Episode · This Week in Startups · 2021-10-27
Jason Calacanis & Ryan Breslow: books mentioned on This Week in Startups
Sequoia's new structure, $HOOD and $TWTR earnings + Bolt's Ryan Breslow: 4-day work week | E1313
First, Jason covers Sequoia's VC-redefining transition to an evergreen fund (1:54). He continues Q3 earnings coverage with Robinhood (13:38) and Twitter (21:10).
Jason Calacanis read Working Backwards by Colin Bryar and others for a book club.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Working Backwards
Working Backwards by Colin Bryar and Bill Carr is an insider account of Amazon's unique management practices, operational discipline, and customer-centric business strategies.
Book club“uh yeah i mean i'm literally listening to the book i forgot the name of it but we're doing it in book club next week about the writing culture and it really is like right as a writer myself like writing is clarity of thought”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged Fundraising
“so i write in my book fundraising which is now on amazon that um you have to create momentum in a fundraising process and you can't just go and tell everybody that you're fundraising”