[Books]

Reading list and recommendations

★Unicorn Focus top pick Igor Ryabenkiy The key to building billion-dollar startups in the age of AI — focus beats brilliance [open]
Measure What Matters John Doerr How Google, Bono, and the Gates Foundation rock the world with OKRs [open]
★Zero to One Peter Thiel & Blake Masters Notes on startups, or how to build the future [open]
★Principles: Life and Work Ray Dalio Life and work principles from the founder of Bridgewater [open]
Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order Ray Dalio Why nations succeed and fail [open]
Everything Is F*cked: A Book About Hope Mark Manson Finding hope in a hopeless world [open]
★Secrets of Sand Hill Road Scott Kupor Venture capital and how to get it [open]
What You Do Is Who You Are Ben Horowitz How to create your business culture [open]
Be the Unicorn William Vanderbloemen 12 data-driven habits that separate the best leaders from the rest [open]
Venture Capitalists at Work Tarang Shah & Sheetal Shah How VCs identify and build billion-dollar successes [open]
Why Nations Fail Daron Acemoglu & James A. Robinson The origins of power, prosperity, and poverty [open]
Super Founders Ali Tamaseb What data reveals about billion-dollar startups [open]
★The Power Law Sebastian Mallaby Venture capital and the making of the new future [open]
★Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion Robert B. Cialdini The classic book on persuasion [open]
Founders at Work Jessica Livingston Stories of startups' early days [open]
★High Growth Handbook Elad Gil Scaling startups from 10 to 10,000 people [open]
The Venture Mindset Ilya Strebulaev & Alex Dang How to make smarter bets and achieve extraordinary growth [open]
Pattern Breakers Mike Maples Jr. & Peter Ziebelman Why some start-ups change the future [open]
Start with No Jim Camp The negotiating tools that the pros don't want you to know [open]
The Developer-Facing Startup Adam Frankl How to build products developers love [open]
★Coders at Work Peter Seibel Reflections on the craft of programming [open]
The 48 Laws of Power Robert Greene The modern Machiavelli's guide to power [open]
★Never Split the Difference Chris Voss & Tahl Raz Negotiating as if your life depended on it [open]
The Laws of Human Nature Robert Greene Master the hidden forces that shape our decisions [open]
Bad Blood John Carreyrou Secrets and lies in a Silicon Valley startup [open]
The Startup Owner's Manual Steve Blank & Bob Dorf The step-by-step guide for building a great company [open]
How Google Works Eric Schmidt, Jonathan Rosenberg & Alan Eagle Inside the world's most innovative company [open]
Only the Paranoid Survive Andrew S. Grove How to exploit the crisis points that challenge every company [open]
The Four Steps to the Epiphany Steve Blank Successful strategies for products that win [open]
Crossing the Chasm Geoffrey A. Moore Marketing and selling disruptive products to mainstream customers [open]
Venture Capital: A Practical Guide Igor Ryabenkiy For novice angels & future unicorns [open]
Startup Playbook Sam Altman YC's field guide to the idea, the product, the team and execution [open]
How to Win Friends and Influence People Dale Carnegie The timeless classic on human relations [open]
★The Almanack of Naval Ravikant Eric Jorgenson A guide to wealth and happiness [open]
The Hitchhiker's Guide to Python Kenneth Reitz & Tanya Schlusser Best practices for development [open]
★Hackers & Painters Paul Graham Big ideas from the computer age [open]
From Rhino to Unicorn Victor Orlovski & Vladimir Korovkin How to scale your startup [open]
Limitless Jim Kwik Upgrade your brain, learn anything faster, and unlock your exceptional life [open]
Let Over Lambda Doug Hoyte Advanced Lisp macros and metaprogramming [open]