Reid Hoffman is an entrepreneur, investor, strategist, and author.
He was executive vice president of PayPal before he cofounded LinkedIn in 2003. He has been a partner at venture capital firm Greylock Partners since 2009.
25 books recommended by @reidhoffman 🧵
He was executive vice president of PayPal before he cofounded LinkedIn in 2003. He has been a partner at venture capital firm Greylock Partners since 2009.
25 books recommended by @reidhoffman 🧵
1) The Startup Way by Eric Ries
“Continuous innovation is the key to long-term impact and success.
Eric shows how organizations of all kinds—not just startups—can be built to learn and adapt. In the pivot-or-perish networked world of twenty-first-century business, this is mission critical reading.”
— Reid Hoffman
“Continuous innovation is the key to long-term impact and success.
Eric shows how organizations of all kinds—not just startups—can be built to learn and adapt. In the pivot-or-perish networked world of twenty-first-century business, this is mission critical reading.”
— Reid Hoffman
2) Measure What Matters by John Doerr
“Whether you're a seasoned CEO or a first-time entrepreneur, you'll find valuable lessons, tools, and inspiration in the pages of Measure What Matters.
I'm glad John invested the time to share these ideas with the world.”
— Reid Hoffman
“Whether you're a seasoned CEO or a first-time entrepreneur, you'll find valuable lessons, tools, and inspiration in the pages of Measure What Matters.
I'm glad John invested the time to share these ideas with the world.”
— Reid Hoffman
3) High Growth Handbook: Scaling Startups From 10 to 10,000 People by Elad Gil
“If you want the chance to turn your startup into the next Google or Twitter, then read this trenchant guide from someone who played key roles in the growth of these companies.”
— Reid Hoffman
“If you want the chance to turn your startup into the next Google or Twitter, then read this trenchant guide from someone who played key roles in the growth of these companies.”
— Reid Hoffman
4) The Airbnb Story by Leigh Gallagher
"Gallagher captures the remarkable journey of Airbnb exceedingly well; she takes readers from its earliest and scrappiest days through becoming an enduring company with a brand beloved by millions around the world.”
— Reid Hoffman
"Gallagher captures the remarkable journey of Airbnb exceedingly well; she takes readers from its earliest and scrappiest days through becoming an enduring company with a brand beloved by millions around the world.”
— Reid Hoffman
5) The Coming Wave by Mustafa Suleyman
“This book is essential. It provides the best analysis yet of what AI means for the future of humanity.”
— Reid Hoffman
“This book is essential. It provides the best analysis yet of what AI means for the future of humanity.”
— Reid Hoffman
6) Tools and Weapons by Brad Smith and Carol Ann Browne
“In this book, Microsoft president @BradSmi and @CarolAnnBrowne bring some of tech's current key issues to life through interesting stories from inside Microsoft and from history. An important and enjoyable read.”
— Reid Hoffman
“In this book, Microsoft president @BradSmi and @CarolAnnBrowne bring some of tech's current key issues to life through interesting stories from inside Microsoft and from history. An important and enjoyable read.”
— Reid Hoffman
7) So Good They Can't Ignore You by Cal Newport
“Entrepreneurial professionals must develop a competitive advantage by building valuable skills.
This book offers advice based on research and reality—not meaningless platitudes—on how to invest in yourself in order to stand out from the crowd. An important guide to starting up a remarkable career.”
— Reid Hoffman
“Entrepreneurial professionals must develop a competitive advantage by building valuable skills.
This book offers advice based on research and reality—not meaningless platitudes—on how to invest in yourself in order to stand out from the crowd. An important guide to starting up a remarkable career.”
— Reid Hoffman
8) Essentialism by Greg McKeown
“Entrepreneurs succeed when they say ‘yes’ to the right project, at the right time, in the right way. To accomplish this, they have to be good at saying ‘no’ to all their other ideas.
Essentialism offers concise and eloquent advice on how to determine what you care about most, and how to apply your energies in ways that ultimately bring you the greatest rewards.”
— Reid Hoffman
“Entrepreneurs succeed when they say ‘yes’ to the right project, at the right time, in the right way. To accomplish this, they have to be good at saying ‘no’ to all their other ideas.
Essentialism offers concise and eloquent advice on how to determine what you care about most, and how to apply your energies in ways that ultimately bring you the greatest rewards.”
