Book · 2020 · Business & Economics
Edge
Turning Adversity into Advantage
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Turning adversity into an advantage is out right now go buy it again if you're a fan of the pod you need to buy whatever book I know you guys all got a little chatter and the books well worth reading.
Jason Calacanis · This Week in Startups · Feb 2020 Listen at 43:47 What they say about it
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The best things said about it
And now your new book is out Edge: Turning Adversity into Advantage and you can go order that right now if you're listening to me and you're a fan of the pod going order the book.
Jason Calacanis This Week in Startups · Feb 2020 Let's talk about your book you decided to write this book Edge: Turning Adversity into Advantage yeah it's a bit a little bit about your story in here and a little bit about your research.
Jason Calacanis This Week in Startups · Feb 2020 And her new book edge turning advantage in adversity into advantage so I actually literally wrote in my notes when I was listening to the book thanks for getting me the early audio you read it yourself.
Jason Calacanis This Week in Startups · Feb 2020 And the power of of sort of flipping adversity to your advantage and the sort of strategies and tactics that I talked about in the book is that you do this in a very benign way.
If somebody walks up to you in the street 2 3 4 or 10 years from now and says hey I read edge here's what it did for me yeah what would be the most meaningful thing for them to say to you.
Jason Calacanis This Week in Startups · Feb 2020 Why people recommend it
Edge: Turning Adversity into Advantage by Laura Huang explores how individuals facing structural inequality and underestimation can leverage their unique positions to succeed. Jason Calacanis strongly recommended the book on This Week in Startups, encouraging listeners to purchase and read it immediately while mentioning that he was enjoying the audiobook. During their discussion, Huang explained to Calacanis that the book emerged from her academic research on disadvantage and how people operate within imperfect systems. They talked about structural disparities related to gender and other demographic factors, exploring how underestimated individuals can alter dynamics from within industries like technology and investing. Calacanis asked Huang how her concepts apply to specific situations, such as founders receiving biased prevention-focused questions during pitches. Huang detailed strategies for delighting others and demonstrating real value even when starting from a disadvantaged position. Throughout the interview, Calacanis praised Huang's insights and urged his audience to engage with the book's practical advice on turning personal and professional adversity into a distinct competitive advantage.
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Jason Calacanis and now your new book is out edge turning adversity into advantage and you can go order that right now if y… 6
Recommended
“and now your new book is out edge turning adversity into advantage and you can go order that right now if you're listening to me and you're a fan of the pod going order the book”
Discussed
“let's talk about your book you decided to write this book edge turning adversity into advantage yeah it's a bit a little bit about your story in here and a little bit about your research”
Discussed
“and her new book edge turning advantage in adversity into advantage so I actually literally wrote in my notes when I was listening to the book thanks for getting me the early audio you read it yourself”
Discussed
“but this is where that kind of turning your adversity into advantage how do you do that in a circumstance in this circumstance as soon as you recognize for example that you're getting a prevention focused question”
Recommended
“turning adversity into an advantage is out right now go buy it again if you're a fan of the pod you need to buy whatever book I know you guys all got a little chatter and the books well worth reading”
Discussed
“if somebody walks up to you in the street 2 3 4 or 10 years from now and says hey I read edge here's what it did for me yeah what would be the most meaningful thing for them to say to you”
Laura Huang I mean speaking for like my industry technology and investing the number of female investors investors of c… 7
Discussed
“well I mean look structurally we know that there that there are disadvantages that certain classes of people or certain traits lead to disadvantages there's less gender parity all those sorts of things”
Discussed
“I mean speaking for like my industry technology and investing the number of female investors investors of color it is changed more in the last two years than the previous 28 to count that is progress”
Discussed
“so what is the strategy of delighting people as it relates to the bias people have against women people of color LGBTQ yeah I mean the the thing about being at a disadvantage er being underestimated is that you don't always have the opportunity to show how you enrich and provide value”
Discussed
“and and the power of of sort of flipping adversity to your advantage and the sort of strategies and tactics that I talked about in the book is that you do this in a very benign way”
Discussed
“and I think edge what I really you know sort of believe is that it's not an unfair thing it's something right you have but for whatever reason people are not seeing it”
Discussed
“and so you know what I talked about in the second half of the book it actually started from the back right so you really liked chapter 13 no but actually I always start with the last”
Discussed
“or you know there's people who have wronged us or and we hold on to that it's like a chip on our shoulder I ask my students sometimes think about a time when somebody wronged you or some situation that still has you feeling angry”
Other mentions (2: passing, ad reads, own books)
Plugged
“and so this book is really how do you flip the obstacles the adversity the stereotypes that people have against you how do you flip those things in your so that you can gain and create your own it”
Plugged
“and it's not this book is not just for women or people of color this is intended for anybody who feels that they're being marginalized and who wants to get an edge”