Episode · This Week in Startups · 2022-03-06

Jason Calacanis & Andrew Beebe: books mentioned on This Week in Startups

How much money is too much? (VC Sunday School) + Climate: Andrew Beebe of Obvious Ventures | E1401

1 book · With Andrew Beebe · Listen · Watch on YouTube

Another Sunday double-header edition! First Jason leads a VC Sunday School session on how to react when companies try and skip steps and raise larger rounds (2:51).

Andrew Beebe recommended The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson and others.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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  1. The Ministry for the Future

    Kim Stanley Robinson; Simon Saito · at 55:21

    The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson is a gripping speculative science fiction novel that chronicles a near-future world grappling with the escalating and devastating consequences of climate change through the efforts of a newly established UN subsidiary.

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    “yeah again i would also if i could plug one other thing i would recommend a great book by kim stanley robinson called ministry for the future uh it sounds like you read it but it's a terrific window into the next 30 years and uh after all of the horrific death in the beginning it's actually quite optimistic”
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