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Steve Jobs
Biography
Isaacson's authorized portrait of Jobs, built from forty interviews with the man himself plus a hundred more with the people in his orbit. A study in obsessive product taste, brutal candor, and the marriage of liberal arts and technology that Chesky openly tries to channel.
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Same Fortune profile names Steve Jobs alongside Walt Disney as the biographies Chesky returned to in order to learn business at scale.
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“I noticed similarities between [Steve Jobs and I]...I didn't think Bridgewater or I held a candle to Apple.”
Goodreads page; Dalio read Isaacson's biography and drew parallels to himself, but no single endorsement source located.
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“Quite interesting.”
Page cites a YouTube video where Elon Musk discusses the book.
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“it actually changed my behavior going into the office.”
From a YouTube episode of the All-In Podcast.
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#9 on the all-time Hacker News books list.
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6 SOURCEs- fortune.com · Brian Chesky Airbnb reading list
- goodreads.com · 11084145 Steve Jobs profile
- youtube.com video
- youtu.be video
- hackernewsbooks.com · Top Books on Hacker News reading list
- Patrick Collison's Bookshelf reading list
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