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Anish Acharya

Technology founder; investor and product operator

A co-founder of SocialDeck and founder of Snowball who later led consumer products at Credit Karma and became an investor at Andreessen Horowitz. His documented reading selections span management, public debate, and fiction.

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Books Anish Acharya recommends

4 books, each linked to the source where Anish Acharya recommended it.

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Intellectuals and Society

by Thomas Sowell

2 sources

Anish Acharya recommends Intellectuals and Society in a16z’s summer reading selections.

Recommended · Wording not verified Source: Andreessen Horowitz

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Summer Reading List

Conservative summary of an attributed recommended-book selection; no exact quotation or spoken transcript asserted.

This text documents what the source says, but it is not verified as a word-for-word quote.

Andreessen Horowitz · 2023-07-13 · accessed 2026-10-01

Article · Attributed reading selection

Named recommendation of Sowell; source2012 describes revised edition, not original work publication.

Anish Acharya recommends Sowell’s book for its account of intellectuals and public debate.

Recommended · Wording not verified Source: Andreessen Horowitz

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You can just read 25 books

Conservative summary of an attributed recommended-book selection; no exact quotation or spoken transcript asserted.

This text documents what the source says, but it is not verified as a word-for-word quote.

Andreessen Horowitz · 2025-11-07 · accessed 2026-10-01

Article · Attributed reading selection

Named positive selection in separate2025contribution.

Fairy Tale

by Stephen King · 2022

Anish Acharya recommends Stephen King’s Fairy Tale as a reading choice for enjoyment.

Recommended · Wording not verified Source: Andreessen Horowitz

Evidence details

Summer Reading List

Conservative summary of an attributed recommended-book selection; no exact quotation or spoken transcript asserted.

This text documents what the source says, but it is not verified as a word-for-word quote.

Andreessen Horowitz · 2023-07-13 · accessed 2026-10-01

Article · Attributed reading selection

Named positive fiction recommendation; not authored by the recommender.

High Output Management

by Andrew Grove · 1983

High Output Management appears in the recommended-book list accompanying Anish Acharya’s Lenny’s Podcast episode.

Recommended · Wording not verified Source: Lenny’s Newsletter

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Anish Acharya on Lenny’s Podcast

Conservative summary of an attributed recommended-book selection; no exact quotation or spoken transcript asserted.

This text documents what the source says, but it is not verified as a word-for-word quote.

Lenny’s Newsletter · 2026-09-06 · accessed 2026-10-01

Podcast · Public episode book list

Public Recommended books section; list citation, not claimed verbatim/spoken transcript.

Amazon Audible Bookshop.org

The Hard Thing About Hard Things

by Ben Horowitz · 2014

The Hard Thing About Hard Things appears in the recommended-book list accompanying Anish Acharya’s Lenny’s Podcast episode.

Recommended · Wording not verified Source: Lenny’s Newsletter

Evidence details

Anish Acharya on Lenny’s Podcast

Conservative summary of an attributed recommended-book selection; no exact quotation or spoken transcript asserted.

This text documents what the source says, but it is not verified as a word-for-word quote.

Lenny’s Newsletter · 2026-09-06 · accessed 2026-10-01

Podcast · Public episode book list

Public Recommended books section; list citation, not claimed verbatim/spoken transcript.

Amazon Audible Bookshop.org