books recommended by Alfred Lin

Alfred Lin is an American venture capitalist at Sequoia Capital. Lin was the COO, CFO, and Chairman of Zappos.com until 2010.

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books recommended by Alfred Lin

Sapiens

Sapiens

Yuval Noah Harari

Thinking, Fast and Slow

Thinking, Fast and Slow

Daniel Kahneman

Zero to One

Zero to One

Peter Thiel

The Hard Thing About Hard Things

The Hard Thing About Hard Things

Ben Horowitz

Shoe Dog

Shoe Dog

Phil Knight

Good to Great

Good to Great

Jim Collins

The Undoing Project

The Undoing Project

Michael Lewis

Made to Stick

Made to Stick

Chip & Dan Heath

Extreme Ownership

Extreme Ownership

Jocko Willink

Predictably Irrational

Predictably Irrational

Dan Ariely

Start with Why

Start with Why

Simon Sinek

Factfulness

Factfulness

Hans Rosling

Originals

Originals

Adam Grant

The Rational Optimist

The Rational Optimist

Matt Ridley

The Outsiders

The Outsiders

William N. Thorndike

21 Lessons for the 21st Century

21 Lessons for the 21st Century

Yuval Noah Harari

Bad Blood

Bad Blood

John Carreyrou

Never Split the Difference

Never Split the Difference

Chris Voss

Tribe

Tribe

Sebastian Junger

Billion Dollar Whale

Billion Dollar Whale

Tom Wright & Bradley Hope

Drive

Drive

Daniel Pink

AI Superpowers

AI Superpowers

Kai-Fu Lee

decisive

decisive

Chip & Dan Heath

Algorithms to Live By

Algorithms to Live By

Brian Christian

Charlie Munger

Charlie Munger

Tren Griffin

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team

Patrick Lencioni

Leaders Eat Last

Leaders Eat Last

Simon Sinek

The Third Wave

The Third Wave

Steve Case

Chaos Monkeys

Chaos Monkeys

Antonio García Martínez

The Road to Character

The Road to Character

David Brooks

Talent is Overrated

Talent is Overrated

Geoff Colvin

The Book of Joy

The Book of Joy

Dalai Lama

Monetizing Innovation

Monetizing Innovation

Madhavan Ramanujam & Georg Tacke

Farsighted

Farsighted

Steven Johnson

Great by Choice

Great by Choice

Jim Collins

The Industries of the Future

The Industries of the Future

Alec Ross

The History of Money

The History of Money

Jack Weatherford

Boomerang

Boomerang

Michael Lewis

What Got You Here Won’t Get You There

What Got You Here Won’t Get You There

Marshall Goldsmith

The Fifth Risk

The Fifth Risk

Michael Lewis

Designing Your Life

Designing Your Life

Bill Burnett

The Aspirational Investor

The Aspirational Investor

Ashvin B. Chhabra

The Opposite of Spoiled

The Opposite of Spoiled

Ron Lieber

The Inevitable

The Inevitable

Kevin Kelly

Payoff

Payoff

Dan Ariely

Red Teaming

Red Teaming

Bryce G. Hoffman

How the Mighty Fall

How the Mighty Fall

Jim Collins

The Hundred-Year Marathon

The Hundred-Year Marathon

Michael Pillsbury

What It Takes to Be Number One

What It Takes to Be Number One

Vince Lombardi

Halftime

Halftime

Bob Buford

Thank You for Being Late

Thank You for Being Late

Thomas L. Friedman

Branded Customer Service

Branded Customer Service

Janelle Barlow

Wild Ride

Wild Ride

Adam Lashinsky

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Alfred Lin's book recommendations

Sapiens

Thinking, Fast and Slow

Zero to One

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