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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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High Output ManagementBook Andrew S. Grove
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.
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Zero to OneBook Peter A. Thiel
I think Peter Teal’s book is self recommending and is an excellent book, Zero to One
Books he would prescribe to a would-be entrepreneur (the transcript misspells Thiel as “Teal”).
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Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American ImaginationBook Neal Gabler
So the author, Neal Gabler, who has written the best biography on Walt Disney. And it’s a phenomenal book.
Asked which biography he would use to get someone hooked on the genre; the transcript names the author, not the title.
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Halt and Catch FireOther AMC
Halt and Catch Fire is extraordinary. It’s the best fictional portrayal of what a tech start up is actually like.
Asked for favourite documentaries or movies; he says TV has beaten film for him in the last decade.
2018-01-01·tim.blog ↗
The Wizard of Menlo ParkBook Randall E. Stross
The Wizard of Menlo Park is a great biography of Edison.
Recommending biographies of late-19th-century inventors and industrialists.
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DIGGEROther
It turns out DIGGER is a work of pure cinematic genius. Strongly recommend, 4+ stars. Don’t read anything about it or pay attention to anything anyone says, just go.
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Only the Paranoid SurviveBook Andrew S. Grove
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
Same answer on books for would-be entrepreneurs; he adds that it is “also a very good book we recommend”.
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The Hard Thing About Hard ThingsBook Ben Horowitz
If you want all the bad words, Ben’s book, The Hard Thing About Hard Things
Pointing Ferriss to his business partner’s book for the full story of their early arguments.
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