books recommended by Andrew Chen

Andrew Chen is a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz, investing in early stage consumer startups — focused on the themes of marketplaces, micro-entrepreneurship, games/entertainment, and next-gen social products. Previously, he led the Rider Growth teams at Uber.

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books recommended by Andrew Chen

The Hard Thing About Hard Things

The Hard Thing About Hard Things

Ben Horowitz

The Innovator's Dilemma

The Innovator's Dilemma

Clayton M. Christensen

High Output Management

High Output Management

Andrew Grove

Antifragile

Antifragile

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Dune

Dune

Frank Herbert

The Lean Startup

The Lean Startup

Eric Ries

The Three-Body Problem

The Three-Body Problem

Cixin Liu

The Design of Everyday Things

The Design of Everyday Things

Don Norman

Crossing the Chasm

Crossing the Chasm

Geoffrey A. Moore

Hooked

Hooked

Nir Eyal & Ryan Hoover

Only the Paranoid Survive

Only the Paranoid Survive

Andrew Grove

Bad Blood

Bad Blood

John Carreyrou

Founders at Work

Founders at Work

Jessica Livingston

The Diamond Age

The Diamond Age

Neal Stephenson

What You Do Is Who You Are

What You Do Is Who You Are

Ben Horowitz

Exhalation

Exhalation

Ted Chiang

The Emperor of All Maladies

The Emperor of All Maladies

Siddhartha Mukherjee

David and Goliath

David and Goliath

Malcolm Gladwell

The New New Thing

The New New Thing

Michael Lewis

The Mythical Man-Month

The Mythical Man-Month

Frederick P. Brooks Jr

The Four Steps to the Epiphany

The Four Steps to the Epiphany

Steve Blank

The Inmates Are Running the Asylum

The Inmates Are Running the Asylum

Alan Cooper

The Dictator's Handbook

The Dictator's Handbook

Alastair Smith & Bruce de Mesquita

Growth Hacker Marketing

Growth Hacker Marketing

Ryan Holiday

Startup Rising

Startup Rising

Christopher M. Schroeder

Without You, There Is No Us

Without You, There Is No Us

Suki Kim

Different

Different

Youngme Moon

The Master Switch

The Master Switch

Tim Wu

Mate

Mate

Tucker Max & Geoffrey Miller

My Life in Advertising

My Life in Advertising

Claude C. Hopkins

The Victorian Internet

The Victorian Internet

Tom Standage

The Firm

The Firm

Duff McDonald

We Are the Nerds

We Are the Nerds

Christine Lagorio-Chafkin

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