Podcast Episodes
Back to Search#27 A Truck Full of Money: Coding, Mania, Love, Genius: The Life of an American Entrepreneur
What I learned from reading A Truck Full of Money: Coding, Mania, Love, Genius: The Life of an American Entrepreneurby Tracy Kidder
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[7:00] Kayak se…
8 years, 2 months ago
#26 My Life and Work: The Autobiography of Henry Ford
What I learned from My Life and Work: The Autobiography of Henry Ford.
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A theory of business (0:01)
If an old idea works then the weight of the evide…
8 years, 3 months ago
#25 Against the Odds: An Autobiography by James Dyson
What I learned from reading Against the Odds: An Autobiography by James Dyson
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I am a creator of products, a builder of things. [0:01]
This book is t…
8 years, 4 months ago
#24 No Better Time: The Brief, Remarkable Life of Danny Lewin, the Genius Who Transformed the Internet
What I learnd by reading No Better Time: The Brief, Remarkable Life of Danny Lewin, the Genius Who Transformed the Internet by Molly Knight Raskin.
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8 years, 4 months ago
#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
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He grew up poor, dropped out of high school, and made himsel…
8 years, 4 months ago
#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.
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I'm not going to work for someone else (0:0…
8 years, 5 months ago
#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.
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[0:35] For a new generati…
8 years, 5 months ago
#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 …
8 years, 6 months ago
#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.
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L…
8 years, 7 months ago
#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.
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I had always avoided thinking of …
8 years, 7 months ago