Mike Maples, Jr.
Mike Maples, Jr. is a venture capitalist and a founding partner at Floodgate, a venture capital firm. He is known for his early investments in companies like Twitter, Twitch, and Lyft. Based on his book recommendations, he seems interested in personal development, strategy, and understanding complex systems.
Books Recommended by Mike Maples, Jr. 15
Love Yourself Like Your Life Depends On It
"People will sometimes say you should love yourself... And I think that’s important."
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The Wealth of Networks
"It influenced my investing a lot."
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Play Bigger
"A must-read new book for founders."
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The Top Five Regrets of the Dying
"The author was a hospice nurse who had spent time with people in the last 90 days of their life. And she would learn like what their regrets were."
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The Count of Monte Cristo
"Speaking of a book about grudges."
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Jonathan Livingston Seagull
"One of Mike Maples, Jr.'s answers to "What is the book (or books) you’ve given most as a gift?"
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The Way Things Work
"Mike Maples, Jr. mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast."
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Smart Choices
"I wish I had learned the discipline of how to decide when I was younger."
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Thinking in Bets
"I wish I had learned the discipline of how to decide when I was younger."
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The 4-Hour Workweek
"If you want to live life on your own terms, this is your blueprint."
All the Light We Cannot See
"One of the best books of the last 10 years."
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The Lean Startup
"[I was] lucky enough to have a front-row seat at the birth of these ideas."
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