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Books recommended by Keith Rabois

Keith Rabois

Keith Rabois is a venture capitalist and entrepreneur who made a name for himself through his work at Xango and PayPal, although I do not have any more information on him. Keith’s book recommendations can be summarized as focusing on personal development, entrepreneurship, innovation, and self-improvement, with an emphasis on actionable advice and real-world examples. His writing style is often described as conversational, engaging, and accessible, making complex concepts easy to understand for a broad audience.

  1. High Output Management: (by Andrew S. Grove). Recommended by Ben Horowitz , Brian Armstrong , Brian Chesky , Drew Houston , Keith Rabois , Larry Ellison , Marc Andreessen , Mark Zuckerberg , Ron Conway , Tobi Lütke , Balaji Srinivasan , Sahil Lavingia , John Doerr , Justin Kan
  2. High Growth Handbook: (by Elad Gil). Recommended by Aaron Levie , Alexis Ohanian , Brian Armstrong , Kathryn Minshew , Keith Rabois , Max Levchin , Reid Hoffman , Ryan Petersen , Chris Dixon
  3. On Intelligence: How a New Understanding of the Brain Will Lead to the Creation of Truly Intelligent Machines (by Jeff Hawkins). Recommended by Ev Williams , Keith Rabois , Patrick Collison
  4. Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams (by Matthew Walker). Recommended by Alexis Ohanian , Bill Gates , Bryan Johnson , Jason Fried , Keith Rabois , Vinod Khosla , Michael Mauboussin
  5. The City in History: Its Origins, Its Transformations, and Its Prospects (by Lewis Mumford). Recommended by Keith Rabois , Patrick Collison
  6. Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business (by Neil Postman). Recommended by Keith Rabois , Matt Mullenweg , Patrick Collison , Tristan Harris , Patrick O’Shaughnessy , Michael Batnick
  7. Googled: The End of the World As We Know It (by Ken Auletta). Recommended by Brian Chesky , Keith Rabois
  8. The Art of Doing Science and Engineering: Learning to Learn (by Richard W. Hamming). Recommended by Keith Rabois , Patrick Collison
  9. The Intel Trinity: How Robert Noyce, Gordon Moore, and Andy Grove Built the World's Most Important Company (by Michael S. Malone). Recommended by Keith Rabois , John Doerr
  10. The Success Equation: Untangling Skill and Luck in Business, Sports, and Investing (by Michael Mauboussin). Recommended by Bill Gurley , Keith Rabois , Vinod Khosla
  11. How Google Works: (by Eric Schmidt). Recommended by Keith Rabois , John Doerr
  12. Red Star Over the Pacific: China's Rise and the Challenge to U.S. Maritime Strategy (by Toshi Yoshihara). Recommended by Keith Rabois
  13. The Search: How Google and Its Rivals Rewrote the Rules of Business and Transformed Our Culture (by John Battelle). Recommended by Gary Vaynerchuk , Keith Rabois
  14. Andy Grove: The Life and Times of an American (by Richard S. Tedlow). Recommended by Keith Rabois , John Doerr
  15. Cultural Strategy: Using Innovative Ideologies to Build Breakthrough Brands (by Douglas Holt). Recommended by Keith Rabois
  16. 1944: FDR and the Year That Changed History (by Jay Winik). Recommended by Keith Rabois
  17. Naked Statistics: Stripping the Dread from the Data (by Charles Wheelan). Recommended by Keith Rabois
  18. The Upside of Stress: Why Stress Is Good for You, and How to Get Good at It (by Kelly McGonigal). Recommended by Keith Rabois , Austen Allred
  19. Architects of the Web: 1,000 Days that Built the Future of Business (by Rob Reid). Recommended by Keith Rabois
  20. Steve Jobs & the Next Big Thing: (by Randall E. Stross). Recommended by Keith Rabois
  21. The Organized Mind: Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload (by Daniel J. Levitin). Recommended by Keith Rabois
  22. Go To: (by Steve Lohr). Recommended by Keith Rabois
  23. Radical Uncertainty: Decision-Making Beyond the Numbers (by John Kay). Recommended by Keith Rabois
  24. Revolution in The Valley: The Insanely Great Story of How the Mac Was Made (by Andy Hertzfeld). Recommended by Keith Rabois
  25. White: (by Bret Easton Ellis). Recommended by Keith Rabois
  26. Planet Google: One Company's Audacious Plan to Organize Everything We Know (by Randall Stross). Recommended by Keith Rabois
  27. Warfighting: (by U. S. Marine Corps). Recommended by Keith Rabois
  28. Talent Wins: The New Playbook for Putting People First (by Ram Charan). Recommended by Keith Rabois
  29. Churchill: Walking with Destiny (by Andrew Roberts). Recommended by Keith Rabois
  30. In the Company of Giants: Candid Conversations with the Visionaries of the Digital World (by Rama Dev Jager). Recommended by Keith Rabois
