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Qasar Younis

Applied Intuition co-founder; automotive engineer

An engineer and co-founder of Applied Intuition, previously chief operating officer at Y Combinator. His documented reading choices connect company building with management, history, and uncertainty.

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Technology Entrepreneurship

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Books Qasar Younis recommends, documented so far

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Retail Founder Memoir Operations

Made in America

by Sam Walton & John Huey · 1992

Author signal

Sam Walton · Walmart founder

John Huey · Co-author

Documented citation: Qasar Younis identifies Sam Walton’s autobiography as his favorite business book.

Documented citation · Recommended

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Books

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Qasar Younis · undated · accessed 2026-10-01

website · Personal reading list

Directly inspected positive reading-list entry; no original publication date or exact quotation asserted.

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Amazon Audible Bookshop.orgAffiliate disclosure: We may earn a commission when you buy through some links. Recommendations are included because of the source, not because of the retailer. Details

Semiconductors Operations Engineering Management

High Output Management

by Andrew Grove · 1983

Author signal

Andrew Grove · Intel engineer-operator

2 source records

Documented citation: Qasar Younis strongly recommends Grove’s book and relates it to management culture at Applied Intuition.

Documented citation · Recommended

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Books

This source documents the book relationship, but the displayed text is a catalog summary rather than a verbatim quote.

Qasar Younis · undated · accessed 2026-10-01

website · Personal reading list

Directly inspected positive reading-list entry; no original publication date or exact quotation asserted.

Open source

Documented citation: High Output Management appears in the recommended-book list accompanying Qasar Younis’s Lenny’s Podcast episode.

Documented citation · Recommended

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Qasar Younis on Lenny’s Podcast

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Lenny’s Newsletter · 2026-03-08 · accessed 2026-10-01

podcast · Public episode book list

Public recommended books section includes High Output Management; own annotated list independently confirms Younis’s strong endorsement. Paid transcript not accessed.

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Amazon Audible Bookshop.orgAffiliate disclosure: We may earn a commission when you buy through some links. Recommendations are included because of the source, not because of the retailer. Details

Investing Risk Probability

Fooled by Randomness

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb · 2001

Author signal

Nassim Nicholas Taleb · Author of Fooled by Randomness

Documented citation: Qasar Younis credits Taleb’s book with shaping how he thinks about uncertainty in investing.

Documented citation · Recommended

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Books

This source documents the book relationship, but the displayed text is a catalog summary rather than a verbatim quote.

Qasar Younis · undated · accessed 2026-10-01

website · Personal reading list

Directly inspected positive reading-list entry; no original publication date or exact quotation asserted.

Open source

History Geography Society

Guns, Germs, and Steel

by Jared Diamond · 1997

Author signal

Jared Diamond · Geographer and author

Documented citation: Qasar Younis recommends Diamond’s book to readers interested in how civilizations develop.

Documented citation · Recommended

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Books

This source documents the book relationship, but the displayed text is a catalog summary rather than a verbatim quote.

Qasar Younis · undated · accessed 2026-10-01

website · Personal reading list

Directly inspected positive reading-list entry; no original publication date or exact quotation asserted.

Open source

Amazon Bookshop.orgAffiliate disclosure: We may earn a commission when you buy through some links. Recommendations are included because of the source, not because of the retailer. Details