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Garry Tan

 Garry Tan is the co-founder of Initialized Capital. He previously co-founded Posterous and Posthaven. He was also a partner at Y Combinator from 2011 to 2015. 

13 Recommended books from Garry Tan

  • Don't Make Me Think

    by Steve Krug October 1, 2000 Computers & Technology

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    4.5 stars

    293 ratings

    People won't use your web site if they can't find their way around it. Whether you call it usability, ease-of-use, or just good...

  • Emergency

    by Neil Strauss March 10, 2009 Politics & Social Sciences

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    4.3 stars

    530 ratings

    With the same sharp eye, quick with, and narrative drive that marked his bestsellers The Game, The Dirt, and _How to Make L...

  • Love Yourself Like Your Life Depends on It

    by Kamal Ravikant January 7, 2020 Self-Help

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    4.5 stars

    5,541 ratings

    I almost didn't publish Love Yourself Like Your Life Depends On It. I was terrified. Here I was, a CEO who'd fallen apart a...

  • Status Anxiety

    by Alain de Botton January 13, 2005 Health, Fitness & Dieting

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    4.4 stars

    344 ratings

    We all worry about what others think of us. We all long to succeed and fear failure. We all suffer to a greater or lesser degre...

  • The Alchemist, 25th Anniversary

    by Paulo Coelho April 15, 2014 Literature & Fiction

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    4.7 stars

    63,750 ratings

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    A special 25th anniversary edition...

  • The Alchemy of Finance

    by George Soros May 17, 1994 Business & Money

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    3.9 stars

    8 ratings

    Critical Praise . . .

    "The Alchemy joins Reminiscences of a Stock Operator as a timelessinstructional guide of the marketpla...

  • The Body Keeps the Score

    by Bessel van der Kolk M.D. September 8, 2015 Medical Books

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    4.8 stars

    34,045 ratings

    Number 1 New York Times bestseller

    “Essential reading for anyone interested in understanding and treating traumatic stress...

  • The Last Lecture

    by Randy Pausch April 1, 2008 Biographies & Memoirs

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    4.7 stars

    4,966 ratings

    A lot of professors give talks titled "The Last Lecture." Professors are asked to consider their demise and to ruminate on what...

  • The Prince

    by Nicolò Machiavelli December 21, 2020 Politics & Social Sciences

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    4.5 stars

    596 ratings

    The Prince is a 16th-century political treatise by the Italian diplomat and political theorist Niccolò Machiavelli. From corres...

  • Traction

    by Gabriel Weinberg and Justin Mares October 15, 2015 Business & Money

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    4.6 stars

    651 ratings

    Most startups don’t fail because they can’t build a product.
    Most startups fail because they can’t get traction. **

    Sta...

  • Triumphs of Experience

    by George E. Vaillant May 4, 2015 Politics & Social Sciences

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    4.6 stars

    190 ratings

    At a time when many people around the world are living into their tenth decade, the longest longitudinal study of human develop...

  • Without Their Permission

    by Alexis Ohanian March 16, 2016 Business & Money

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    4.3 stars

    194 ratings

    As Alexis Ohanian learned when he helped to co-found the immensely popular reddit.com, the internet is the most powerful and de...

  • Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind

    by Shunryu Suzuki June 28, 2011 Religion & Spirituality

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    4.7 stars

    1,378 ratings

    "In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's there are few."

    So begins this most beloved of all...

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