Episode · This Week in Startups · 2022-09-24
Jason Calacanis & Tobi Lütke: books mentioned on This Week in Startups (Sep 2022)
Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke on navigating a downturn, innovating in compensation & more | E1568
Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke joins Jason for the third time to break down Shopify's wild ride over the past 2+ years (1:40), $SHOP's new compensation system (14:19), competing with Amazon (45:38), Shop Pay (56:25), and more! Then, Producer Rachel welcomes Jules Terpak back for another segment of OK Boomer!
Mentioned: The confidence game by Maria Konnikova and Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The confidence game
The Confidence Game by Maria Konnikova explores the psychology of con artists and why intelligent people repeatedly fall for scams and manipulation.
Recommended“it's like an app it's called The Confidence Game but it's actually taken me like so Emma Walsh's rapper is my bookmark but it's taken me a long struggling time to get through the first chunk of it right which is a long time compared to like how I'm blasting through audiobooks and like that's interesting it's a really good”
Where to get it
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Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen is a classic novel that explores themes of love, class, and marriage in 19th-century England through the spirited relationship between Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy.
Discussed“I bet you there's going to be if this doesn't already exist like basically like a spark notes but still in written format for people like me who still like to read just tweets you know yeah like basically a book be like yeah this is Pride and Prejudice but like only like the like a 10-page version of Pride”
Where to get it
