Episode · This Week in Startups · 2022-04-08
Jason Calacanis & Lon Harris: books mentioned on This Week in Startups (Apr 2022)
Portfolio construction, Sequoia's transition & Fast with Acquired.FM + The Dropout: This Week in Streaming with Lon Harris | E1429
First, Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal from Acquired join Jason to talk portfolio construction (13:41), Roelof Botha succeeding Doug Leone at Sequoia (30:58), and to debate the takeaway from Fast's demise (52:22). Then Lon Harris from Inside Streaming joins to discuss the final two episodes of The Dropout (1:24:16)!
Jason Calacanis recommended The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Checklist Manifesto
The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande is a nonfiction exploration of how simple checklists and systematic processes can dramatically reduce human error and prevent catastrophic failures in complex fields like medicine and aviation.
Recommended“read the book the checklist manifest though and you'll learn about this is why people survive surgery and plane uh problems you know aviation challenges and disasters get avoided”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“and roloff even uses the animal farm quote right like we're all equal here some are just more equal than others you know blah blah blah”