Bill Gurley
Bill Gurley is a renowned general partner at Benchmark, celebrated for his keen investments in technology startups including Uber, Snapchat, and Zillow.
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Shoe Dog
All entrepreneurs should read. - Bill Gurley
Phil Knight
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Bad Blood
An incredible book that should be read by each and every player in the startup/Silicon Valley ecosystem. - Bill Gurley
John Carreyrou
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Mastering the Market Cycle
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Howard Marks
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One Up On Wall Street
Any investor starts with just building bedrock and that comes from reading. [For example,] you can read [this book]. - Bill Gurley
Peter Lynch
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Seeker
If you like epic, futuristic teen fantasy, check [this book] out! - Bill Gurley
Arwen Elys Dayton
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The Sixth Man
If you love basketball, the @warriors, intense tenacity, or understanding how a great team executes as one, you will love [this book]. - Bill Gurley
Andre Iguodala
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Setting the Table
I'm a huge fan of [this author]. - Bill Gurley
Danny Meyer
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Competitive Strategy
All entrepreneurs should read. - Bill Gurley
Michael E. Porter
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The Most Important Thing Illuminated
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Howard Marks
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The Success Equation
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Michael Mauboussin
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Lean Solutions
A great book on that topic, applying lean manufacturing principles to services. - Bill Gurley
James P. Womack
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Virus of the Mind
Tim Cook is practicing 'meme warfare'. Microsoft used to be awesome at this. [This is a] great book on topic. - Bill Gurley
Richard Brodie
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The Rational Optimist
[The author] has the ability to combine thinking from many fields - most notably science, technology, psychology, & a heavy dose of microeconomics. - Bill Gurley
Matt Ridley
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Sapiens
I really enjoyed [this book]. - Bill Gurley
Yuval Noah Harari
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The Principles of Political Economy and Taxation
Expanded upon [Adam Smith]'s work in developing the theory of Comparative Advantage. - Bill Gurley
David Ricardo
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Think Twice
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Michael Mauboussin
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Berkshire Hathaway Letters to Shareholders
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Warren Buffett
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The Billionaire Shell Game
Great book. - Bill Gurley
L.J. Davis
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Ready Player One
Spectacular. - Bill Gurley
Ernest Cline
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Startup
All entrepreneurs should read. - Bill Gurley
Jerry Kaplan
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Mr. China
Great book [about] a British gentleman who went to China in '96 with a $400M PE fund to privatize businesses [and] returned $0. - Bill Gurley
Tim Clissold
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Valuation
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McKinsey & Company Inc.
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The Wealth of Nations
[The author]'s magnum opus. - Bill Gurley
Adam Smith
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Play Their Hearts Out
About AAU basketball. - Bill Gurley
George Dohrmann
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Catastrophic Care
Enlightening. - Bill Gurley
David Goldhill
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The Storytelling Animal
Nice compliment to Sapiens. - Bill Gurley
Jonathan Gottschall
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Negotiating the Impossible
If you want to be a world class big deal negotiator, make sure you pick up [this book]. - Bill Gurley
Deepak Malhotra
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Built to Last
[Suggests] that the very best companies set an audacious, very long-term goal that shines a light towards 'an envisioned future.' - Bill Gurley
Jim Collins
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Brotopia
Historically important book that will hopefully stand as a critical catalyst to change in our industry. - Bill Gurley
Emily Chang
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Monetizing Innovation
[This author] is to monetization strategy what Bob Marley is to reggae music. You must read this book. - Bill Gurley
Madhavan Ramanujam
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The Soul of A New Machine
A really old book, but it's a famous book. - Bill Gurley
Tracy Kidder
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Security Analysis
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Benjamin Graham
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Crossing the Chasm
All entrepreneurs should read. - Bill Gurley
Geoffrey A. Moore
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The Innovator's Dilemma
All entrepreneurs should read. - Bill Gurley
Clayton M. Christensen
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Sharkproof
Had a whole section on your dream job and how to think about it over the long term. - Bill Gurley
Harvey MacKay
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Build
Benefit from [the author]'s amazing journey and the advice he received from iconic mentors like Steve Jobs and Bill Campbell. - Bill Gurley
Tony Fadell
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eBoys
[The author] got sucked into writing more of a Hollywood gossip story. - Bill Gurley
Randall E. Stross
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More Than You Know
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Michael Mauboussin
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Expectations Investing
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Michael Mauboussin
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A Random Walk Down Wall Street
Offers the most pragmatic advice for the long-term saver. - Bill Gurley
Burton G. Malkiel
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Complexity
Read this book, it changes everything. - Bill Gurley
M. Mitchell Waldrop
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Why We Get Fat
A toned down, more reader friendly, less technical version of [the author's] 2008 New York Times best seller. - Bill Gurley
Gary Taubes
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The Most Important Thing
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Howard Marks
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How Innovation Works
I really, really loved [this book]. - Bill Gurley
Matt Ridley
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