Andrew Ng is a pioneering computer scientist best known for co-founding Coursera, an online learning platform that has democratized education in machine learning and AI. As a former leader of Google Brain and chief scientist at Baidu, he has been instrumental in advancing deep learning research and its real-world applications. His work has influenced how technology companies approach AI development and talent training.
7 Books Recommended by Andrew Ng
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The Hard Thing About Hard Things
26 people recommendedA bit dark but it does cover a lot of useful territory on what building an organization is like.
Also recommended by: Ankur Warikoo, Balaji Srinivasan, Mark Zuckerberg, Michael Dell, Larry Page, Peter Thiel, Drew Houston, Dustin Moskovitz, Marc Andreessen, Balaji S. Srinivasan, Andrew Wilkinson, Blake Scholl, Chris Dixon, Fred Wilson, Jodie Cook, Kathryn Minshew, Keith Rabois, Luis Von Ahn, Marty Cagan, Matt Mullenweg, Max Levchin, Peter Attia, Raoul Pal, Tim Ferriss, Vijay Shekhar Sharma
Zero to One
24 people recommendedGives an overview of entrepreneurship and innovation.
Also recommended by: Elon Musk, Eric Jorgenson, Mark Zuckerberg, Dustin Moskovitz, Kishore Biyani, Marc Andreessen, Rupert Murdoch, Sam Altman, Ben Horowitz, Bryan Johnson, Brian Dean, Chris Dixon, Eric Weinstein, Keith Rabois, Lee Stranahan, Luis Von Ahn, Matt Mullenweg, Max Levchin, Nassim Taleb, Patrick Oshaughnessy, Ryan Petersen, Tom Bilyeu, Derek Sivers
The Lean Startup
16 people recommendedGives one specific tactic for innovating quickly.
Also recommended by: Mark Cuban, Dustin Moskovitz, Kevin Systrom, Marc Andreessen, Sheryl Sandberg, Ben Horowitz, Chris Dixon, Patrick Bet David, Jason Calacanis, Marty Cagan, Mike Maples Jr, Raoul Pal, Steve Blank, Tim Oreilly, Derek Sivers
Crossing the Chasm
10 people recommendedFor B2B, I recommend [this book].
Also recommended by: Changpeng Zhao, Drew Houston, Ev Williams, Ron Conway, Aaron Levie, Bill Gurley, Chris Dixon, Guy Kawasaki, Seth Godin
So Good They Can’t Ignore You
5 people recommendedGives a valuable perspective on how to select a path for one's career.
Also recommended by: Ben Greenfield, Jodie Cook, Kevin Kelly, Derek Sivers
Talking to Humans
3 people recommendedTeaches you how to develop empathy for users you want to serve by talking to them.
Also recommended by: Ron Conway, Fred Wilson
Rocket Surgery Made Easy
If you want to build products that are important, that users care about, this teaches you different tactics for learning about users, either through user studies or by interviews.