— Reid Hoffman
9) Alpha Girls by Julian Guthrie
“The story of four women who entered the tech industry to follow their dreams and managed through hard work and creativity to make those dreams come true.
I’m glad Julian has written this book; we need to tell the success stories of women in tech.”
— Reid Hoffman
“The story of four women who entered the tech industry to follow their dreams and managed through hard work and creativity to make those dreams come true.
I’m glad Julian has written this book; we need to tell the success stories of women in tech.”
— Reid Hoffman
10) Lady Justice by Dahlia Lithwick
“This is a moving, inspiring book. I’ve bought copies of Lady Justice and sent them to friends and colleagues—and recommend the book to everyone.”
— Reid Hoffman
“This is a moving, inspiring book. I’ve bought copies of Lady Justice and sent them to friends and colleagues—and recommend the book to everyone.”
— Reid Hoffman
11) Recoding America by Jennifer Pahlka
“One of the best policy books ever written. Why government services and policies often fail, and how to fix these systems in the digital age.”
— Reid Hoffman
“One of the best policy books ever written. Why government services and policies often fail, and how to fix these systems in the digital age.”
— Reid Hoffman
12) The Second Machine Age by Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee
“The Second Machine Age offers important insights into how digital technologies are transforming our economy, a process that has only just begun.
Erik and Andrew’s thesis: As massive technological innovation radically reshapes our world, we need to develop new business models, new technologies, and new policies that amplify our human capabilities, so every person can stay economically viable in an age of increasing automation. I couldn’t agree more.”
— Reid Hoffman
“The Second Machine Age offers important insights into how digital technologies are transforming our economy, a process that has only just begun.
Erik and Andrew’s thesis: As massive technological innovation radically reshapes our world, we need to develop new business models, new technologies, and new policies that amplify our human capabilities, so every person can stay economically viable in an age of increasing automation. I couldn’t agree more.”
— Reid Hoffman
13) Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
“A grand theory of humanity.” — Reid Hoffman
“A grand theory of humanity.” — Reid Hoffman
14) The Seventh Sense by Joshua Cooper Ramo
“In this hyper networked world remade fresh every day, with new perils and new opportunities, there is one book to be sure to read: Joshua Ramo's new book, a masterpiece, The Seventh Sense.
To understand the tsunami of the networked age, you need history, biography, tech, philosophy, politics--and you want a book that has a depth beyond whatever else you could be streaming, podcasting, or wiki-ing. This is that book.”
— Reid Hoffman
“In this hyper networked world remade fresh every day, with new perils and new opportunities, there is one book to be sure to read: Joshua Ramo's new book, a masterpiece, The Seventh Sense.
To understand the tsunami of the networked age, you need history, biography, tech, philosophy, politics--and you want a book that has a depth beyond whatever else you could be streaming, podcasting, or wiki-ing. This is that book.”
— Reid Hoffman
15) Connected Strategy by Nicolaj Siggelkow and Christian Terwiesch
“This insightful book blends academic rigor with practical, step-by-step tools that can help you design innovative business models for the Networked Age.
Connected Strategy shows how to leverage continuous connectivity and emerging AI to make deep relationships that benefit customers and businesses alike. Read this book if you want to build a business model of the future.”
— Reid Hoffman
“This insightful book blends academic rigor with practical, step-by-step tools that can help you design innovative business models for the Networked Age.
Connected Strategy shows how to leverage continuous connectivity and emerging AI to make deep relationships that benefit customers and businesses alike. Read this book if you want to build a business model of the future.”
— Reid Hoffman
16) New Power: How Anyone Can Persuade, Mobilize, and Succeed in Our Chaotic, Connected Age by Jeremy Heimans and Henry Timms
“Essential and extremely insightful.” — Reid Hoffman
“Essential and extremely insightful.” — Reid Hoffman
17) The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
“The book that I’ve most often read is Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings.
Because it’s so important to show this journey of these hobbits, these little people in a hero’s journey about how you can change the world within a context where Tolkien is fairly sophisticated around the questions of the corruption of power, the intersection of races, and the needs for us all to work together.”
— Reid Hoffman
“The book that I’ve most often read is Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings.
Because it’s so important to show this journey of these hobbits, these little people in a hero’s journey about how you can change the world within a context where Tolkien is fairly sophisticated around the questions of the corruption of power, the intersection of races, and the needs for us all to work together.”
— Reid Hoffman
18) Conscious Business by Fred Kofman
“[The author's] whole kind of thread is to say actually in fact, how you can express business and capitalism as a spiritual practice of compassion.”
