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Every book Keith Rabois recommended on podcasts
Keith Rabois’s most recommended books
- High Growth Handbook by Elad Gil
- Lifespan by David A. Sinclair, Matthew D. LaPlante
- The Wires of War by Jacob Helberg
- The Federalist papers by Alexander Hamilton
- The Godfather by Mario Puzo
- The Winner Within by Pat Riley
Keith Rabois is an American technology executive and investor. He is a managing director at Khosla Ventures and a co-founder of Opendoor. He was an early-stage startup investor, and executive, at PayPal, LinkedIn, and Square, and he invested in Yelp and the Xoom Corporation prior to each company's initial public offering while insisting on board membership. Across several podcast appearances on This Week in Startups, Rabois recommended and discussed several notable books. He frequently recommended Elad Gil's High Growth Handbook, highlighting a full chapter he contributed to the book that detailed his views on why and when founders should take companies public as early as possible. He also endorsed David Sinclair's book Lifespan during a discussion about anti-aging, noting the author's argument that aging is a preventable disease and his endorsement of taking metformin. When discussing international affairs and security, Rabois noted that Jacob Helberg used a specific interview in his book The Wires of War. In addition to recommendations, Rabois referenced various literary and historical works during his discussions. He used Mario Puzo's novel The Godfather to discuss intellectual property laws regarding derivative works, brought up The Federalist Papers to explain why the founders feared politicians promising public money to win votes, and cited Pat Riley's book The Winner Within as an inspirational read from his high school years.
Books recommended by Keith Rabois
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High Growth Handbook
High Growth Handbook by Elad Gil is a comprehensive guide on scaling startups from ten to ten thousand employees.
Recommended“i wrote a whole chapter in in a book that i highly recommend founders called high growth handbook published by eli gill the whole entire chapter is why to go public”
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Lifespan
Lifespan by David A.
Recommended“I've read recently a great book by David Sinclair out of Harvard entitled lifespan which is basically argues that aging is a disease yes and like in like any disease it's actually preventable if you do the right things one of the things he highly endorses is taking metformin so that alone has remote evaded me Sarah seriously considering all”
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The Wires of War
The Wires of War by Jacob Helberg is a non-fiction book exploring technology and the global struggle for power, focusing on the new cold war and international digital conflicts.
Recommended“i remember my husband and i actually interviewed the former head of the mossad um or got to meet him and then he jacob uses a partial interview for the book he he wrote and uh the point he made was fascinating”
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The Federalist papers
The Federalist papers by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay is a foundational collection of essays defending the United States Constitution and outlining the structure of the American government.
Discussed“if you read the federalist papers and you talk and you read anything about the filing histories country the biggest fear was always that we would people would spend money or promise money to get votes”
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The Godfather
The Godfather by Mario Puzo is a classic crime novel that chronicles the fictional Corleone mafia family and explores themes of power, loyalty, and corruption.
Discussed“um like writing a derivative work from a novel has generally been more a little bit more liberalized so if I wanted to write my own Mafia story okay great I make The Sopranos it it's still not completely legal Godfather”
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The Winner Within
The Winner Within by Pat Riley is a classic leadership and management book authored by the legendary basketball coach, detailing the principles of teamwork, personal growth, and sustaining excellence under pressure.
Discussed“one of the books um that i read in high school that was really inspirational for me was pat's book the winner within”
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Appearances
Other mentions (1: passing, ad reads, own books)
“I wrote a whole chapter in Eli Gill's you know high growth handbook on why call me should go public as early as possible”