Michael Mauboussin: "Best business book I've read in a long time."

Patrick O'Shaughnessy: "It’s one of the most entertaining and useful business books I’ve ever read.

The story behind Pixar is fascinating, but so are the management tactics used to keep the company edgy and creative."

Alexis Ohanian: "The founding story of Pixar was superb read."

Kevin Kelly: "I found it a page-turner because throughout the book he focuses on his mistakes, failings, and what he got wrong.

Almost no one does that, and yet I found it irresistibly the most powerful way to teach."

Joe Gebbia: "Pixar co-founder Ed Catmull takes readers inside how the animation factory makes their sausage.

This book is one of the most intimate looks behind the scenes of a company’s culture, and the impact it has on the people, business and product.

I highly recommend it for anyone who thinks deeply about improving the culture of their organization."

Mark Zuckerberg: "I love reading first-hand accounts about how people build great companies like Pixar and nurture innovation and creativity.

This should be inspiring to anyone looking to do the same, and hopefully there will be lessons we can apply to connecting the world!"

One of 10 biographies Jason Calacanis recommends reading.

Joe Gebbia: "A must read book for any entrepreneur looking to get their idea out to the world"

Tony Robbins: "A lively and inspiring guidebook for anyone who wants to make the jump from normal to extraordinary."

Arianna Huffington: "Whether you’re burned out, in a rut, or just feel that you want something else, Mike Lewis’s When to Jump is the book for you.

With more than forty stories of people who decided to make a major change, this book offers the inspiration as well as a practical and simple framework to help you make your own jump.

A must read for anyone seeking to not only succeed but thrive."

Reid Hoffman: "The most successful start-ups are often defined by one or two key decisions that massively accelerate their growth and value.

The same is true for individual careers. This wise and engaging book will inspire you to go farther, faster, by showing you how to take intelligent risks at exactly the right moment.

Read it before you leap!"

Sheryl Sandberg wrote the foreword to 'When to Jump'.

Joe Gebbia: "Best book of 2023. Funny, informative, and authentic."

Tobi Lutke: "6 years ago, Tim Urban gave one of the most insightful and clear-eyed talks on what ails society. This is a thorny topic. His insights were invaluable to me in the years since.

Today he finally shares it as a book. Read it."

Alexis Ohanian: "A fascinating audio book - it's even better as a book because of the drawings but I recently wanted the audio in my ears"

Tony Hsieh: "I have been really influenced by this field called the "science of happiness." One great book in this field is 'Peak.'"

Joe Gebbia: "Essential business book"

Stewart Brand: "Among the several hundred books I'm studying for my book on Maintenance, none has more revelations per page than Parag Khanna's Connectography: Mapping the Future of Global Civilization.

It is about humanity's infrastructure."

Joe Gebbia mentioned 'Connectography' on Twitter.

Joe Gebbia: "A must read for any entrepreneur."

Tobi Lutke: "Oh! Scott wrote a book. Instant buy"

Jay-Z: "This is straight marketing advice: Your product has to be a purple cow—it has to be distinct to have any success. You have to be clear on your product: What are you? What are you putting out there?"

Joe Gebbia: "I feel like that concept [of being distinct enough that people want to talk about it] was imbued into the early days of Airbnb"

Joe Gebbia: "A fascinating book about the brain science of creativity"

Joe Gebbia: "A must read for anyone starting or growing a business of any size."

Joe Gebbia: "Check out the book 'The Hand'"

Joe Gebbia: "A must for creatives at any level"

Joe Gebbia mentioned Natural Capitalism on the Tim Ferriss podcast.

Joe Gebbia: "Hugely influential"

Joe Gebbia: "I remember something that he says in there which I never forgot, which is to make something people want to talk about."

Joe Gebbia: "One of the craziest art stories you’ll ever read.

For the complete, true James Bond spy version, check out the book"