Founders #140 · · 6 books

Bill Gates (the Making of the Microsoft Empire)

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The book this episode covers

  1. Hard Drive

    James Wallace and Jim Erickson · Reading rank 6 · in 23 other episodes

    David directly recommends picking up and reading Hard Drive.

    Dedicated episode · Explicit praise

Books David recommends along the way

  1. Confessions of an Advertising Man

    David Ogilvy · Reading rank 20 · in 23 other episodes

    Cross-episode reference

  2. Marc Andreessen's Blog Archive

    Marc Andreessen · Reading rank 25 · in 14 other episodes

    David highly recommends Andreessen’s free blog archive.

    Cross-episode reference · Explicit praise · Founder theme

  3. Ogilvy on Advertising

    David Ogilvy · Reading rank 37 · in 16 other episodes

    David cites David Ogilvy's Ogilvy on Advertising, says he has podcasted on it, and recommends it to anyone selling anything.

    Explicit praise

  4. Return to the Little Kingdom

    Michael Moritz · Reading rank 54 · in 14 other episodes

    Cross-episode reference

  5. Idea Man

    Paul Allen · Reading rank 185 · in 8 other episodes

    Cross-episode reference

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