Eric Schmidt Recommended Books

"Pragmatic & full of actionable advice, [this book] prepares women to go to the top in Silicon Valley." - Ron Conway

"The case studies you’re about to explore and the tools you’re about to gain have never been more relevant. This is an ideal moment to be reading this book." - Bill Gates

"An insightful book on how to scale at a very fast pace​ and more importantly WHEN." - Vinod Khosla

"Shares some of the key secrets for building mission-oriented, global businesses at speed." - Brian Chesky

"Have been waiting for it to come out so that I can recommend it to everyone." - Sam Altman

"No brainer pick up for every entrepreneur and investor." - Anthony Pompliano

"Has been very helpful to Binance as we chart our growth as an organization." - Changpeng Zhao

"The real story of what it takes from a man who could turn dreams into realities." - Ray Dalio

"One of the most important books I’ve read—not just this year, but ever." - Bill Gates

"Encouraged the better side of ourselves." - Lex Fridman

"About how and why violence has steadily decreased throughout our history, and how we can continue this trend." - Mark Zuckerberg

"One of my favorite recent books." - Jack Kornfield

Stewart Brand recommended this book on his "Selected Books for the Manual for Civilization" blog post.

"Traces the history of violence and how we are in the safest time ever." - A.J. Jacobs

"[This book] is great." - Elad Gil

Ryan Hoover mentioned this book on Twitter.

"A valuable resource for any founder who wants to work with VCs." - Sam Altman

"Great!" - Michael Mauboussin

Keith Rabois recommended this book on a Medium blog post.

"[The author] takes us through the ups and downs of building one of the most extraordinary businesses of our time and reveals the tactics that gave salesforce.com its amazing edge." - Tony Robbins

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

"I strongly recommend that all founders read Chapter 3." - David Sacks

"Every new entrepreneur should read [this book]!!!" - Russell Brunson

"Explains that humans have evolved to work together and be social." - Bill Gates

"Excited to get [this book] as I am trying to go deeper into the notion of fractal (multiscale) localism & see what's wrong w/my thesis" - Nassim Taleb

"If you think today’s politics are wild, read [this book]." - Ashton Kutcher

"Provides me a valuable and entertaining view of past presidents during analogous difficult times." - Ray Dalio

"A great book." - Dana Perino

"There aren’t many books I haven’t written that I wish I had written and this is one of them." - Seth Godin

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

"The saga of how one of the great founders of our time launched his company, grew it, got it back, and rejuvenated it." - Adam Grant

"Walks you through every step of his journey, from starting a company in his college dorm to pulling off the largest all-tech acquisition in history." - Bill Gates

"Has insights for leaders at every stage, from entrepreneur to CEO." - Howard Schultz

"Provides a powerful portrait of his life—the early years, the obstacles and challenges, the successes and triumphs." - Jamie Dimon

"The quietest of the entrepreneurs who created the modern computer business finally tells his story.'" - Malcolm Gladwell

"An incredible window into what it’s like to be in a founder’s shoes, and the difficult work of growing a company." - Marc Andreessen

"An extraordinary and necessary book . . . One leaves energized and thrilled to be alive right now." - Alain de Botton

"Deeply researched and highly relevant." - Al Gore

"An excellent guide for navigating unprecedented times." - Bill Gates

"Deeply rewarding and consistently astonishing." - Stephen Fry

"A brave wake-up call... Indispensable reading." - Tristan Harris

"A fascinating, well-written, and important book." - Yuval Noah Harari