Episode · This Week in Startups · 2020-02-07
Jason Calacanis, Sachin Monga & Alex Cornell: books mentioned on This Week in Startups
E1026: Cocoon Co-Founders Sachin Monga & Alex Cornell are building an intimate app to connect close circles, share insights on key standout features, raising money as a messaging app, breeding trust via strong domain names, ideal customers & more
0:57 Jason intros Alex & Sachin 4:46 When and why did they start Cocoon? 6:40 Why did Facebook keep changing their developer tools platform?
Jason Calacanis discussed What You Do Is Who You Are by Ben Horowitz and The Innovator's Dilemma by Clayton Christensen.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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What You Do Is Who You Are
Ben Horowitz's What You Do Is Who You Are outlines practical strategies for building and maintaining strong business cultures by drawing on unexpected historical and modern examples.
Discussed“Ben Horowitz is gonna call in and talk about his new best-selling book we've been trying to get him on the show for a while and Ben's gonna tell us about the response to his amazing new book what you do is who you are how to create your business culture which is out in hardcover right now”
Where to get it
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The Innovator's Dilemma
The Innovator's Dilemma by Clayton Christensen is a seminal business book that explains why leading companies often fail when confronted with disruptive technological changes.
Discussed“when they can't do they can't change their model to paid because they make $15 per user per month and if you provided something that's amazing for $3 per month or $5 per month they would have to I mean it's innovators dilemma they would have to lose half as much per user”
Where to get it
