Executive coach for product leaders; previously a product partner at GV and a product manager at Google.
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This one only gets better with age. Although it’s only mentioned briefly, this is where Andy Grove first introduced OKRs to the world. His practical advice about meetings, especially the importance of 1-on-1s, inspired
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Co-creator of the Mosaic browser, co-founder of Netscape, and co-founder of the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz.
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So High Output Management is one of Andy Grove’s books. It’s the best book on management ever written. He wrote another book called Only the Paranoid Survive
Asked by Tim Ferriss which books he would prescribe to a would-be entrepreneur; transcript of Tim Ferriss Show episode #163.
Founder and CEO of Get Lighthouse, a management-coaching software company; former product lead at KISSmetrics who writes about leadership and product management.
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If you ever want to lead or manage others, then you need to read this book. The legendary CEO of Intel, Andy Grove, breaks down the keys to getting the most out of your team. He does this by helping you understand how to focus effectively on your people and to look at the big picture to understand how you and your team can best fit into your company's overall systems. Despite being written over 30 years ago, it has aged like a fine wine.
His continuously-updated books page (first published 2012-12-16, last updated 2020-10-28), where every book he reads gets a 1-10 rating and a "Why Read it" note. Book links carry his Amazon affiliate tag.
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