
Changpeng Zhao Recommended Books
Changpeng Zhao has recommended 30 books. Browse the complete reading list with quotes and sources below.
Changpeng Zhao, commonly known as "CZ", is the founder and CEO of Binance.
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The Advantage
Why Organizational Health Trumps Everything Else In Business
"The competitive advantage of successful companies lies more on how healthy and well a company’s organization behaves and operates." - Changpeng Zhao (Source)
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Alchemy
The Dark Art and Curious Science of Creating Magic in Brands, Business, and Life
"Addresses some of the counterintuitive points in life and business in a very interesting way." - Changpeng Zhao (Source)
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Antifragile
Incerto, Book 3
"We definitely want Binance to be antifragile. This book may explain why we make some of the decisions we make." - Changpeng Zhao (Source)
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Ev Williams, James Altucher, Vlad Tenev, Tobi Lütke, Patrick O'Shaughnessy, Shane Parrish, Tom Bilyeu, Vinod Khosla
Blitzscaling
The Lightning-Fast Path to Building Massively Valuable Companies
"Has been very helpful to Binance as we chart our growth as an organization." - Changpeng Zhao (Source)
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Bill Gates, Vinod Khosla, Brian Chesky, Sam Altman, Eric Schmidt, Anthony Pompliano, Sheryl Sandberg
The Coaching Habit
Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever
"If you are leading a team or mentoring someone, you should read this book." - Changpeng Zhao (Source)
Contagious
Why Things Catch On
"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 (Source)
Crossing the Chasm
Marketing and Selling High-Tech Products to Mainstream Customers
"Has helped me hone my message with regard to talking about Binance to the world." - Changpeng Zhao (Source)
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Andrew Ng, Drew Houston, Seth Godin, Aaron Levie, Ev Williams, Ron Conway, Guy Kawasaki, Bill Gurley, Chris Dixon
The Culture Code
The Secrets of Highly Successful Groups
"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 (Source)
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The DevOps Handbook
How to Create World-Class Agility, Reliability, and Security in Technology Organizations
"A must-read for tech teams." - Changpeng Zhao (Source)
Economics in One Lesson
The Shortest and Surest Way to Understand Basic Economics
"There are few books that better encapsulate the inner workings of economics than this one." - Changpeng Zhao (Source)
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Naval Ravikant, Ben Shapiro, Ryan Petersen, Mark Spitznagel, Peter Schiff, Rand Paul
Exponential Organizations
Why new organizations are ten times better, faster, and cheaper than yours (and what to do about it)
"An excellent book on organizations, and I found this book more relevant the more we grow our team." - Changpeng Zhao (Source)
Fallen Dragon
"Every once in a while, I enjoy science fiction novels like this one." - Changpeng Zhao (Source)
Hug Your Haters
How to Embrace Complaints and Keep Your Customers
"A must-read for marketing and customer service teams." - Changpeng Zhao (Source)
The Infinite Game
"Gives a perspective on long term vision. It will broaden your horizons and views." - Changpeng Zhao (Source)
The Law
"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 (Source)
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Loonshots
How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries
"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 (Source)
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Vinod Khosla, Keith Rabois, Brian Armstrong, Daniel Kahneman
Made to Stick
Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die
"Informs a lot of our public outreach in terms of making our services more essential for our users." - Changpeng Zhao (Source)
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Brian Armstrong, Ev Williams, Andrew Wilkinson, Sahil Lavingia
Platform Revolution
How Networked Markets Are Transforming the Economy and How to Make Them Work for You
"A great book about platforms, how to build them, and why they are important and impactful." - Changpeng Zhao (Source)
Range
Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
"[About] how many great inventions happen at the intersection of disciplines." - Changpeng Zhao (Source)
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Vinod Khosla, Keith Rabois, Daniel Pink, Bill Gates, Michael Mauboussin, Ryan Holiday
Sapiens
A Brief History, Book 1
"Gives me a greater perspective about how humans emerged and why we behave the way we do." - Changpeng Zhao (Source)
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Joe Rogan, Bill Gates, Naval Ravikant, Lex Fridman, Mark Zuckerberg, Peter Attia, Ashton Kutcher, Whitney Cummings, Richard Branson, Ray Dalio, Vinod Khosla, James Cameron, Demis Hassabis, Keith Rabois, Daniel Ek, Reid Hoffman, Sam Kass, Sebastian Junger, Kishore Biyani, Ryan Shea, Melinda Gates, Bill Gurley, Karlie Kloss, Anthony Pompliano, PewDiePie, Patrick O'Shaughnessy, Chris Evans, Simon Mayo, Penn Jillette, Mark Manson, James Clear
Sell with a Story
How to Capture Attention, Build Trust, and Close the Sale
"Learn how powerful storytelling is if you want to be a better salesperson, marketer, and communicator." - Changpeng Zhao (Source)
Skin in the Game
Incerto, Book 5
"I see this book as a complement to 'Economics in One Lesson.' And it's an excellent read on its own." - Changpeng Zhao (Source)
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Marc Andreessen, Ben Horowitz, Peter Mallouk, Keith Rabois, Vinod Khosla, Chris Dixon, Ryan Shea
The Starfish and the Spider
The Unstoppable Power of Leaderless Organizations
"Talks about operations in decentralized organizations, especially compared to centralized ones." - Changpeng Zhao (Source)
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Super Pumped
The Battle for Uber
"Regardless of how you view Uber, this book is a great read." - Changpeng Zhao (Source)
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Team of Teams
New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World
"I believe every modern organization should be run under these principles." - Changpeng Zhao (Source)
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Team Topologies
Organizing Business and Technology Teams for Fast Flow
"A must-read for team players, team leaders, and aspiring leaders." - Changpeng Zhao (Source)
Work Rules!
Insights from Inside Google That Will Transform How You Live and Lead
"Talks about work-related insights derived from the author’s time at Google." - Changpeng Zhao (Source)
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Warren Buffett
Inside the Ultimate Money Mind
"It’s clear no one knew how to value stocks a few decades ago, maybe even today." - Changpeng Zhao (Source)
The Changing World Order
Why Nations Succeed and Fail
"Goes into a lot of details about how money works (or doesn't)." - Changpeng Zhao (Source)
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Arianna Huffington, Jamie Dimon, Mark Cuban, Lex Fridman, David Friedberg, Mark Manson, Brian Armstrong, Balaji Srinivasan
Give and Take
Why Helping Others Drives Our Success
"Good read. Givers, fake givers, matchers and takers. Why givers win." - Changpeng Zhao (Source)
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