Episode · This Week in Startups · 2021-08-19

Books mentioned on Robinhood earnings breakdown, Amazon launching department stores + Mark Suster deep dives VC | E1268

2 books · With Mark Suster · Listen · Watch on YouTube

Jason breaks down the 2 metrics he uses to to assess Robinhood's Q2 earnings (1:43) and Amazon entering Department Store retail (16:39). Then, Mark Suster from Upfront Ventures joins (24:07) to discuss venture metrics, community as a moat, why high valuations don't necessarily mean a bubble & more.

Mark Suster recommended Collapse by Jared M. Diamond, and discussed Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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1. 

   Collapse

   Jared M. Diamond · at 1:23:03

   Collapse by Jared M.

   Recommended

   “i can't recommend highly enough to every reader if you care about sustainability of the planet to read a book called collapse and it's written by one of my favorite authors in the world jared diamond”

   Mark Suster Robinhood earnings breakdown, Amazon launching department stores + Mar… 2021-08-19 Listen at 1:23:03

   Where to get it

   AmazonListen on Audible
2. 

   Guns, Germs and Steel

   Jared Diamond · at 1:23:26

   Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond is an expansive historical non-fiction work that explores why Eurasian civilizations survived and conquered other societies, attributing these outcomes to geographical and environmental advantages rather than biological differences.

   Discussed

   “jared diamond and jared diamond won the pulitzer prize for his amazing book called guns germs and stale so collapse studies societies around the world that collapse and why do they collapse and like guns turns in steel”

   Mark Suster Robinhood earnings breakdown, Amazon launching department stores + Mar… 2021-08-19 Listen at 1:23:26

   Where to get it

   AmazonListen on Audible