Episode · Invest Like the Best · 2019-11-19
Patrick O'Shaughnessy, Kevin Systrom & Mike Krieger: books mentioned on Invest Like the Best
Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger – How to Build a Great Product
My guests this week are Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, the co-founders of Instagram. I met Kevin and Mike a few months ago over a shared interest in business and investing.
Kevin Systrom discussed AI by Roman V. Yampolskiy, Python by Mark Lutz, and Getting Things Done by David Allen.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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AI
Discussed“I bought a book back in the day and I think it was called AI and Python or something. It was an O'Reilly book, but it was back in the day and it had an entire chapter on neural nets, but it was like how to create them from scratch.”
Where to get it
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Python
Discussed“I bought a book back in the day and I think it was called AI and Python or something. It was an O'Reilly book, but it was back in the day and it had an entire chapter on neural nets, but it was like how to create them from scratch.”
Where to get it
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Getting Things Done
Discussed“A friend way back in the day gave me this book, Getting Things Done by David Allen. And most people skim it and they're like, yeah, okay. I have to-do list and triggers and actions and they kind of subscribe to it.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Analytic Methods in Sports
“I'm reading this book, this fascinating book, I think it's called analytic methods in sports. Don't get me wrong. I'm not into sports at all. I don't want sports. And this was the one way I thought maybe if I like apply math to it, I'll get into sports.”