Episode · Invest Like the Best · 2024-05-14

Patrick O'Shaughnessy & Dev Ittycheria: books mentioned on Invest Like the Best #373

Dev Ittycheria - The Database Evolution - [Invest Like the Best, EP.373]

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My guest today is Dev Ittycheria. Dev is the CEO of MongoDB, the developer data platform with tens of thousands of customers in 100 different countries.

Dev Ittycheria discussed Talent Is Overrated by Geoff Colvin.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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   Talent Is Overrated

   Geoff Colvin · at 1:02:39

   Talent Is Overrated by Geoff Colvin investigates the true drivers of exceptional performance, arguing that deliberate practice and relentless hard work are far more critical to achieving greatness than innate natural talent.

   Discussed

   “Another book that I've seen you reference is Talent is Overrated by Jeff Colvin, I think is his name. I'm curious what you learned from that book, kind of in the same spirit of what you learned from Andy Grove. It's been a while since I read that book, but the takeaway for me was that if you're a startup,”

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