Eric Schmidt Book Recommendations
Eric Schmidt is an American businessman and software engineer.
(Read more on Wikipedia)12 Books Recommended
Power Up
How Smart Women Win in the New Economy
by Magdalena Yesil
"[The author] is a fearless entrepreneur who worked hard to help early online merchants get off the ground. Some of them went on to become giants, like Amazon." - Eric Schmidt (Source)
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Blitzscaling
The Lightning-Fast Path to Building Massively Valuable Companies
by Reid Hoffman
"Paints the picture, with key case studies, of what it really takes to build a market-leading company." - Eric Schmidt (Source)
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Bill Gates, Vinod Khosla, Brian Chesky, Sam Altman, Anthony Pompliano, Changpeng Zhao, Sheryl Sandberg
The Better Angels of Our Nature
Why Violence Has Declined
by Steven Pinker
"When you finish [this book], which takes a long time, you conclude that the world is in a much, much better place than it has been in the past." - Eric Schmidt (Source)
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Bill Gates, Lex Fridman, Mark Zuckerberg, Jack Kornfield, Stewart Brand, A.J. Jacobs, Ben Silbermann, Chris Anderson, John Arnold, Anthony Pompliano, Penn Jillette, Mark Manson
Secrets of Sand Hill Road
Venture Capital and How to Get It
by Scott Kupor
"As someone who’s helped a small company become a huge, valuable company, I know firsthand the power of the startup ecosystem and entrepreneurship. This book is the definitive book on navigating VC as part of that." - Eric Schmidt (Source)
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From Simi Valley to Silicon Valley
A Story of Hard Work, Serendipity, and Questing
by Stephen Gillett
"[The author] is a superstar, well worth reading." - Eric Schmidt (Source)
Behind the Cloud
The Untold Story of How Salesforce.com Went from Idea to Billion-Dollar Company-and Revolutionized an Industry
by Marc Benioff
"Salesforce.com and Google share a vision for how the cloud will revolutionize computing. Behind the Cloud gives us a rare glimpse at the development of one of the most important trends in business today." - Eric Schmidt (Source)
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Keith Rabois, Tony Robbins, Aaron Levie, David Sacks, Russell Brunson
Blueprint
The Evolutionary Origins of a Good Society
by Nicholas A. Christakis
"It's a joy to read and it highlights ways to make our society better." - Eric Schmidt (Source)
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Accidental Presidents
Eight Men Who Changed America
by Jared Cohen
"A timely book that is highly relevant to today's politics." - Eric Schmidt (Source)
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The Long Tail
Why the Future of Business Is Selling Less of More
by Chris Anderson
"[The insights in this book] continue to influence Google's strategic thinking in a profound way." - Eric Schmidt (Source)
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Play Nice But Win
A CEO's Journey from Founder to Leader
by Michael Dell
"Tells you how to be successful and true to your values in this awe-inspiring narrative of what it takes." - Eric Schmidt (Source)
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Malcolm Gladwell, Howard Schultz, Marc Andreessen, Marc Benioff, Jamie Dimon, Matthew McConaughey, Ray Dalio, Richard Branson, Satya Nadella, Sheryl Sandberg, Walter Isaacson, Bill Gates, Adam Grant
The Coming Wave
Technology, Power, and the Twenty-first Century's Greatest Dilemma
by Mustafa Suleyman
"Extraordinary... Utterly unmissable." - Eric Schmidt (Source)
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Daniel Kahneman, Alain de Botton, Al Gore, Bill Gates, Stephen Fry, Tristan Harris, Yuval Noah Harari
