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Episode · The Tim Ferriss Show · 2026-04-29

Tim Ferriss & Elad Gil: books mentioned on The Tim Ferriss Show #863

#863: Elad Gil, Consigliere to Empire Builders — How to Spot Billion-Dollar Companies Before Everyone Else, The Misty AI Frontier, How Coke Beat Pepsi, When Consensus Pays, and Much More

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Elad Gil (@eladgil) is CEO of Gil & Co, a multi-stage investment firm, holding company, and operating company working on the world’s most advanced technologies.

Tim Ferriss discussed High Growth Handbook by Elad Gil.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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  1. High Growth Handbook

    Elad Gil · at 30:18 · mentioned 2 times

    Why people recommend it: This comprehensive reference guide serves as an operational manual for scaling early-stage startups from small teams into massive, enduring enterprises.

    Discussed
    “When did you write The High Growth Handbook? When was that published? It's a while ago now. It's probably like seven-ish years ago, something like that.”
    Tim Ferriss #863: Elad Gil, Consigliere to Empire Builders — How to Spot Billion-D… 2026-04-29
    Where to get it
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Passing High Growth Handbook
“Any other books or resources for people outside of the High Growth Handbook who specifically want to learn about boards, recruiting, incentivizing the co-founders that you couldn't hire to join the board, etc., etc.”
Tim Ferriss #863: Elad Gil, Consigliere to Empire Builders — How to Spot Billion-D… 2026-04-29 Listen at 1:03:48
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