— Reid Hoffman
“[The author's] whole kind of thread is to say actually in fact, how you can express business and capitalism as a spiritual practice of compassion.”
— Reid Hoffman
19) Backable by Suneel Gupta with Carlye Alder
“The most successful people aren’t just brilliant, they’re backable. This is the quality I look for most in leaders I recruit and entrepreneurs I fund—now I have a great name for it and a playbook for what it takes.
Whether you want to get ahead inside a company or build a startup from the ground up, this fascinating book is a must-read.”
— Reid Hoffman
“The most successful people aren’t just brilliant, they’re backable. This is the quality I look for most in leaders I recruit and entrepreneurs I fund—now I have a great name for it and a playbook for what it takes.
Whether you want to get ahead inside a company or build a startup from the ground up, this fascinating book is a must-read.”
— Reid Hoffman
20) Connect by David Bradford and Carole Robin
“Connect offers a compelling and highly accessible road map for building relationships that lead to professional success and personal fulfillment. I highly recommend this book.”
— Reid Hoffman
“Connect offers a compelling and highly accessible road map for building relationships that lead to professional success and personal fulfillment. I highly recommend this book.”
— Reid Hoffman
21) The AI Revolution in Medicine: GPT-4 and Beyond by Peter Lee, Carey Goldberg and Isaac Kohane
“How AI technologies can improve healthcare outcomes, processes, and research, and how to use it responsibly and ethically.”
— Reid Hoffman
“How AI technologies can improve healthcare outcomes, processes, and research, and how to use it responsibly and ethically.”
— Reid Hoffman
22) Tribal Leadership by Dave Logan, John King and Halee Fischer-Wright
“Tribal Leadership presents a clear road map for the new reality of managing organizations, careers, and life. This book points to a new paradigm in not just information technology, but also business.
It explains what to do in a world where every professional will have an electronic shingle on the internet to create a vibrant, active network.”
— Reid Hoffman
“Tribal Leadership presents a clear road map for the new reality of managing organizations, careers, and life. This book points to a new paradigm in not just information technology, but also business.
It explains what to do in a world where every professional will have an electronic shingle on the internet to create a vibrant, active network.”
— Reid Hoffman
23) Making Americans by Jessica Lander
“This is a powerful, remarkable book that charts a course for educators and policymakers—and for everyone who cares about America’s future.”
— Reid Hoffman
“This is a powerful, remarkable book that charts a course for educators and policymakers—and for everyone who cares about America’s future.”
— Reid Hoffman
24) The Big Score: The Billion Dollar Story of Silicon Valley by Michael S. Malone
“Since 1985, when The Big Score was originally published, the dominant and seemingly enduring companies it documented have mostly fallen by the wayside, and the overall technological landscape is wildly different.
And so, while The Big Score continues to exist as an encyclopedic and highly entertaining record of Silicon Valley’s origins, it also provides a glimpse of what’s to come. Nothing ever changes in Silicon Valley, it implicitly testifies, and nothing ever stays the same.”
— Reid Hoffman
“Since 1985, when The Big Score was originally published, the dominant and seemingly enduring companies it documented have mostly fallen by the wayside, and the overall technological landscape is wildly different.
And so, while The Big Score continues to exist as an encyclopedic and highly entertaining record of Silicon Valley’s origins, it also provides a glimpse of what’s to come. Nothing ever changes in Silicon Valley, it implicitly testifies, and nothing ever stays the same.”
— Reid Hoffman
25) Machine, Platform, Crowd: Harnessing Our Digital Future by Andrew McAfee and Erik Brynjolfsson
“On their own, AI, platforms, and crowds are all transformative forces. That they’re evolving in parallel means we’re beginning to experience a new era of networked disruption, where productive but disorienting change becomes the status quo.
For citizens, entrepreneurs, companies, and governments that want to successfully navigate this new world, the first step lies in finding reliable and prescient guides. Andrew and Erik are two of the best.”
— Reid Hoffman
“On their own, AI, platforms, and crowds are all transformative forces. That they’re evolving in parallel means we’re beginning to experience a new era of networked disruption, where productive but disorienting change becomes the status quo.
For citizens, entrepreneurs, companies, and governments that want to successfully navigate this new world, the first step lies in finding reliable and prescient guides. Andrew and Erik are two of the best.”
— Reid Hoffman
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