Episode · How I Write · 2024-05-22
Books mentioned on How Writing Helped Jason Fried Build an 8-Figure Business
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Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Overstory
The Overstory by Richard Powers is a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel that follows several Americans whose lives connect through trees and their deep relationship with the natural world.
Recommended“I just read this book, The Overstory. You know this book? Yeah, Richard Powers. Yeah. Oh my god, it was incredible.”
Where to get it
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Rework
Rework is a popular business and productivity book by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson that challenges conventional corporate wisdom and offers counterintuitive advice on building and running a company.
Discussed“Because I know that I think with Rework you did a bunch of compression towards the end of the book. So what is different about the nature of a book there?”
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Getting Real
Discussed“So even going back to Getting Real it's like 90 short pieces and that's the same thing in Rework and Remote and It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work.”
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It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work
Discussed“So even going back to Getting Real it's like 90 short pieces and that's the same thing in Rework and Remote and It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work.”
Where to get it
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Remote
Discussed“So even going back to Getting Real it's like 90 short pieces and that's the same thing in Rework and Remote and It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (4) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Own book Rework
“Remote we kind of did. But but It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work Rework and Getting Real.”
Own book Rework
“The the best editor I've ever worked with was on Rework. Okay. Um Rick Hogan was our editor-in-chief”
Own book Getting Real
“So, Getting Real was in the early days. I think we published that in 2006 maybe. I don't remember exactly when that was, but it was pretty early on.”
Own book Getting Real
“That's what Getting Real was. It was a series of recipes for how we think about building software.”