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(Last updated June 11, 2024)

Some of my favorite books, blogs, articles, and podcasts.

Books:

• Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World by David Epstein
• Big Mistakes: The Best Investors and Their Worst Mistakes by Michael Batnick
• The Outsiders: Eight Unconventional CEOs and Their Radically Rational Blueprint for Success by William Thorndike
• Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike by Phil Knight
• The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers by Ben Horowitz
• The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis
• Justice: What's The Right Thing To Do by Michael Sandel
• Zen and The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values by Robert Pirsig

Blogs:

• Kellblog – covers topics related to starting, leading, and scaling enterprise software startups.
• Stratechery – provides analysis of the strategy and business side of technology and media, and the impact of technology on society.
• AVC – Fred’s blog ranges from conversations about the state of the venture capital industry, USV portfolio companies, and the global economy along random musings from his life.
• WaitButWhy – random assortment of in-depth blog posts from a wide variety of subjects.
• Farnam Street – collection of cross-disciplinary knowledge on leadership, decision making, mental models, and combinatorial creativity by Shane Parish.
• Of Dollars and Data – focuses on personal finance using data analysis.
• Morgan Housel – Morgan Housel is a partner at Collaborative Fund and author of the book The Psychology of Money.
• Internal Tech Emails – internal tech industry emails that surface in public records.
• Visual Capitalist – making the world's information more accessible.
• Lenny's Newsletter – a weekly advice column about building product, driving growth, and working with humans.
• SatPost – round-up of the funniest memes and tweets from the previous week.
• The Generalist – learn what matters in tech and crypto.

Articles, Memos, Executive Emails:

• Amazon Shareholder Letters
• Srirams Memos Collection
• Barry McCarthy First Email as CEO of Peloton
• Elon Must Twitter Texts
• Internal Memo of Nike Principles from Rob Strasser
• Quit Your Job
• The Confrontation Obligation

Podcasts

• Invest Like The Best – conversations with the best investors and business leaders in the world.
• My First Million – Sam and Shaan brainstorm new ideas based on trends and opportunities they see in the market.
• Acquired – Every company has a story. Learn the playbooks that built the world’s greatest companies — and how you can apply them as a founder, operator, or investor.
• Founders – learn from history's greatest entrepreneurs.
• 50x – dissecting the anatomy of extraordinary long-term investments.