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Paul Graham's Top Book Recommendations
Want to know what books Paul Graham recommends on their reading list? We've researched interviews, social media posts, podcasts, and articles to build a comprehensive list of Paul Graham's favorite book recommendations of all time.
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Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days is a collection of interviews with founders of famous technology companies about what happened in the very earliest days. These people are celebrities now. What was it like when they were just a couple friends with an idea? Founders like Steve Wozniak (Apple), Caterina Fake (Flickr), Mitch Kapor (Lotus), Max Levchin (PayPal), and Sabeer Bhatia (Hotmail) tell you in their own words about their surprising and often very funny discoveries as they learned how to build a company.
Where did they get the ideas that made them rich?... more
Where did they get the ideas that made them rich?... more
Paul GrahamProbably the single most valuable book a startup founder could read. (Source)
Ron ConwayCollection of interviews with founders of famous technology companies about what happened in the very earliest days. (Source)
Alexis OhanianA bunch of really great interviews [Jessica] did with a bunch of just OGs of entrepreneurship. (Source)
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