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What I learned from reading Working Backwards: Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside Amazon by Colin Bryar and Bill Carr.
What I learned from reading Young Titan: The Making of Winston Churchill by Michael Shelden.
What I learned from rereading The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King by... more
What I learned from reading Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, a Daring Escape, and the Making of Winston... more
What I learned from the first 6 years of making Founders.
What I learned from reading The Forgotten Highlander: An Incredible WWII Story of Survival in the Pacific by Alistair Urquhart.
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What I learned from rereading Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration by... more
What I learned from reading The Bugatti Story by L’Ebe Bugatti.
What I learned from reading Creators: From Chaucer and Durer to Picasso and Disney by Paul Johnson.
What I learned from reading How To Do Great Work by Paul Graham.
What I learned from reading The Nolan Variations: The Movies, Mysteries, and Marvels of Christopher Nolan by Tom Shone.
What I learned from reading Lighting Out for the Territory: How Samuel Clemens Headed West and Became Mark Twain by... more
What I learned from reading The Futurist: The Life and Films of James Cameron by Rebecca Keegan and The Return... more
What I learned from reading Creators: From Chaucer and Durer to Picasso and Disney by Paul Johnson.
What I learned from reading Michael Jordan: The Life by Roland Lazenby.
What I learned from reading Arnold and Me: In the Shadow of the Austrian Oak by Barbara Outland Baker.
What I learned from reading Glock: The Rise of America's Gun by Paul Barrett.
What I learned from reading Dynasties: Fortunes and Misfortunes of the World's Great Family Businesses by David Landes.
What I learned from reading Confessions of an Advertising Man by David Ogilvy.
What I learned from reading Working by Robert Caro.
What I learned from reading Sol Price: Retail Revolutionary by Robert Price.
What I learned from reading The Women of Berkshire Hathaway: Lessons from Warren Buffett's Female CEOs and Directors by Karen... more
What I learned from reading The Mind of Napoleon: A Selection of His Written and Spoken Words edited by J.... more
What I learned from reading Tiger Woods by Jeff Benedict and Armen Keteyian.
What I learned from reading Against the Odd: An Autobiography by James Dyson for the 4th time.
What I learned from reading Make Something Wonderful: Steve Jobs in his own words.
What I learned from having lunch with Sam Zell and reading Zeckendorf: The Autobiography of The man Who Played a... more
What I learned from rereading Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman by Yvon Chouinard.
David Rosenthal and Ben Gilbert — of the Acquired podcast — invited me to San Francisco for a discussion on... more
What I learned from reading The Taste of Luxury: Bernard Arnault and the Moet-Hennessy Louis Vuitton Story by Nadege Forestier... more
What I learned from rereading The Tao of Charlie Munger.
What I learned from reading Napoleon: A Concise Biography by David Bell.
What I learned from rereading Grinding It Out: The Making of McDonald's by Ray Kroc.
What I learned from rereading The Invisible Billionaire: Daniel Ludwig by Jerry Shields.
What I learned from reading The HP Way: How Bill Hewlett and I Built Our Company by David Packard.
What I learned from rereading Hard Drive: Bill Gates and the Making of the Microsoft Empire by James Wallace and... more
What I learned from reading The Dream of Solomeo: My Life and the Idea of Humanistic Capitalism by Brunello Cucinelli.
What I learned from reading Ralph Lauren: The Man Behind the Mystique by Jeffrey Trachtenberg.
What I learned from rereading Rolls-Royce: The Magic of a Name: The First Forty Years of Britain s Most Prestigious... more
What I learned from reading All I Want To Know Is Where I'm Going To Die So I'll Never Go... more
What I learned from reading American Rascal: How Jay Gould Built Wall Street's Biggest Fortune by Greg Steinmetz.
What I learned from rereading Meet You in Hell: Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, and the Bitter Partnership That Changed... more
What I learned from rereading The Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie by Andrew Carnegie.
What I learned from rereading Jeff Bezos' Shareholder Letters (for the 3rd time!)
What I learned from rereading Creative Selection: Inside Apple's Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs by Ken... more
What I learned from reading Copy This!: How I turned Dyslexia, ADHD, and 100 square feet into a company called... more
What I learned from reading Starting At Zero: His Own Story by Jimi Hendrix.
What I learned from reading What I Learned Before I Sold to Warren Buffett: An Entrepreneur's Guide to Developing a... more
What I learned from rereading Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel.
What I learned from reading Hackers and Painters: Big Ideas From The Computer Age by Paul Graham
What I learned from reading Paul Graham’s essays.
What I learned from reading Paul Graham’s essays.
What I learned from rereading The New New Thing: A Silicon Valley Story by Michael Lewis.
What I learned from rereading The Mamba Mentality: How I Play by Kobe Bryant.
What I learned from reading Showboat: The Life of Kobe Bryant by Roland Lazenby.
What I learned from reading Endless Frontier: Vannevar Bush, Engineer of the American Century by G. Pascal Zachary.
What I learned from reading Pieces of the Action by Vannevar Bush.
What I learned from reading Am I Being Too Subtle?: Straight Talk From a Business Rebel by Sam Zell.
What I learned from reading Cable Cowboy: John Malone and the Rise of the Modern Cable Business by Mark Robichaux.