Episode · This Week in Startups · 2022-01-13
Books mentioned on $140B streaming wars 2022 budget, Warren's bad "Big Grocery" take + Mac Conwell: Angel S6 E1 | E1359
First we talk about how the top streaming platforms projected to spend $140B on content in 2022 (2:18) and Elizabeth Warren's bad take on grocery stores. Then Mac Conwell "Mac the VC" joins the show as the first guest for Angel Season 6 (49:29) to share his story and how he invests.
Mac Conwell discussed The Lean Startup by Eric Ries.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Lean Startup
The Lean Startup by Eric Ries is a foundational business guide that advocates for validated learning, rapid experimentation, and minimum viable products to help entrepreneurs build successful companies without wasting time or resources.
Discussed“lean startup comes out ship something ugly learn you get better right now when you ship something it shouldn't be ugly but don't need to be perfect”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing The Witcher
“i even read the books like i'm that much of a nerd but yeah it's like this you know the guy this guy like loner hot grunting loner who can do magic gets involved in wars”
Plugged Angel
“it's been six seasons since i wrote the book angel we started this special series special podcast as part of this week in startups so that you could learn from other investors what their theses are how they invest why they invest their best practices you know”