  31. The Little Kingdom: The Private Story of Apple Computer (by Michael Moritz). Recommended by Keith Rabois
  32. Drawing Life: Surviving the Unabomber (by David Gelernter). Recommended by Keith Rabois
  33. The Innovator's Solution: Creating and Sustaining Successful Growth (by Clayton M. Christensen). Recommended by Keith Rabois
  34. Quirky: The Remarkable Story of the Traits, Foibles, and Genius of Breakthrough Innovators Who Changed the World (by Melissa A Schilling). Recommended by Keith Rabois
  35. The Curse of the Mogul: What's Wrong with the World's Leading Media Companies (by Jonathan A. Knee). Recommended by Keith Rabois
  36. World War 3.0: Microsoft and Its Enemies (by Ken Auletta). Recommended by Keith Rabois
  37. Rocket Men: The Daring Odyssey of Apollo 8 and the Astronauts Who Made Man's First Journey to the Moon (by Robert Kurson). Recommended by Keith Rabois , Noah Kagan
  38. Return to the Little Kingdom: Steve Jobs and the Creation of Apple (by Michael Moritz). Recommended by Keith Rabois
  39. Trade-Off: Why Some Things Catch On, and Others Don't (by Kevin Maney). Recommended by Keith Rabois
  40. Troublemakers: Silicon Valley's Coming of Age (by Leslie Berlin). Recommended by Keith Rabois , Vinod Khosla , Austen Allred
  41. The Method Method: Seven Obsessions That Helped Our Scrappy Start-up Turn an Industry Upside Down (by Eric Ryan). Recommended by Keith Rabois
  42. The pmarca Blog Archives: (by Marc Andreessen). Recommended by Keith Rabois
  43. The Model Thinker: What You Need to Know to Make Data Work for You (by Scott E. Page). Recommended by Keith Rabois , Michael Mauboussin
  44. Creative Selection: Inside Apple's Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs (by Ken Kocienda). Recommended by Keith Rabois , Chris Dixon
  45. Get Back in the Box: How Being Great at What You Do Is Great for Business (by Douglas Rushkoff). Recommended by Ev Williams , Keith Rabois
  46. Insanely Simple: The Obsession That Drives Apple's Success (by Ken Segall). Recommended by Keith Rabois , Michael Hyatt
  47. Spent: Sex, Evolution, and Consumer Behavior (by Geoffrey Miller). Recommended by Keith Rabois , Patrick O’Shaughnessy
  48. The Book of Why: The New Science of Cause and Effect (by Judea Pearl). Recommended by Keith Rabois , Naval Ravikant , Ryan Shea
  49. The Breakthrough: Immunotherapy and the Race to Cure Cancer (by Charles Graeber). Recommended by Keith Rabois , Vinod Khosla
  50. The Vision of the Anointed: (by Thomas Sowell). Recommended by Keith Rabois , Marc Andreessen
  51. The Art of the Start: The Time-Tested, Battle-Hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything (by Guy Kawasaki). Recommended by Ev Williams , Keith Rabois
  52. Who Is Michael Ovitz?: (by Michael Ovitz). Recommended by Ben Horowitz , Gary Vaynerchuk , Jason Calacanis , Keith Rabois , Marc Andreessen
  53. Swimming Across: A Memoir (by Andrew S. Grove). Recommended by Ben Horowitz , Keith Rabois
  54. The Monk and the Riddle: The Art of Creating a Life While Making a Living (by Randy Komisar). Recommended by Ev Williams , Keith Rabois
  55. Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance (by Angela Duckworth). Recommended by Josh Waitzkin , Keith Rabois , Tim Ferriss , Tobi Lütke , Tom Bilyeu , Jodie Cook , Ali Abdaal
  56. Hackers & Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age (by Paul Graham). Recommended by Brian Armstrong , Derek Sivers , Ev Williams , Keith Rabois , Ryan Holiday , Patrick O’Shaughnessy
  57. The Seventh Sense: Power, Fortune, and Survival in the Age of Networks (by Joshua Cooper Ramo). Recommended by Keith Rabois , Reid Hoffman , Vinod Khosla
  58. The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz (by Erik Larson). Recommended by Arnold Schwarzenegger , Bill Gates , Keith Rabois
  59. The Extended Mind: The Power of Thinking Outside the Brain (by Annie Murphy Paul). Recommended by Ezra Klein , Keith Rabois
  60. Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World (by David J. Epstein). Recommended by Bill Gates , Daniel Pink , Keith Rabois , Ryan Holiday , Vinod Khosla , Changpeng Zhao , Michael Mauboussin
  61. Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art (by James Nestor). Recommended by Caroline Paul , Joe Rogan , Keith Rabois
  62. An Elegant Defense: The Extraordinary New Science of the Immune System: A Tale in Four Lives (by Matt Richtel). Recommended by Bill Gates , Keith Rabois , Vinod Khosla
