Episode · This Week in Startups · 2026-08-07

Books mentioned on How AI splits startups into winners and losers | E2322

2 books · With Kofi Asante, Keith Paris, Jamie Calacanis · Listen · Watch on YouTube

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Jason Calacanis discussed Unreasonable Hospitality by Will Guidara. Lon Harris discussed The Running Man by Stephen King.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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1. 

   Unreasonable Hospitality

   Will Guidara · at 12:18

   Unreasonable Hospitality by Will Guidara is a bestselling memoir and leadership guide that chronicles the author's experiences running the renowned restaurant Eleven Madison Park and transforming customer service into an art form.

   Discussed

   “Will G uh Gado who wrote unreasonable hospitality I had him on the program. Yeah, I do remember that.”

   Jason Calacanis How AI splits startups into winners and losers | E2322 2026-08-07 ▶ Play 12:52

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   The Running Man

   Stephen King · at 1:15:43

   The Running Man is a dystopian science fiction novel written by Stephen King under the pseudonym Richard Bachman, depicting a lethal game show in a grim future society.

   Discussed

   “This is turning into the Running Man before our eyes. Running man was a, you know, Arnold Schwarzenegger. It's a Stephen King story and then they made it into that Schwarzenegger movie”

   Lon Harris How AI splits startups into winners and losers | E2322 2026-08-07 ▶ Play 1:16:16

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