Episode · Acquired · 2022-09-28
Books mentioned on Benchmark Part I
Benchmark Capital. We tell the tale of the legendary equal partnership that accomplished something no other venture firm can claim: twice it has produced the highest returning fund of its cycle, each time with a 100% different GP lineup.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Built to Last
Built to Last by James C.
Discussed“right around this time is when Jim Collins first big book built to last comes out Bob reads it loves it as he's thinking about what's going on at tvi and what he wants his future fund and what Benchmark would become to be totally aligns with Jim's principles in the book they actually hand a copy of the book”
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Startup
“this is like the go Corporation of which Jared Kaplan wrote The Great Book startup about and ink certainly fell into that category”
Passing The Hard Thing About Hard Things
“I had just read the hard thing about hard things and I was like oh my God so fun”