  63. Skin in the Game: Incerto, Book 5 (by Nassim Taleb). Recommended by Ben Horowitz , Keith Rabois , Marc Andreessen , Peter Mallouk , Ryan Shea , Vinod Khosla , Changpeng Zhao , Chris Dixon
  64. How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking (by Jordan Ellenberg). Recommended by Bill Gates , Keith Rabois , Nick Ganju
  65. Powerful: (by Patty McCord). Recommended by Arianna Huffington , Keith Rabois , Reed Hastings
  66. Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco (by Bryan Burrough). Recommended by Jason Calacanis , Keith Rabois , Chamath Palihapitiya , Trung Phan
  67. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (by Yuval Noah Harari). Recommended by Ashton Kutcher , Bill Gates , Bill Gurley , Daniel Ek , Demis Hassabis , James Cameron , Joe Rogan , Karlie Kloss , Keith Rabois , Kishore Biyani , Lex Fridman , Mark Zuckerberg , Naval Ravikant , Peter Attia , Ray Dalio , Reid Hoffman , Richard Branson , Ryan Shea , Sam Kass , Sebastian Junger , Vinod Khosla , Whitney Cummings , PewDiePie , Melinda Gates , Anthony Pompliano , Changpeng Zhao , Patrick O’Shaughnessy , Chris Evans , Mark Manson , Simon Mayo , Penn Jillette , James Clear
  68. The New New Thing: A Silicon Valley Story (by Michael Lewis). Recommended by Keith Rabois , Kevin Systrom , Ryan Holiday , Austen Allred
  69. Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence (by Max Tegmark). Recommended by Barack Obama , Bill Gates , Elon Musk , Keith Rabois , Lex Fridman , PewDiePie
  70. Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future (by Peter Thiel). Recommended by Andrew Ng , Ben Horowitz , Bryan Johnson , Dustin Moskovitz , Elon Musk , Eric Weinstein , Keith Rabois , Kishore Biyani , Luis von Ahn , Marc Andreessen , Mark Zuckerberg , Matt Mullenweg , Max Levchin , Ryan Petersen , Sam Altman , Lee Stranahan , Nassim Taleb , Chris Dixon , Patrick O’Shaughnessy , Tom Bilyeu , Brian Dean , Rupert Murdoch
  71. The Score Takes Care of Itself: My Philosophy of Leadership (by Bill Walsh). Recommended by Jack Dorsey , Keith Rabois , Noah Kagan , Ron Conway , Ryan Holiday , Sam Altman , Vinod Khosla , Justin Kan
  72. Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries (by Safi Bahcall). Recommended by Brian Armstrong , Keith Rabois , Vinod Khosla , Changpeng Zhao , Daniel Kahneman
  73. 7 Powers: The Foundations of Business Strategy (by Hamilton Helmer). Recommended by Daniel Ek , Keith Rabois , Patrick Collison , Peter Thiel , Reed Hastings , Ryan Petersen
  74. Deep Medicine: How Artificial Intelligence Can Make Healthcare Human Again (by Eric Topol). Recommended by Keith Rabois , Cathie Wood
  75. Becoming Steve Jobs: The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader (by Brent Schlender). Recommended by Bill Gates , Brian Armstrong , Ed Catmull , Jack Dorsey , Jim Collins , Keith Rabois , Marc Andreessen , Peter Attia
  76. Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions (by Dan Ariely). Recommended by Keith Rabois , Max Levchin , Ryan Shea , Tom Bilyeu
  77. Viral Loop: From Facebook to Twitter, How Today's Smartest Businesses Grow Themselves (by Adam L. Penenberg). Recommended by Keith Rabois , Ryan Hoover , Tim Draper
  78. Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for Justice (by Bill Browder). Recommended by Chris Sacca , Jason Calacanis , Keith Rabois , Peter Attia , Brianne Kimmel
  79. The 80/20 Principle and 92 Other Powerful Laws of Nature: The Science of Success (by Richard Koch). Recommended by Dave Camarillo , Gary Keller , Keith Rabois
  80. Behind the Cloud: The Untold Story of How Salesforce.com Went from Idea to Billion-Dollar Company-and Revolutionized an Industry (by Marc Benioff). Recommended by Aaron Levie , Eric Schmidt , Keith Rabois , Tony Robbins , David Sacks , Russell Brunson
  81. The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right (by Atul Gawande). Recommended by Bill Gates , Charles Poliquin , Jack Dorsey , Keith Rabois , Malcolm Gladwell , Michael McCullough , Ramit Sethi , Tim Ferriss , Vinod Khosla
  82. Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst (by Robert M. Sapolsky). Recommended by Bryan Johnson , Keith Rabois , Marc Andreessen , Sam Harris , Vinod Khosla , Michael Mauboussin
  83. The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers (by Ben Horowitz). Recommended by Andrew Ng , Drew Houston , Dustin Moskovitz , Kathryn Minshew , Keith Rabois , Larry Page , Luis von Ahn , Marc Andreessen , Mark Zuckerberg , Matt Mullenweg , Max Levchin , Peter Attia , Peter Thiel , Tim Ferriss , Andrew Wilkinson , Blake Scholl , Chris Dixon , Fred Wilson , Raoul Pal , Jodie Cook , Michael Dell , Marty Cagan