Episode · a16z Podcast · 2019-01-02
Books mentioned on a16z Podcast | What Makes the Valley Work
Marc Andreessen recommended The Lean Startup by Eric Ries, The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz, and Zero to One by Peter Thiel and others.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Lean Startup
The Lean Startup by Eric Ries is a foundational business guide that advocates for validated learning, rapid experimentation, and minimum viable products to help entrepreneurs build successful companies without wasting time or resources.
Recommended“The Lean Startup book by Eric Ries is very very good and that book should be read front to back”
Where to get it
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The Hard Thing About Hard Things
The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz is a pragmatic, highly candid business guide that addresses the brutal emotional and operational realities of running a company when standard management rules fail.
Recommended“second is Ben Horowitz this book the hard thing about our things I can't recommend too highly”
Where to get it
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Zero to One
Zero to One by Peter Thiel and Blake Masters is a prominent business and technology book that challenges conventional startup thinking.
Recommended“and the third is Peter Thiel just wrote a book called zero to one which is extraordinary”
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