Justin Kan

Justin Kan

Co-founder of Twitch and Justin.tv

Internet entrepreneur who built Twitch into the leading live streaming platform. His reading focuses on leadership, habit formation, and personal resilience.

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Justin Kan is an internet pioneer best known as co-founder and former CEO of Justin.tv, the live streaming platform that evolved into Twitch, which Amazon acquired for nearly $1 billion in 2014. He has remained active in tech investing and entrepreneurship, bringing practical insights from scaling startups to his approach to personal development and leadership.

10 Books Recommended by Justin Kan

Ranked by popularity across all reading lists on this site

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#1

Siddhartha

by Hermann Hesse

17 people recommended

One of two books I’ve lived my life by since I read 20 years ago!

Also recommended by: Osho, Naval Ravikant, Bryan Johnson, David Blaine, Emma Watson, Fred Wilson, Harry Styles, Jack Edwards, James Clear, Lex Fridman, Navdeep Chandel, Neil Strauss, Patrick Oshaughnessy, Phil Jackson, Tim Ferriss, Wim Hof

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#2

High Output Management

by Andrew S. Grove

13 people recommended

Justin Kan recommended this book on Twitter.

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Also recommended by: Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Ellison, Brian Armstrong, Brian Chesky, Drew Houston, John Doerr, Marc Andreessen, Ron Conway, Tobi Lutke, Ben Horowitz, Keith Rabois, Sahil Lavingia

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#3

Atomic Habits

by James Clear

12 people recommended

I learned how to hack habits with help from [this book].

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Also recommended by: Ankur Warikoo, Vinod Khosla, Ben Greenfield, Biz Stone, Ali Abdaal, Anthony Pompliano, Blake Randall, Jodie Cook, Tim Urban, Rohan Bhargava, Derek Sivers

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#4

by

8 people recommended

Changed my life!

Also recommended by: Jack Dorsey, Ron Conway, Sam Altman, Vinod Khosla, Keith Rabois, Noah Kagan, Ryan Holiday

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#5

by

7 people recommendedrecommended 3x

My favorite book of 2018.

My favorite book of 2018.

My favorite book of 2018.

Also recommended by: Marc Andreessen, Anthony Pompliano, Austen Allred, Jodie Cook, Joe Rogan, Tom Bilyeu

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#6

The Power of Now

by Eckhart Tolle

7 people recommendedrecommended 3x

Changed my life!

Changed my life!

Changed my life!

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Also recommended by: Naval Ravikant, Carlos Santana, Jen Sincero, Kristen Ulmer, Matt Ogus, Pete Holmes

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#7

The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership

by Jim Dethmer

4 people recommendedrecommended 2x

Changed my life!

Changed my life!

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Also recommended by: Brian Armstrong, Dustin Moskovitz, Tony Robbins

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#8

Leadership and Self-Deception

by The Arbinger Institute

3 people recommendedrecommended 3x

Changed my life!

Changed my life!

Changed my life!

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Also recommended by: Dustin Moskovitz, Stewart Butterfield

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#9

Playing to Win

by A.G. Lafley

2 people recommendedrecommended 2x

Changed my life!

Changed my life!

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Also recommended by: Ramit Sethi

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#10

Dare to Lead

by BrenΓ© Brown

recommended 3x

As a CEO and as a founder, vulnerability is often mistaken for weakness. This book changed my mind.

As a CEO and as a founder, vulnerability is often mistaken for weakness. This book changed my mind.

As a CEO and as a founder, vulnerability is often mistaken for weakness. This book changed my mind.

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