Episode · My First Million · 2023-03-02
Books mentioned on This Guy Is Richer Than Jeff Bezos & Elon Musk... (#425)
Shaan Puri discussed Zero to One by Peter Thiel and others and The Snowball by Alice Schroeder.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Zero to One
Zero to One by Peter Thiel and Blake Masters is a prominent business and technology book that challenges conventional startup thinking.
Discussed“What interests me about him is I think Peter Thiel has this book. What's that book called that Zero to One. Zero to One, and it's awesome. Um I I really like reading that book and it kind of had an impact on me where he talked about like extreme personalities”
Where to get it
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The Snowball
The Snowball by Alice Schroeder is an extensive biography of legendary investor Warren Buffett that chronicles his business acumen, lifelong learning habits, and the personal trade-offs of extreme career dedication.
Discussed“I don't know like the what Chris's story is but Andrew said they basically were like building their own companies and like reinvesting the profits into building their own things and then they read the biography of Warren Buffett. I think it's called Snowball or something and then they read like a Charlie Munger book and they go, oh yeah,”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“So, he was and he like clearly like was learning how to interact with people. Like he was like an internet guy who like read how to win friends and influence people.”