Episode · This Week in Startups · 2025-04-12

Books mentioned on Palantir's Fellowship, Coco Robots & Startup Office Hours | E2110

1 book · With Jake, Daniel, Brian Watson · Listen · Watch on YouTube

Today's show: We dive into the latest tech and startup news — including Palantir's bold new fellowship program that challenges the traditional college path, and DoorDash's rollout of burrito-delivering Coco robots in LA and Chicago.

Jason Calacanis discussed The Lean Startup by Eric Ries.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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   The Lean Startup

   Eric Ries · at 27:44

   The Lean Startup by Eric Ries is a foundational business guide that advocates for validated learning, rapid experimentation, and minimum viable products to help entrepreneurs build successful companies without wasting time or resources.

   Discussed

   “So uh Steve Blank and Eric Reese created this methodology called lean startup. He's an entrepreneur and he's just really awesome and he created this methodology along with Eric Reese. Eric Reese wrote the book Lean Startup and you want to create a hypothesis and run an experiment”

   Jason Calacanis Palantir's Fellowship, Coco Robots & Startup Office Hours | E2110 2025-04-12 Listen at 27:44

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