Founder Profiles and Startup Stories

Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Val

“He calls it "an incredible book that should be read by each and every player in the startup/Silicon Valley ecosystem.”Bill Gurley

Secret Formula

“Great Book to help understand Coca-Cola.”Mohnish Pabrai

The Everything Store

“Brad Stone's biography of Amazon and Bezos, based on extensive interviews. Bezos called it 'accurate but incomplete.' MacKenzie Scott gave it one star on Amazon. It remains the most detailed outside account of how the company's culture was shaped by its founder's reading habits and mental models.”Jeff Bezos

The Making of a Blockbuster: How Wayne Huize

“The Wayne Huizenga Story. On my Top Ten List. Awesome. An inspiration.”Mohnish Pabrai

Founders at Work

“Jessica Livingston's interview collection captures the early days of companies that became significant, before the mythology hardened. Feld has recommended it on his blog for the texture it gives to what the first year of a startup actually looks like — unglamorous, uncertain, and almost always different from the story told later.”Brad Feld

The Billionaire Who Wasn't: How Chuck Feeney

“I just finished it and it's incredibly inspiring. He died last year, giving away over $8 billion in his lifetime.”Andrew Wilkinson