Episode · Lenny's Podcast · 2026-04-26
Lenny Rachitsky & Evan Spiegel: books mentioned on Lenny's Podcast
Snapchat CEO: Why distribution has become the most important moat | Evan Spiegel
Evan Spiegel, the co-founder and CEO of Snap, is one of the very few people in the world who has successfully built and scaled a lasting consumer social product.
Evan Spiegel recommended Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries by Safi Bahcall, Apple by David Pogue, and The End of the World is Just the Beginning by Peter Zeihan.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries
Recommended“The best sort of like academic overview or summary I think comes from a guy Safi Belell who wrote a book called Loonshots. It's really worth reading.”
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Apple
Recommended“Well, you know what I just finished was The First 50 Years of Apple, uh, by David Pogue. I thought it was great. I would recommend the first half uh because you know he interviews like 150 early Apple team members and it the stories are just great”
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The End of the World is Just the Beginning
Recommended“there's a great book maybe relevant for this particular moment called the end of the world is just the beginning. Um which actually touches a lot on the vulnerability of global shipping.”
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