Chris Dixon is an American internet entrepreneur and investor. He is a general partner at the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, and previously worked at eBay. He is also the co-founder and former CEO of Hunch.
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.
Ryan Petersen: "[One of the books in my] business book canon"
Bryan Johnson: "A must read."
Luis von Ahn: "I like Peter Thiel’s book, 'Zero to One'"
One of five business books Chris Dixon recommended on Twitter.
MrBeast recommended 'Zero to One'.
This book was on Sam Altman's bookshelf.
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.
Luis von Ahn read 'The Hard Thing About Hard Things' twice.
One of five business books Chris Dixon recommended on Twitter.
Mark Cuban: "This helped me make sense of why things worked and didn't work in the technology industry."
Bill Gurley: "A book that all entrepreneurs should read"
Ben Horowitz: "A great book on strategy"
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.
Sheryl Sandberg: "[The Lean Startup] provides a great inside look at how the tech industry approaches building products and businesses."
Kevin Systrom: "I don’t know that I read the entire thing, but the principles from Lean Startup, I still apply today."
Mark Cuban: “The Lean Startup tackles the question, 'Why do most start-ups fail?'"
Marc Andreessen: "Eric has created a science where previously there was only art.
A must-read for every serious entrepreneur - and every manager interested in innovation."
Jason Calacanis: "You need to read 'The Lean Startup'"
One of five business books Chris Dixon recommended on Twitter.
Raoul Pal enjoyed reading 'The Lean Startup'.
Alexis Ohanian: "[Elad Gil's] book is required reading"
Everyone interested in the growth stage of startups should read it.”
Brian Armstrong: "Elad is one of the most experienced operators in Silicon Valley having seen numerous companies hit their inflection point.
Aaron Levie: “Elad jam packs every useful lesson about building and scaling companies in a single, digestible book.
Garry Tan: "Super legit book"
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.
Bill Gurley: "A book that all entrepreneurs should read"
Changpeng Zhao: "This book has helped me hone my message with regard to talking about Binance to the world."
One of Aaron Levie's favorite business books.
One of five business books Chris Dixon recommended on Twitter.
Casey Neistat: "Unbelievably riveting."
Andrew Wilkinson: "One of my favorite books of the past few years."
Alexis Ohanian: "Gripping read by Nick Bilton about the founding, rise, and fall of The Silk Road."
Chris Dixon: “I never really followed this story when it happened, so wanted to catch myself up. It is a real page-turner.”
Mark Zuckerberg: "It's about the competition to electrify the nation between Edison, Westinghouse and Tesla... Graham is a great storyteller."
Chris Dixon: “This was a fun semi-historical novel focusing on the epic legal battle between Westinghouse/Tesla vs Edison.
Good compliment to Empires of Light (one of my favorite history books).”
Vinod Khosla: "I don’t read fiction, but this almost historical fiction is fun especially for Silicon Valley types."
Chris Dixon: "Probably my favorite [Steven Johnson book]"
Garry Kasparov recommended "How We Got To Now" on his website.
Chris Dixon: “Classic book that I admit I hadn’t read and my colleagues at a16z crypto got me to read."
This book was on Sam Altman's bookshelf.
Chris Dixon: "One of my favorite history books"
Austen Allred: "[One of the books] that has inspired me the most or changed the way I live."