Episode · The Tim Ferriss Show · 2024-11-27
Books mentioned on #780: Cyan Banister — From Homeless and Broke to Top Angel Investor (Uber, SpaceX, and 100+ More)
Cyan Banister (@cyantist) is a general partner at Long Journey Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm focused on early and new investments. Cyan was an early investor in Uber, SpaceX, DeepMind, Flexport, and Affirm and has invested in more than 100 companies.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Nesnesitelná lehkost bytí = The Unbearable Lightness of Being = Sonzai no taerarenai karusa [Japanese Edition]
Milan Kundera's "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" is a philosophical novel exploring love, politics, and the heavy burdens of human existence against the backdrop of the 1968 Prague Spring.
Recommended“The Eternal recurrence can get super confusing it can get super confusing it features quite heavily in the unbearable lightness of being by Milan Kera who which I highly highly recommend to folks”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing The Dharma Bums
“he was out there because he read Jack carak or something I was just gonna say like Dharma bums or something yeah he probably just read Dharma bums and was like I'm heading out”