Episode · My First Million · 2024-12-11
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Amjad Masad discussed The Sovereign Individual by James Dale Davidson and others and The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Sovereign Individual
The Sovereign Individual by James Dale Davidson and Lord William Rees-Mogg is a visionary late-twentieth-century book that anticipates the decline of the nation-state and the rise of decentralized digital economies, remote work, and cryptocurrencies.
Discussed“One of my favorite books is The Sovereign Individual. The thing I really was excited about is this idea of ideas become wealth.”
Where to get it
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The Hard Thing About Hard Things
The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz is a pragmatic, highly candid business guide that addresses the brutal emotional and operational realities of running a company when standard management rules fail.
Discussed“And so so you have this this duo of like the doer and the like the philosopher. And the interesting thing about A16Z is his partner is is sort of like the executor sort of the executive, right? He wrote The Hard Thing About Hard Things where like he teaches you like about what it means to run a company.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Learn Python the Hard Way
“You you do 20% of it, and you give up. Uh you know, we buy the the Udemy course, learn Python the hard way. Then you start doing it. And then nothing really ever stuck.”