Marc Andreessen is an American entrepreneur, investor, and software engineer. He is the co-author of Mosaic, the first widely used web browser; co-founder of Netscape; and co-founder and general partner of Silicon Valley venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz.
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."
Austen Allred: "Snow Crash is now one of my favorite books of all-time"
Tobi Lutke: "Loved it. I’ve read every book by [Neal Stephenson]!"
Fred Wilson: "A lot of what we invest in and how we look at the future comes from that book"
Seth Godin: "It’s such a good book but you can’t give it to someone now. I've tried; it doesn’t work.
You have to read it before you’ve been on the internet. Then it changes your mind."
Cameron Winklevoss: "Love [Snow Crash]!"
Alexis Ohanian: "Snow Crash is so good. I gotta re-read; it's been too long."
Marc Andreessen: "Snow Crash was wildly ahead of its time"
Naval Ravikant recommended 'Snow Crash' on Twitter.
One of Larry Page's recommended books.
Warren Buffett: "This book is something of a publishing miracle—never advertised, yet year after year selling many thousands of copies from its Internet site."
Shane Parrish: "Because I have an MBA a lot of people inevitably ask me if they should pursue one.
If it’s knowledge and not credentials you’re after, save your money and read [this book]"
Marc Andreessen: "Tremendous"
Naval Ravikant recommended Poor Charlie's Almanack on Twitter.
Patrick Collison included this book on his list of recommended books.
Ryan Petersen: "[One of] the best books for business people."
Tim Ferriss mentioned reading Poor Charlie's Almanack 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'.
Naval Ravikant: "Matt Ridley's "The Rational Optimist" is the most brilliant and enlightening book I've read in years."
Anthony Pompliano: "One of the best books I read in 2017"
Bill Gurley: "I really, really loved 'How Innovation Works' from Matt Ridley.
It is a very elegant follow up to 'The Rational Optimist' - read both if you can."
Marc Andreessen: "Sparkling explanation of how the economy evolves, producing the glorious cornucopia of goods and services available all around us.
How to feel good about the future even in dark times."
Mark Zuckerberg: "This book argues that economic progress is the greater force is pushing society forward."
Naval Ravikant: "Fine book but it didn’t need to be an entire book."
One of Sam Altman's recommended books for young startup founders.
One of Sahil Lavingia's most recommended books.
Garry Kasparov recommended "Thinking, Fast and Slow" on his website.
Marc Andreessen: "A very good book we recommend"
Vinod Khosla: "Andy's Only the Parnoid Survive is one of [my] favorite books on entrepreneurship"
Balaji Srinivasan: "We’ve all read Grove. Only the paranoid survive."
Jensen Huang: "I really enjoyed Andrew Grove’s books. They’re all really good."
Charlie Munger recommended 'Only The Paranoid Survive' in his book Poor Charlie's Almanack.
Included on Jamie Dimon's list of favorite books he sent to JP Morgan summer interns in 2010.
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.
Seth Godin: "The first chapter alone will change your life.
Michael Mauboussin: "An awesome book"
Marc Andreessen: "Compact guide to probabilistic domains like poker, or venture capital.
Marc Andreessen: "Smash hit in Japan, and easy to see why. Adlerian psychology meets Stoic philosophy in Socratic dialogue.
Compelling from front to back. Highly recommend."
Anthony Pompliano: "This book is tremendous. Highly recommend!"
Will cause keen self-reflection!"
Tobi Lutke: "It is probably the best book I’ve read in the last couple of years."
Garry Tan: "Two objectives in Adlerian psychology: be self reliant and live in harmony with society"
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.
Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "This book is applicable to just about everyone.
It is simultaneously a book on history, psychology, influence, and salesmanship."
Marc Andreessen included this as one of 10 more books to read to understand 'The Bonfire of the Universities'.
One of Mark Cuban's 2017 Books to Read.
Tim Ferriss: "I’ve been loving [Extreme Ownership]. Trust me. Buy it."
Marc Andreessen: "I hand out more copies of this book than any other. How to take responsibility for yourself and for those around you.
Modern Stoicism, as applied in the military, business, and life."
Michael Mauboussin: "Great book by two remarkable men. You want these guys on your side."
Casey Neistat: "My favorite Jocko book"
Joe Rogan: "It's fucking amazing."
Marc Andreessen: "Anytime anybody feels mopey about what's happening in their startup or in their life, this is the book to read to reset all the expectations."
Austen Allred: "This is some of the craziest stuff I’ve ever read."
Anthony Pompliano: "Have been a Goggins fan for awhile. The book didn't disappoint"
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."
Chamath Palihapitiya: "Americana is amazing"
Marc Andreessen: "Most interesting telling of the story of the Pilgrims and the Mayflower"
Charlie Munger included 'Americana' as a Berkshire Hathaway book selection in 2023.
Warren Buffett included 'Americana' as a Berkshire Hathaway book selection in 2023.
Naval Ravikant: "The future convergence of networks and governments, from one of the most brilliant thinkers alive."
Marc Andreessen: "Balaji has the highest rate of output per minute of good new ideas of anybody I’ve ever met, and The Network State may be his best."
Vitalik Buterin: "We've started new currencies. Now The Network State shows us how to start new cities and new countries."
Tobi Lutke: "A Guide to the Good Life is one of the best books I’ve ever read."
Marc Andreessen: "Best walk through the ancient/current philosophy of Stoicism. You can't control other people but you can control yourself, so do that."
Austen Allred: "[One of the books] that has inspired me the most or changed the way I live."
Marc Andreessen: "A bracing disassembly and reconstruction of a theory of individual progress in the modern world.
Fascinating compare and contrast with 'The Courage To Be Disliked'"
Joe Rogan mentioned 12 Rules For Life on the 'Joe Rogan Experience' podcast.
Naval Ravikant mentioned 12 Rules For Life on Twitter.
Arianna Huffington: "Compelling and original."
Marc Andreessen included this as one of 10 books to read to understand 'The Bonfire of the Universities'.
Marc Andreessen: "The main lesson of the book [is that] the key to success is 'be so good they can’t ignore you.'"
One of Sahil Lavingia's most recommended books.
One of 10 biographies Jason Calacanis recommends reading.
Marc Andreessen: "Is the future knowable, and by whom? All pundits and commentators should publish their prediction track records, yet don't.
What to pay attention to and what to ignore."
Michael Mauboussin: "I love Jeffrey Friedman's new book, War and Chance. I feel the same sense of revelation as when I read Expert Political Judgment by Phil Tetlock"
Marc Andreessen: "The Wizard of Menlo Park is a great biography of [Thomas] Edison."
David Friedberg: "It's a good biography of Edison"
Marc Andreessen: "Hugely underrated"
Garry Tan: "Oh man I think I’m going to like this book"