Episode · a16z Podcast · 2026-07-22

Books mentioned on Building a Company in Stealth | Travis Kalanick with a16z

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Erik Torenberg recommended Freedom's Forge by Arthur Herman.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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   Freedom's Forge

   Arthur Herman · at 1:23:50

   Freedom's Forge by Arthur Herman is a historical account detailing how American industrialists successfully mobilized the nation's manufacturing capacity to build the massive war machine that powered the Allied victory in World War II.

   Recommended

   “There's a book actually that that's very interesting on the kind of building of the war machine by the industrialists which won us World War II, no question.”

   Erik Torenberg Building a Company in Stealth | Travis Kalanick with a16z 2026-07-22 Listen at 1:23:50

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