Sahil Lavingia is the founder and CEO of Gumroad, a platform where creators can sell products directly to consumers. Lavingia is also an angel investor, and was an early employee at Pinterest.
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.
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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."
Tim Ferriss: "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman is one of my favorite books."
One of the books Mark Zuckerberg added to his Facebook page.
Brian Armstrong: "A way to have a happy life. Remain curious and enjoy the journey."
His non-physics books, like 'Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman' are great."
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One of Larry Page's recommended books.
Naval Ravikant: "Best book I've read since Sapiens (far less mainstream, though)."
Joel Salatin: "Prophetic about the impacts of the information revolution to democratize everything."
Brian Armstrong: "Was really ahead of it's time, a lot of original thinking (some really out there stuff too)."
Changpeng Zhao: "Just read the Sovereign Individual again. Amazed that it was written before 1997.
Talks about internet currencies, etc. Good read."
Vitalik Buterin reviewed The Sovereign Individual on Twitter.
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Michael Saylor recommended The Sovereign Individual on his Bitcoin website, Hope.com
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.
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Garry Kasparov recommended "Thinking, Fast and Slow" on his website.
Elon Musk: "Dune Series by Herbert [is] brilliant. He advocates placing limits on machine intelligence."
Tim Ferriss: "Dune presents perhaps the most incredibly detailed and oddly believable fictional landscape I’ve ever encountered."
Jeff Bezos: "I’m a big science-fiction fan. I love Dune."
Cameron Winklevoss: "I have a couple [favorite books], to name a few, Isaac Asimov's Foundation, Frank Herbert's Dune, Daniel Mason's The Piano Tuner"
One of Sahil Lavingia's most recommended books.
Elon Musk: "The Foundation series [is] fundamental to [the] creation of SpaceX."
Naval Ravikant: "I loved reading it as a kid"
Austen Allred recommended 'Foundation' on Twitter.
Cameron Winklevoss: "I have a couple [favorite books], to name a few, Isaac Asimov's Foundation, Frank Herbert's Dune, Daniel Mason's The Piano Tuner"
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This book was on Sam Altman's bookshelf.
Elon Musk: "I love Douglas Adams! My favorite spaceship ever is in Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy."
Naval Ravikant: "Classic. I love that book."
Tim Ferriss: "If 'Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas' and 'Star Wars' had a love-child, it would read something like this."
One of Richard Branson's top books to read in a lifetime.
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Paul Graham: "The one book we encourage startup founders to read is Dale Carnegie's How to Win Friends and Influence People.
It's critically important for anyone in business."
Anthony Scaramucci: "[One of] my top 5 books"
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MrBeast mentioned listening to 'How to Win Friends and Influence People'.
Jordan Peterson: "A book that I found particularly influential in my intellectual development."
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Garry Tan mentioned a quote from 1984 on Twitter.
Jordan Peterson: "A book that I found particularly influential in my intellectual development."
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This book was on Sam Altman's bookshelf.
Andrew Wilkinson: "Made To Stick is our marketing bible."
Brian Armstrong: "How to make your message memorable so it will spread."
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Elon Musk: "I like 'Stranger in a Strange Land', although it kind of goes off the rails at the end."
Tim Ferriss: "Incredible."
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LeBron James was seen reading Jay-Z's book 'Decoded' before an NBA Finals game in 2012.
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One of the books Mark Zuckerberg added to his Facebook page.
Marc Andreessen: "The main lesson of the book [is that] the key to success is 'be so good they can’t ignore you.'"
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One of 10 biographies Jason Calacanis recommends reading.
One of Sahil Lavingia's most recommended books.
Bill Gates: "It’s absolutely phenomenal, one of the most interesting books I’ve read this summer."
Naval Ravikant: "Amazing book, but good luck finishing it"
One of Sahil Lavingia's most recommended books.