David Sacks

David Sacks

Venture Capitalist & Founder

Early PayPal executive and prolific tech investor. His reading spans business strategy, geopolitics, and cultural criticism.

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David Sacks is a venture capitalist and entrepreneur best known for his work at PayPal, where he served as COO, and for founding Yammer, a enterprise social network acquired by Microsoft for $1.2 billion. He is a general partner at Craft Ventures and an active investor in early-stage technology companies.

7 Books Recommended by David Sacks

Ranked by popularity across all reading lists on this site

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#1

Destined for War

by Graham Allison

7 people recommended

The most timely and important book I read [in 2018].

Also recommended by: Elon Musk, Lloyd Blankfein, Ray Dalio, Anthony Scaramucci, Fareed Zakaria, Walter Isaacson

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#2

Behind the Cloud

by Marc Benioff

6 people recommended

I strongly recommend that all founders read Chapter 3.

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Also recommended by: Eric Schmidt, Aaron Levie, Keith Rabois, Russell Brunson, Tony Robbins

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#3

The Founders

by Jimmy Soni

4 people recommended

The story of PayPal.

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Also recommended by: Anthony Pompliano, Tyler Cowen, Walter Isaacson

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#4

The Gray Lady Winked

by Rindsberg, Ashley

4 people recommended

Details decades of misinformation and agenda-driven journalism published by the times.

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Also recommended by: Balaji Srinivasan, Balaji S. Srinivasan, Mark Manson

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#5

San Fransicko

by Shellenberger, Michael

3 people recommended

About how the so-called progressive agenda in cities is not working.

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Also recommended by: Balaji Srinivasan, Balaji S. Srinivasan

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#6

Thank You for Smoking

by Christopher Buckley

Prouder than ever that I made [this book] into a movie.

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#7

A Fighting Chance

by Elizabeth Warren

Really interesting because it describes how the insider's game works.

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