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Modern software development practices have rendered many traditional security practices obsolete, but adapting to these changes in a large organization is much easier said than done. In Building a Modern Security Program, Zane Lackey lays out the case for aligning security practices with DevOps practices, and shares details from his experience making this transition at Etsy.

Deep learning has already achieved remarkable results in many fields. Now it’s making waves throughout the sciences broadly and the life sciences in particular. This practical book teaches developers and scientists how to use deep learning for genomics, chemistry, biophysics, microscopy, medical analysis, and other fields.

A potent exploration of the power of blockchains to reshape the future of the Internet—and how that affects us all—from highly influential entrepreneur and technology investor Chris Dixon.

For many entrepreneurs, the world of venture capital can seem mysterious at best, adversarial at worst. And yet, understanding how venture capital works and how VCs make decisions is often critical to the success of many startups. In Secrets of Sand Hill Road, Andreessen Horowitz’s managing partner (and former entrepreneur himself) Scott Kupor demystifies the role of venture capital in all stages of the startup lifecycle.

Andrew Chen draws from his time at Uber—along with hundreds of interviews with the CEOs and founding teams of LinkedIn, Twitch, Zoom, Dropbox, Tinder, Uber, Airbnb, Pinterest, and more—to deliver an actionable playbook for growth. The Cold Start Problem explores how tech’s most successful products and companies solved the dreaded “cold start problem” by using network effects to launch and ultimately scale to billions of users.

There are lots of people talking about how great it is to start a business, but only Ben Horowitz is brutally honest about how hard it is to run one. Filled with his trademark humor and straight talk, The Hard Thing About Hard Things is invaluable for veteran entrepreneurs as well as those aspiring to their own new ventures, drawing from Ben’s personal, and often humbling, experiences.

How do you create a culture that weathers both the good times and the bad? In his new book, Ben Horowitz—cofounder and general partner at Andreessen Horowitz, and author of the New York Times bestseller, The Hard Thing About Hard Things—combines lessons from history and modern organizational practice to help executives build and sustain the cultures they want.