Episode · Invest Like the Best · 2024-09-03
Patrick O'Shaughnessy & Bret Taylor: books mentioned on Invest Like the Best #386
Bret Taylor - The Agent Era - [Invest Like the Best, EP.386]
My guest today is Bret Taylor. His resume is absurd.
Bret Taylor recommended Unreasonable Hospitality by Will Guidara, and discussed The Mythical Man-Month by Frederick P. Brooks Jr. and Competing Against Luck by Clayton M. Christensen and others.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Mythical Man-Month
Discussed“And I would say it's broadly true, though, like all rules of thumb, it's just a rule of thumb and every situation is different.”
Where to get it
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Unreasonable Hospitality
Recommended“There's a great book. It's called Unreasonable Hospitality. And it was a really interesting book conceptually to me because those anecdotes of people having these really delightful experiences in this three-star Michelin restaurant, they seemed like these one-off moments.”
Where to get it
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Competing Against Luck
Discussed“So there's a author and business thinker named Clayton Christensen who wrote a book called Competing Against Luck, which created this framework called Jobs to be Done.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing What Technology Wants
“I love the title of this one Kevin Kelly book, What Technology Wants. And I'm curious what agents want.”