#23 The New New Thing: A Silicon Valley Story
What I learned from reading The New New Thing: A Silicon Valley Story by Michael Lewis --- He grew up poor, dropped out of high school, and made himself 3 or 4 billion dollars (0:01), New Growth Theor...
7 Apr 20181h 1min
#22 How To Turn Down A Billion Dollars: The Snapchat Story
What I learned from reading How to Turn Down a Billion Dollars: The Snapchat Story by Billy Gallagher. --- I'm not going to work for someone else (0:01) Early design decisions of Snapchat (7:45) Evan...
20 Mars 20181h 3min
#21 Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture
What I learned from reading Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture by David Kushner. --- [0:35] For a new generation, Carmack and Romero personified an American dr...
1 Mars 20181h 28min
#20 Danny Meyer (The Transforming Power of Hospitality in Business)
What I learned from reading Setting the Table: The Transforming Power of Hospitality in Business by Danny Meyer. This is not a typical business book (0:30) Why don't you just do what you've been thin...
6 Feb 201843min
#19 Becoming Steve Jobs
What I learned from reading Becoming Steve Jobs: The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader by Brent Schlender and Rick Tetzeli. --- Learning from great company-builders (0:30) Steve ...
19 Jan 20181h 13min
#18 Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman
What I learned from reading Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman by Yvon Chouinard. --- I had always avoided thinking of myself as a businessman. I was a climber, a surfe...
8 Jan 201856min
#17 Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon
What I learned from reading The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon by Brad Stone. ---- Founders Notes gives you the ability to tap into the collective knowledge of history's great...
1 Jan 20181h 3min
#16 Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller
What I learned from reading Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller by Ron Chernow. [0:01] Rockefeller was a unique hybrid in American business, both the instinctive first-generation entrepreneur who ...
8 Dec 20171h 3min
