Keith Rabois is an American technology executive and investor. He is widely known for his early-stage startup investments and his executive roles at PayPal, LinkedIn, Slide and Square. Rabois invested in Yelp and Xoom prior to each company's initial public offering and sits on both companies' boards of directors.
Karlie Kloss: "It’s an amazing book on the beginning of humanity. It’s scientific but also philosophical."
Joe Rogan: "Great book... Fucking fascinating... Very enlightening."
Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "This book was so entertaining and useful.
Changpeng Zhao: "[This book] gives me a greater perspective about how humans emerged and why we behave the way we do."
Daniel Ek: "One of the most-talked-about books of the last couple of years, and for good reason.
Anthony Pompliano: "One of the best books I read in 2017"
Naval Ravikant: "An orthogonal and clinical examination of the human animal, from the beginning to now.
Melinda Gates mentioned this book as one of her 11 favorite books.
Reid Hoffman: "Sapiens has had me thinking a lot about the evolution of humanity and what our future looks like."
Mark Zuckerberg: "I found the chapter on the evolution of the role of religion in human life most interesting and something I wanted to go deeper on."
Raoul Pal enjoyed reading 'Sapiens'.
One of the books Keith Rabois recommends for entrepreneurs.
Bill Gurley: "I really enjoyed [Sapiens]"
Bill Gates: "Melinda and I spent weeks talking about this history of the human race."
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.
Marc Andreessen: “It’s the best book on management ever written.”
Tobi Lutke: "That’s one of the best books ever."
Larry Ellison: “When you want to improve something, measure it, and make sure you measure the right thing”
Mark Zuckerberg: “[Andy’s] book played a big role in shaping my management style.”
Brian Chesky's primary reference book on management.
One of Sahil Lavingia's most recommended books.
One of the books Keith Rabois recommends for entrepreneurs.
Patrick O'Shaughnessy mentioned reading and loving High Output Management on Twitter.
Jensen Huang: "I really enjoyed Andrew Grove’s books. They’re all really good."
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.
Patrick Collison: "Correctly places enormous value on execution and on culture. However, I think this sometimes leads to insufficient importance being placed on strategy.
Hamilton Helmer's deeply incisive work will hopefully help correct that"
At Spotify the 7 Powers are widely used as we discuss new initiatives.
One of the books Keith Rabois recommends for entrepreneurs.
Ryan Petersen: "[One of the books in my] business book canon"
Evan Spiegel: "A fantastic read for anyone who wants to unlock the power and potential of human creativity."
Vinod Khosla: "A key to understanding why Silicon Valley culture is changing the world."
Brian Armstrong: "Enjoyed reading Loonshots"
One of the books Keith Rabois recommends for entrepreneurs.
Jack Dorsey: "Square would not exist without the work and persistence of Steve Jobs. I am forever grateful. Amazing read."
Ed Catmull: "Becoming Steve Jobs is fantastic.
Brian Armstrong: "A biography of the famous Apple CEO. I read the Walter Isaacson biography last year, but found this one slightly better."
One of the books Keith Rabois recommends for entrepreneurs.
Vinod Khosla: "Very good; definitely worth reading"
Jack Dorsey: "You should read it"
Tim Ferriss: "A great book."
One of the books Keith Rabois recommends for entrepreneurs.
Patrick O'Shaughnessy mentioned reading and loving The Checklist Manifesto on Twitter.
Keith Rabois: "Amazing read about Russia from 1998-2007. Highly relevant to the Putin issues."
Brianne Kimmel: "One of my favorite books!"
Chris Sacca: "Was lucky to get to know [Bill Browder] over ten years ago. [Red Notice] and [Bill Browder] are both special."
Garry Kasparov recommended "Red Notice" on his website.
One of 10 biographies Jason Calacanis recommends reading.
David Sacks: "I strongly recommend that all founders read Chapter 3 of Behind the Cloud (on Marketing)."
One of the books Keith Rabois recommends for entrepreneurs.
One of four good books Aaron Levie highly recommends reading.
Vinod Khosla: "Among the best books! A way of living, working & commitment to excellence"
Jack Dorsey says this book had a major influence on him.
One of Sam Altman's recommended books for young startup founders.
One of the books Keith Rabois recommends for entrepreneurs.
Michael Mauboussin: "The best book I have ever read on human behavior. Sapolsky is an amazing teacher."
Vinod Khosla: "Among the best insights into our brain and behavior. A top of the charts for me for this year, along with Scale."
Marc Andreessen: "Robert Sapolsky's magnum opus on human behavior."
Keith Rabois: "A bit of a long commitment but worth it. Provocative."
Joe Rogan: "Fascinating shit"
Keith Rabois: "Fascinating"
Patrick O'Shaughnessy mentioned reading and loving Breath on Twitter.
Keith Rabois: "A classic book for entrepreneurs to read"
Austen Allred: "[One of] my favorite books for understanding the history of Silicon Valley"
Austen Allred: "[One of the books] that has inspired me the most or changed the way I live."
Keith Rabois: "I highly recommend reading her book."
Patrick O'Shaughnessy mentioned reading and loving The Upside of Stress on Twitter.
Vinod Khosla: "This book tells the story of the world I have always lived, loved and believed in, despite the recent techlash."
Austen Allred: "[One of] my favorite books for understanding the history of Silicon Valley"
One of the books Keith Rabois recommends for entrepreneurs.
Vinod Khosla: "Important [lessons on] investing, business, sports"
One of the books Keith Rabois recommends for entrepreneurs.
Bill Gurley recommends reading every book by Michael Mauboussin for learning the basics of investing.
Keith Rabois: "It is the most important book published in the last 5-10 years."
Naval Ravikant mentioned reading 'The Book of Why' on Twitter.
Michael Mauboussin: "[The Model Thinker] helped me think better in 2018."
Keith Rabois: "I have been searching for a book to recommend on this topic for a decade"
Keith Rabois: "Not for everyone but recommend for tech folks."
Patrick Collison included this book on his list of recommended books.
Ben Horowitz: "A great book"
One of the books Keith Rabois recommends for entrepreneurs.
Brian Armstrong: "Probably the greatest number of insights per paragraph, and a master of metaphors."
One of the books Keith Rabois recommends for entrepreneurs.
One of the books Keith Rabois recommends for entrepreneurs.
Brian Chesky mentioned reading "Googled" on Twitter.