Author: a16z Crypto, Translation: Jinse Finance xiaozou
Sharing reading is our ethos and a tradition we always uphold. We share book lists and publish podcasts where we discuss not only what to read, but how and why to read! Here are some of the books we curated for the 2024 Crypto Startup Accelerator (CSX) Free Library.
You can also see the founder-focused book list from last year’s a16z Crypto Founders Summit; we’ll also be releasing this year’s curated content soon. As always: the books in this list are not just for crypto builders and founders, but also cover company building biographies and organizational processes, creative inspirations, and science fiction, providing something worth reading for both crypto insiders and outsiders.
1. Company construction and methods
Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future - Author: Peter Thiel & Blake Master
Scaling People: Tactics for Management and Company Building —Author: Claire Hughes Johnson; Publisher: Stripe Press
High Growth Handbook: Scaling Startups from 10 to 10,000 People - Author: Elad Gil; Publisher: Stripe Press
High Output Management —Author: Andy Grove
The Hard Thing about the Hard Things - by Ben Horowitz
Thinking in Systems: A Primer - by Donella Meadows
An Elegant Puzzle: Systems of Engineering Management - Author: Will Larson; Publisher: Stripe Press
Twenty Lectures on Algorithmic Game Theory ——Author: Tim Roughgarden
Designing Data-Intensive Applications: The Big Ideas Behind Reliable, Scalable, and Maintainable Systems - by Martin Kleppmann
The Entrepreneur's Guide to Law and Strategy - by Constance Bagley & Craig Dauchy
Think Faster, Talk Smarter: How to Speak Successfully When You're Put on the Spot - by Matt Abrahams
Web3 Marketing: A Handbook for the Next Internet Revolution - by Amanda Cassatt
A Theory of Fun for Game Design - by Raph Koster
The Art of Doing Science of Engineering: Learning to Learn - Author: Richard Hamming; Publisher: Stripe Press
2. Crypto Builder Biographies, Organizations, and Innovation Process
Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology - by Chris Miller
Coding Democracy: How Hackers Are Disrupting Power, Surveillance, and Authoritarianism - by Maureen Web
The Infinite Machine: How an Army of Crypto-Hackers Is Building the Next Internet with Ethereum — by Camila Russo
Shoe Dog: A Memoir from the Creator of Nike - by Phil Knight
The Founders: Elon Musk, Peter Thiel and the Story of PayPal - by Jimmy Soni
Can 't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds - by David Goggins
3. Technology trends, history, open source / other web3 topics
The Cathedral & the Bazaar: Musings On Linux And Open Source By An Accidental Revolutionary - Author: Eric Raymond
Working in Public: The Making and Maintenance of Open Source Software - Author: Nadia Eghbal; Publisher: Stripe Press
The Evolution of Cooperation - by Robert Axelrod
The Everything Token: How NFTs and Web3 Will Transform the Way We Buy, Sell, and Create - by Scott Duke Kominers
Designing An Internet - by David Clark
Read Write Own: Building the Next Era of the Internet - by Chris Dixon
4. Science fiction and other novels, creative inspiration
Project Hail Mary - By Andy Weir
When We Cease to Understand the World ——Author: Benjamin Labatut
