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Tobi Lütke
Tobi Lütke is a German-born Canadian billionaire entrepreneur, and the founder and CEO of Shopify, a company based in Ottawa, Canada
23 books they recommend
Books they recommend 23
Lütke reads widely and recommends often — Shopify even published his curated list of 14 startup books. His strongest endorsements come from a long-form Tim Ferriss interview and The Observer Effect, where he ties Antifragile and Influence directly to how Shopify operates. He reads to extract durable mental models and "makes everyone read" the books that named concepts he already practiced.
Superbook reading list 12
Psychology and Behaviour 3
Robert B. Cialdini
“Ranks it in his top five ever; called it "the most mind-bending book you can imagine" on the Tim Ferriss Show for revealing how predictably humans can be influenced.”
Carol S. Dweck · not in an entry yet
“Selected for showing how a growth mindset separates those who plateau from those who keep improving.”
Daniel H. Pink · not in an entry yet
“On his list for its model of intrinsic motivation (autonomy, mastery, purpose).”
Not yet given a topic 3
David Epstein · not in an entry yet
“On his list; argues generalist, multi-hat thinking suits founders — a fit with his own polymath profile.”
William Strunk Jr., E. B. White · not in an entry yet
“A characteristically practical pick — he recommends it to sharpen the writing that drives conversion.”
Leadership 2
Kim Scott · not in an entry yet
“Selected on his Shopify list for teaching leaders to balance caring personally with challenging directly.”
Jocko Willink, Leif Babin
“On his list for its leadership-accountability principles; he has also read Willink's Warrior Kid books to his kids.”
Philosophy 1
Nassim Nicholas Taleb · not in an entry yet
“"Shopify is practically built on that book"; he says "I love Antifragile, and I make everyone read it. It finally put a name to an important concept that we practiced."”
Business and Management 1
Andrew S. Grove
“A formative early-Shopify text he calls "the bible for entrepreneurs"; praised it for deconstructing business "into first principles."”
Company Histories 1
Ed Catmull, Amy Wallace · not in an entry yet
“On his Shopify startup-books list for building a durable culture of creativity and originality.”
Entrepreneurship and Startups 1
Ben Horowitz
“On his list for its honest playbook on making brutal leadership calls with no easy answers.”
