Episode · This Week in Startups · 2025-12-04

Jason Calacanis & Jonathan Swanson: books mentioned on This Week in Startups

Getting past the "Cardinal Sins of Delegating" with Jonathan Swanson of Athena | E2218

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Jason Calacanis recommended The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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   The Checklist Manifesto

   Atul Gawande · at 44:39

   The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande is a nonfiction exploration of how simple checklists and systematic processes can dramatically reduce human error and prevent catastrophic failures in complex fields like medicine and aviation.

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   “It is super important um to have a playbook and a checklist. This is why I always every single person who comes to work for me, I make them read the checklist manifesto because Jack Dorsey had read in I don't know some interview with him or heard him on a podcast and he talked about this book and how”

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