Cover of The Great CEO Within: The Tactical Guide to Company Building

Book · 2019 · Business & Economics

The Great CEO Within: The Tactical Guide to Company Building

by Matt Mochary · Recommended by 3 people on 3 podcasts

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Everybody go read the great CEO within you can get it on Amazon and thanks again for coming on the pod.
Jason Calacanis · This Week in Startups · Jan 2020 Listen at 1:21:53

The best things said about it

3 of 5 · every mention
Recommended
That's guy called Matt Masari and he read me Shari and he written this book it was on Google Docs about how to run a company it's called the great CEO within and I read this book and I thought it was incredible I wish I'd read it years before.
Alex MacCaw This Week in Startups · Nov 2019
Recommended
I'm reading this great book right now called the Great CEO within I also keep it on my desk as a reminder and it helps me lead.
On the show My First Million · Mar 2025
Discussed
So, we have a giant spreadsheet called the Areas of Responsibility Chart, which I learned from a book called The Great CEO Within.
Michelle Khare The Tim Ferriss Show · Apr 2026

Where and when it comes up

Most mentions, by podcast

3 shows

Why people recommend it

The Great CEO Within: The Tactical Guide to Company Building by Matt Mochary is a practical manual designed to help founders and leaders scale their organizations effectively. The book has garnered high praise from multiple entrepreneurs and podcast guests. On My First Million, the host mentioned currently reading the volume and keeping it directly on their desk as a daily leadership reminder. Jason Calacanis strongly recommended the book to all listeners on This Week in Startups, pointing out that it is readily available for purchase on Amazon. Similarly, Alex MacCaw shared on This Week in Startups that after being introduced to Mochary through Naval Ravikant, he read the book, which was originally drafted on a Google Doc, and found it so incredible that he wished he had discovered it years earlier, particularly noting that it outlines the foundational management methods he learned from his coach. On The Tim Ferriss Show, Michelle Khare cited the book as the direct source for her company's giant Areas of Responsibility tracking spreadsheet, demonstrating the practical, hands-on utility that founders continually draw from its pages to optimize their team operations and internal accountability structures.

Every mention

5 counted mentions · 3 passing or ad reads below
Alex MacCaw that's guy called Matt Masari and he read me Shari and he written this book it was on Google Docs about how… 2
Recommended
“that's guy called Matt Masari and he read me Shari and he written this book it was on Google Docs about how to run a company it's called the great CEO within and I read this book and I thought it was incredible I wish I'd read it years before”
Discussed
“and he showed me what was he calls the Masari method and if you read the book it details it all”
Jason Calacanis everybody go read the great CEO within you can get it on Amazon and thanks again for coming on the pod 1
Recommended
“everybody go read the great CEO within you can get it on Amazon and thanks again for coming on the pod”
Michelle Khare So, we have a giant spreadsheet called the Areas of Responsibility Chart, which I learned from a book calle… 1
Discussed
“So, we have a giant spreadsheet called the Areas of Responsibility Chart, which I learned from a book called The Great CEO Within.”
Mentioned on the show without a named speaker1
Recommended
“I'm reading this great book right now called the Great CEO within I also keep it on my desk as a reminder and it helps me lead”

Also mentioned in the same episodes

Other mentions (3: passing, ad reads, own books)
Passing
“His philosophy and method are captured in both the Mochary Coaching Methodology, which is available as a free Google Doc, and in his book The Great CEO Within, which is available on Amazon and also online as a free Google doc.”
Passing
“he's been doing that for about six years he's the author of the great CEO within and Alex McCoy told us about him episode 996”
Passing
“my guest is Matt MO Shari Moe Shari M OCH ary co-author of the great CEO within”

Portraits from Wikimedia Commons: Jason Calacanis, Christopher Michel / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0).