Episode · Modern Wisdom · 2020-11-07
Chris Williamson & John Roa: books mentioned on Modern Wisdom #242
The Dark Side Of The Startup World - John Roa - #242
John Roa is an entrepreneur and an author. We often hear about the galactic successes of high growth startups, but what is the price that the founders pay to enable it?
John Roa discussed Billion Dollar Loser by Reeves Wiedeman and Chasing Excellence by Ben Bergeron. Chris Williamson recommended A Practical Way to Get Rich . . . and Die Trying by John Roa.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Billion Dollar Loser
Discussed“i mean you know i i learned with reeves weidman who wrote a billion dollar loser about adam newman and about the wework saga that's going on”
Where to get it
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Chasing Excellence
Discussed“so here's something that i learned from ben bergeron's chasing excellence which is that when we look back on a lot of the experiences that we have in life especially to do with sort of business and discomfort and stuff like that we don't ever look back and find any glory or really any interest”
Where to get it
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A Practical Way to Get Rich . . . and Die Trying
Recommended“so a practical way to get rich and die trining a memoir about risking it all will be linked in the show notes below”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“and um the way i found to do that was to write a book about it and so the book that you previously referenced it's called a practical way to get rich and die trying is my memoir and it's everything i just shared in excruciating detail”