Elad Gil Scaling startups from 10 to 10,000 people [open]

The Venture Mindset // Ilya Strebulaev & Alex Dang How to make smarter bets and achieve extraordinary growth [open]

Pattern Breakers // Mike Maples Jr. & Peter Ziebelman Why some start-ups change the future [open]

Start with No // Jim Camp The negotiating tools that the pros don't want you to know [open]

The Developer-Facing Startup // Adam Frankl How to build products developers love [open]

★Coders at Work // Peter Seibel Reflections on the craft of programming [open]

The 48 Laws of Power // Robert Greene The modern Machiavelli's guide to power [open]

★Never Split the Difference // Chris Voss & Tahl Raz Negotiating as if your life depended on it [open]

The Laws of Human Nature // Robert Greene Master the hidden forces that shape our decisions [open]

Bad Blood // John Carreyrou Secrets and lies in a Silicon Valley startup [open]

The Startup Owner's Manual // Steve Blank & Bob Dorf The step-by-step guide for building a great company [open]

How Google Works // Eric Schmidt, Jonathan Rosenberg & Alan Eagle Inside the world's most innovative company [open]

Only the Paranoid Survive // Andrew S. Grove How to exploit the crisis points that challenge every company [open]

The Four Steps to the Epiphany // Steve Blank Successful strategies for products that win [open]

Crossing the Chasm // Geoffrey A. Moore Marketing and selling disruptive products to mainstream customers [open]

Venture Capital: A Practical Guide // Igor Ryabenkiy For novice angels & future unicorns [open]

The Startup Playbook // Sam Altman Secrets of the fastest-growing startups from Y Combinator [open]

How to Win Friends and Influence People // Dale Carnegie The timeless classic on human relations

★The Almanack of Naval Ravikant // Eric Jorgenson A guide to wealth and happiness [open]

The Hitchhiker's Guide to Python // Kenneth Reitz & Tanya Schlusser Best practices for development [open]

★Hackers & Painters // Paul Graham Big ideas from the computer age [open]

From Rhino to Unicorn // Victor Orlovski & Vladimir Korovkin How to scale your startup [open]

Limitless // Jim Kwik Upgrade your brain, learn anything faster, and unlock your exceptional life [open]

Let Over Lambda // Doug Hoyte Advanced Lisp macros and metaprogramming [open]