Guest on Lenny's Podcast
4 books recommended · 1 episode
Books they recommend that someone else wrote.
“High Output Management, Which is like that is as good as it ever was. And then Ben's book, you know, Hard Things is it was the first emotionally honest book about business…”
Why: He considers it a timeless classic for management.
High Output Management by Andrew S. Grove
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“Conquest and Cultures is my very favorite book. It's Thomas Sowell, and it just talks about how conquests have led to culture change in different societies around the world, sometimes positive, sometimes negative.”
Why: He considers it the best historic view of culture as the biggest driver of outcomes.
Conquests And Cultures by Thomas Sowell
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“one was a book, a textbook called Increasing Returns to Scale. Yeah. Brian Arthur is the author. It's an awesome book. It's a slightly dense study of why things like software have such outlier economic effects…”
Why: It helps put into perspective why the software industry works the way it does.
Increasing Returns and Path Dependence in the Economy by W. Brian Arthur
Guest on Lenny's PodcastWhy companies are becoming a series of loops | Anish Acharya (a16z)
“Seven Powers, you mentioned, is actually just an awesome book. I think it's a very intellectual distillation about moats and business theory and compounding advantages. I really like it.”
Why: He values it as an intellectual distillation of business theory and moats.
7 Powers by Hamilton Helmer
Guest on Lenny's PodcastWhy companies are becoming a series of loops | Anish Acharya (a16z)
Their own books, or books they discussed with the author. Not counted as recommendations.
“And then Ben's book, you know, Hard Things is it was the first emotionally honest book about business that was ever written. And that's why founders love it.”
Why: He praises it for being the first emotionally honest book about the struggles of being a founder.
The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz
Guest on Lenny's PodcastWhy companies are becoming a series of loops | Anish Acharya (a16z)