Max Levchin
Max Levchin is a Ukrainian-born American software engineer and entrepreneur, co-founder of PayPal, and an influential figure in the Silicon Valley tech industry.
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Fast-Track Triathlete
A smart pragmatic guide for time-starved triathletes. - Max Levchin
Matt Dixon
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The Hard Thing About Hard Things
One of Max Levchin's answers to "what's your favourite business book you'd advise to young entrepreneurs?"
Ben Horowitz
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Artemis
A very fun read that I would classify as part of the guilty pleasure section of my personal library. - Max Levchin
Andy Weir
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High Growth Handbook
[The author] has no-nonsense, highly applicable advice to any operator transitioning a company from the proverbial garage to the next stage and beyond. - Max Levchin
Elad Gil
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The Ascent of Money
One of Max Levchin's answers to "what's your favourite business book you'd advise to young entrepreneurs?"
Niall Ferguson
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The Coddling of the American Mind
Highlights the need to continue to have such discussions about sensitive topics instead of ignoring them for the sake of comfort. - Max Levchin
Greg Lukianoff
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Predictably Irrational
One of Max Levchin's answers to "what's your favourite business book you'd advise to young entrepreneurs?"
Dan Ariely
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The Complete Stories, Vol 1
The Last Question is a famous sci-fi short story, and quite possibly one of the best sci-fi stories ever written. [The author]’s degree of forward-thinking is something to behold. - Max Levchin
Isaac Asimov
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Too Big to Fail
One of Max Levchin's answers to "what's your favourite business book you'd advise to young entrepreneurs?"
Andrew Ross Sorkin
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The Martian
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Andy Weir
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Slow Horses
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Mick Herron
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The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories
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Ken Liu
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The Power of Habit
Compiles a bunch of great academic neuroscience and applied psychology research on habit formation. - Max Levchin
Charles Duhigg
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Influence
One of Max Levchin's answers to "what's your favourite business book you'd advise to young entrepreneurs?"
Robert Cialdini
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The Innovator's Dilemma
One of Max Levchin's answers to "what's your favourite business book you'd advise to young entrepreneurs?"
Clayton M. Christensen
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The Song Machine
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John Seabrook
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Thinking in Bets
I read this book all the way through because I found the premise so intriguing. [The author] is a well-known poker player and won a World Series of Poker gold bracelet. - Max Levchin
Annie Duke
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Lake Success
Follows a hedge fund manager who tries to distance himself from an insider trading investigation. - Max Levchin
Gary Shteyngart
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Black Edge
Documents the SEC’s investigation into hedge fund SAC Capital Advisors and several individuals including Steven Cohen. - Max Levchin
Sheelah Kolhatkar
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Crucial Conversations
A now-venerable guide to having tough conversations in a way that engages the debaters. - Max Levchin
Kerry Patterson
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The Great War of Our Time
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Michael Morell
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Endurance
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Alfred Lansing
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The House of Morgan
Trying new routine: starting day by reading few pages from a history book. Currently, [this book]. - Max Levchin
Ron Chernow
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Zero to One
One of Max Levchin's answers to "what's your favourite business book you'd advise to young entrepreneurs?"
Peter Thiel
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The Master and Margarita
One of the finest works of fiction of the last century. - Max Levchin
Mikhail Bulgakov
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Consider Phlebas
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Iain M. Banks
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Good to Great
One of Max Levchin's answers to "what's your favourite business book you'd advise to young entrepreneurs?"
Jim Collins
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When Genius Failed
One of Max Levchin's answers to "what's your favourite business book you'd advise to young entrepreneurs?"
Roger Lowenstein
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The Middleman
Explores a scenario involving domestic terrorism in the U.S. and tackles the complex question of how crises like this benefit the parties involved. - Max Levchin
Olen Steinhauer
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The Sympathizer
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Viet Thanh Nguyen
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Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs
Easier to read [than The Art of Computer Programming"] end-to-end quickly." - Max Levchin
Harold Abelson
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Hillbilly Elegy
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J. D. Vance
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Dear Leader
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Jang Jin-Sung
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