Ben Horowitz Recommended Books

"[The author's] monumental work." - Christopher Hitchens

"Has been recommended to me by several billionaires." - Tim Ferriss

"Genghis Khan was a great democratizer. His Mongol Empire conquered more territory in 25 years than the Romans did in 200." - Lisa Ling

One of Daymond John's answers to "most-gifted or recommeded books?"

"Probably in my top five all-time." - Austen Allred

"Played a big role in shaping my management style." - Mark Zuckerberg

"The best book on management ever written." - Marc Andreessen

"Unapologetically almost a how to manual, but kind of deconstructs the world of business into first principles." - Tobi Lütke

"[Larry Ellison] considers [this book] his bible when it comes to management concepts." - Subbu Viswanathan

Keith Rabois recommended this book on a Medium blog post.

"The best book on management ever written." - Drew Houston

"[The author], his people, and his culture are all of star quality. I recommend his book." - Ray Dalio

"Read it and learn the Netflix secret sauce from the master himself!" - Jim Collins

"The insights in this book are invaluable to anyone trying to create and sustain organizational culture." - Satya Nadella

"Skin in the game as conflict of interest, or as attaching one's livelihood to one's speech? Who to listen to, and why." - Marc Andreessen

Peter Mallouk mentioned this book on Twitter.

"Quite powerful, albeit often redundant." - Keith Rabois

"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." - Vinod Khosla

"I see this book as a complement to 'Economics in One Lesson.' And it's an excellent read on its own." - Changpeng Zhao

"This was up there with Black Swan and [the author's] other classics." - Chris Dixon

On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.

Michael Hyatt recommended this book on his website.

"This book is about one super-important concept. You must learn about Strategic Inflection Points, because sooner or later you are going to live through one." - Steve Jobs

"One of my favorite topics. And so that is also a very good book [I] recommend." - Marc Andreessen

Charlie Munger recommended this book in the "Poor Charlie's Almanack" book.

"[This] basic theme is in the culture of Microsoft." - Bill Gates

"One of favorite books on entrepreneurship." - Vinod Khosla

"We've all read Grove." - Balaji Srinivasan

Part of "Jeff's Reading List."

Walter Isaacson said Steve Jobs was deeply influenced by this book.

Mark Cuban's answer to "what's a book you always recommend?"

"We often referenced [this book. A] thought-provoking [book] that validated our crusade." - Marc Benioff

"About how businesses get disrupted, and a lot of those themes are why startups can succeed and thrive even when there are big competitors who you would think would just wipe ’em out." - Drew Houston

"[One of] four good books that I would highly recommend reading if you're gonna build a B2B software company." - Aaron Levie

"Learn how to build an empire and transform an industry from the Jedi master of modern Hollywood." - Marc Andreessen

"I was blown away." - Jason Calacanis

"Michael is a legend and I don't use that term lightly. Learning from his journey is something that every entrepreneur and executive should do." - Gary Vaynerchuk

Keith Rabois mentioned this book on Twitter.

Keith Rabois recommended this book on a Medium blog post.

Marc Andreessen recommended this book on Twitter.

"Gives one specific tactic for innovating quickly." - Andrew Ng

"At Asana, we've been lucky to benefit from [the author]'s advice firsthand; this book will enable him to help many more entrepreneurs answer the tough questions about their business." - Dustin Moskovitz

"You need to read [this book]." - Jason Calacanis

"The principles from [this book], I still apply today." - Kevin Systrom

"[The author] has created a science where previously there was only art. A must read for every serious entrepreneur—and every manager interested in innovation." - Marc Andreessen

One of the 7 books Mark Cuban credits his success to.

"Gives an overview of entrepreneurship and innovation." - Andrew Ng

"A must read." - Bryan Johnson

Chris Dixon recommended this book on Twitter.

Dustin Moskovitz recommended this book during a Stanford lecture in 2014.

"[This author] has built multiple breakthrough companies, and [this book] shows how." - Elon Musk

"If you really understand something that the rest of the world is confused about, and it’s an important truth, [this book] says here are all the ways you might want to make that work." - Eric Weinstein

"Benefit from [the author]'s amazing journey and the advice he received from iconic mentors like Steve Jobs and Bill Campbell." - Bill Gurley