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Ronin
John Frankenheimer (inferred)
“two of the movies that I fall back on for leadership content”
“two of the movies that I fall back on for leadership content is Ronin and Seven Samurai”— Max Levchin
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Seven Samurai
Akira Kurosawa (inferred)
“two of the movies that I fall back on for leadership content”
“two of the movies that I fall back on for leadership content is Ronin and Seven Samurai”— Max Levchin
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Cryptonomicon
Neal Stephenson
“I love that book”
“we all had cryptonomicon as required reading. So I want you to explain that. I love that book.”— Max Levchin
BookRecommendedISBN verified
Snow Crash
Neal Stephenson
“My college life was shaped by Snow Crash”
“My college life was shaped by Snow Crash, probably the thing that really put him on the map”— Max Levchin
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The Master and Margarita
Mikhail Bulgakov
“It's a great book. You're missing out.”
“I usually buy M&M in batches of five but you give it as gifts to new friends. It's a great book. You're missing out.”— Max Levchin
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Seven Powers
Hamilton Helmer
“it's a really worthwhile distillation of what it takes to build a competitively lasting business”
“there is this book called Seven Powers by Hamilton Helmer. if you haven't read it, it's a really worthwhile distillation”— Max Levchin
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A Failure of Nerve
Edwin Friedman
“a great one called A Failure of Nerve”
“Another good book that is off the beaten path, but a great one called A Failure of Nerve. It's a book about leadership”— Max Levchin
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Influence
Robert Cialdini
“you should read Influence by Cialdini because that is probably the most important social science book published in the last 50 years”
“if you're trying to start a business, you should read Influence by Cialdini because that is probably the most important social science book”— Max Levchin
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A Mind at Play
Jimmy Soni and Rob Goodman
“There's a great book called A Mind at Play”
“There's a great book called A Mind at Play, which is Claude Shannon's biography”— Max Levchin
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Niche Zero grinder
Niche
“a fantastic grinder like a niche that will elevate your game to an incredible level”
“you can get a fantastic grinder like a niche or these $600, $700 grinders that will elevate your game to an incredible level”— Max Levchin
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Weber Workshops grinder
Weber Workshops
“unbelievably good stuff. That's a great product.”
“There's this thing called Weber Workshops that produces unbelievably expensive but unbelievably good stuff. That's a great product.”— Max Levchin
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La Marzocco espresso machine
La Marzocco
“the finest, most reliable home machine is made by La Marzocco”
“the finest, most reliable home machine is made by La Marzocco. that's what I have on my counter and it's never failed me”— Max Levchin
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Decent Espresso machine
Decent Espresso
“decent espresso is a fantastic product, really fun”
“decent espresso is a fantastic product, really fun, but it's like an Android tablet that happens to be attached to an espresso machine”— Max Levchin
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Breville espresso machine
Breville
“it makes great coffee. Breville's surprisingly good.”
“Breville, people tend to sort of hate on it because it's so consumer, but it makes great coffee. Breville's surprisingly good.”— Max Levchin
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Chemex
Chemex
“Chemex is probably the best one of those. It's really the most controllable.”
“Chemex. Why Chemex? Chemex is probably the best one of those. It's really the most controllable.”— Max Levchin
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Comandante grinder
Comandante
“I really enjoy some of their stuff”
“if people want something simple like Comandante actually I really enjoy some of their stuff”— Tim Ferriss
The guest's own work
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Tribe of Mentors
Tim Ferriss
“I wanted to kick this off with a thank you from what you put into my last book, Tribe of Mentors”— Tim Ferriss
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Paprika
Satoshi Kon (inferred)
“have you ever seen the movie Paprika? This is an old anime. It's from 2006, I believe.”— Tim Ferriss
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Neuromancer
William Gibson
“Snow Crash basically presented an alternative to Neuromancer. Also, first book I read when I came to the US.”— Max Levchin
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Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller
Ron Chernow
“Titan is probably the one that's closest to like business advice. It's a bit of a like how to be ruthless”— Max Levchin
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