Books Recommended by Changpeng Zhao
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Loonshots
How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries
Safi Bahcall
Source: "After reading this book, you will understand why we tolerate failures at Binance, and more importantly, what types of failures we tolerate or not." - Changpeng Zhao
Contagious
Why Things Catch On
Jonah Berger
Source: "A must-read for all product designers and marketers, and a lot of people in our team have taken the lessons in this book to heart." - Changpeng Zhao
1 recommender
The Culture Code
The Secrets of Highly Successful Groups
Daniel Coyle
Source: "At Binance, we constantly strive to build a great culture, and we constantly draw lessons from this book’s case studies of admirable organizations." - Changpeng Zhao
3 recommenders
The Advantage
Why Organizational Health Trumps Everything Else In Business
Patrick Lencioni
Source: "The competitive advantage of successful companies lies more on how healthy and well a company’s organization behaves and operates." - Changpeng Zhao
2 recommenders
Antifragile
Incerto, Book 3
Nassim Taleb
Source: "We definitely want Binance to be antifragile. This book may explain why we make some of the decisions we make." - Changpeng Zhao
Sell with a Story
How to Capture Attention, Build Trust, and Close the Sale
Paul Smith
Source: "Learn how powerful storytelling is if you want to be a better salesperson, marketer, and communicator." - Changpeng Zhao
1 recommender
The Law
Frédéric Bastiat
Source: "This short (only 60+ pages) but timeless [book] is pretty advanced for its time, and it aligns with a lot of my personal philosophy." - Changpeng Zhao
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Exponential Organizations
Why new organizations are ten times better, faster, and cheaper than yours (and what to do about it)
Salim Ismail
Source: "An excellent book on organizations, and I found this book more relevant the more we grow our team." - Changpeng Zhao
1 recommender
Skin in the Game
Incerto, Book 5
Nassim Taleb
Source: "I see this book as a complement to 'Economics in One Lesson.' And it's an excellent read on its own." - Changpeng Zhao
Sapiens
A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Noah Harari
Source: "Gives me a greater perspective about how humans emerged and why we behave the way we do." - Changpeng Zhao
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Made to Stick
Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die
Chip Heath
Source: "Informs a lot of our public outreach in terms of making our services more essential for our users." - Changpeng Zhao
Economics in One Lesson
The Shortest and Surest Way to Understand Basic Economics
Henry Hazlitt
Source: "There are few books that better encapsulate the inner workings of economics than this one." - Changpeng Zhao
The Starfish and the Spider
The Unstoppable Power of Leaderless Organizations
Ori Brafman
Source: "Talks about operations in decentralized organizations, especially compared to centralized ones." - Changpeng Zhao
2 recommenders
Alchemy
The Dark Art and Curious Science of Creating Magic in Brands, Business, and Life
Rory Sutherland
Source: "Addresses some of the counterintuitive points in life and business in a very interesting way." - Changpeng Zhao
4 recommenders
Crossing the Chasm
Marketing and Selling High-Tech Products to Mainstream Customers
Geoffrey A. Moore
Source: "Has helped me hone my message with regard to talking about Binance to the world." - Changpeng Zhao
Warren Buffett
Inside the Ultimate Money Mind
Robert G. Hagstrom
Source: "It’s clear no one knew how to value stocks a few decades ago, maybe even today." - Changpeng Zhao
1 recommender
Platform Revolution
How Networked Markets Are Transforming the Economy and How to Make Them Work for You
Geoffrey G. Parker
Source: "A great book about platforms, how to build them, and why they are important and impactful." - Changpeng Zhao
1 recommender
Blitzscaling
The Lightning-Fast Path to Building Massively Valuable Companies
Reid Hoffman
Source: "Has been very helpful to Binance as we chart our growth as an organization." - Changpeng Zhao
Team Topologies
Organizing Business and Technology Teams for Fast Flow
Matthew Skelton
Source: "A must-read for team players, team leaders, and aspiring leaders." - Changpeng Zhao
1 recommender
Team of Teams
New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World
Stanley McChrystal
Source: "I believe every modern organization should be run under these principles." - Changpeng Zhao
3 recommenders
The Infinite Game
Simon Sinek
Source: "Gives a perspective on long term vision. It will broaden your horizons and views." - Changpeng Zhao
1 recommender
The Coaching Habit
Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever
Michael Bungay Stanier
Source: "If you are leading a team or mentoring someone, you should read this book." - Changpeng Zhao
1 recommender
Give and Take
Why Helping Others Drives Our Success
Adam Grant
Source: "Good read. Givers, fake givers, matchers and takers. Why givers win." - Changpeng Zhao
Range
Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
David J. Epstein
Source: "[About] how many great inventions happen at the intersection of disciplines." - Changpeng Zhao
Work Rules!
Insights from Inside Google That Will Transform How You Live and Lead
Laszlo Bock
Source: "Talks about work-related insights derived from the author’s time at Google." - Changpeng Zhao
3 recommenders
Fallen Dragon
Peter F. Hamilton
Source: "Every once in a while, I enjoy science fiction novels like this one." - Changpeng Zhao
1 recommender
Hug Your Haters
How to Embrace Complaints and Keep Your Customers
Jay Baer
Source: "A must-read for marketing and customer service teams." - Changpeng Zhao
1 recommender
Super Pumped
The Battle for Uber
Mike Isaac
Source: "Regardless of how you view Uber, this book is a great read." - Changpeng Zhao
3 recommenders
The Changing World Order
Why Nations Succeed and Fail
Ray Dalio
Source: "Goes into a lot of details about how money works (or doesn't)." - Changpeng Zhao
The DevOps Handbook
How to Create World-Class Agility, Reliability, and Security in Technology Organizations
Gene Kim
Source: "A must-read for tech teams." - Changpeng Zhao
1 recommender
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