
Ben Horowitz Recommended Books
Ben Horowitz has recommended 21 books. Browse the complete reading list with quotes and sources below.
Ben Horowitz is an American businessman, investor, blogger, and author.
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The Black Jacobins
Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution
"My favorite leadership book ever and one of the great stories in human history." - Ben Horowitz (Source)
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Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
"Unexpectedly the most interesting book on the topic of how you think about inclusion." - Ben Horowitz (Source)
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High Output Management
"Andy Grove, who built himself from nothing to run Intel, stopped what he was doing to teach us his magic. And not through some ghostwriter either — Andy wrote this book himself. What an incredible gift." - Ben Horowitz (Source)
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Mark Zuckerberg, Marc Andreessen, Tobi Lütke, Larry Ellison, Keith Rabois, Drew Houston, Brian Chesky, Brian Armstrong, Ron Conway, Sahil Lavingia, Balaji Srinivasan, Justin Kan, John Doerr
No Rules Rules
Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention
"A great book. I highly recommend it for anyone run a company, but especially those who want a culture that encourages long-term innovation." - Ben Horowitz (Source)
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Skin in the Game
Incerto, Book 5
"A book about the dynamics of how large-scale, highly random systems behave." - Ben Horowitz (Source)
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Marc Andreessen, Peter Mallouk, Keith Rabois, Vinod Khosla, Changpeng Zhao, Chris Dixon, Ryan Shea
Focus
The Future of Your Company Depends on It
"Excellent [book] on branding, naming, and marketing." - Ben Horowitz (Source)
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Only the Paranoid Survive
How to Exploit the Crisis Points That Challenge Every Company
"A great book on strategy." - Ben Horowitz (Source)
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Steve Jobs, Marc Andreessen, Charlie Munger, Bill Gates, Vinod Khosla, Balaji Srinivasan, Jamie Dimon
The Innovator's Dilemma
When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail
"A great book on strategy." - Ben Horowitz (Source)
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Jeff Bezos, Steve Jobs, Mark Cuban, Marc Benioff, Drew Houston, Aaron Levie, Ev Williams, Max Levchin, Tim O’Reilly, Caterina Fake, Guy Kawasaki, Bill Gurley, Blake Scholl, Chris Dixon, Marc Andreessen, Michael Bloomberg, Steve Blank
Who Is Michael Ovitz?
"It is truly rare to read a book this honest from a living legend. The Hollywood superhero lets us peak behind his mask and understand his weaknesses and methods." - Ben Horowitz (Source)
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Marc Andreessen, Jason Calacanis, Gary Vaynerchuk, Keith Rabois
Toussaint Louverture
A Revolutionary Life
"Excellent." - Ben Horowitz (Source)
Swimming Across
A Memoir
"A great book." - Ben Horowitz (Source)
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My American Journey
"Very, very interesting on leadership." - Ben Horowitz (Source)
Writing My Wrongs
Life, Death, and Redemption in an American Prison
"The memoir of a man who went to prison for 19 years, then became an author and MIT fellow." - Ben Horowitz (Source)
Lenin
The Man, the Dictator, and the Master of Terror
"A thrilling biography that provides great insight into how Communism works in practice." - Ben Horowitz (Source)
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My Years with General Motors
"Very interesting particularly on scale issues." - Ben Horowitz (Source)
Dapper Dan
Made in Harlem
"An amazing entrepreneurial story covering everything from dice to fashion." - Ben Horowitz (Source)
Black Spartacus
The Epic Life of Toussaint Louverture
"Perhaps the sharpest portrait yet of Louverture." - Ben Horowitz (Source)
The Startup Community Way
Evolving an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem
"Brand new knowledge." - Ben Horowitz (Source)
The Lean Startup
How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses
"Great." - Ben Horowitz (Source)
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Andrew Ng, Dustin Moskovitz, Jason Calacanis, Kevin Systrom, Marc Andreessen, Mark Cuban, Mike Maples, Jr., Tim O’Reilly, Chris Dixon, Raoul Pal, Sheryl Sandberg, Steve Blank, Marty Cagan, Patrick Bet-David
Zero to One
Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
"I learned a lot reading it." - Ben Horowitz (Source)
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Andrew Ng, Bryan Johnson, Chris Dixon, Dustin Moskovitz, Elon Musk, Eric Weinstein, Keith Rabois, Kishore Biyani, Lee Stranahan, Luis von Ahn, Marc Andreessen, Mark Zuckerberg, Matt Mullenweg, Max Levchin, Nassim Taleb, Sam Altman, Patrick O'Shaughnessy, Tom Bilyeu, Ryan Petersen, Brian Dean, Rupert Murdoch
Build
An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making
"Delivers priceless advice for any young person who wants to build something great or change the world for the better." - Ben Horowitz (Source)
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