Episode · Conversations with Tyler · 2024-09-18
Books mentioned on Tobi Lütke on Creating Shopify for Americans as a German in Canada
Tobi Lütke is the CEO and co-founder of Shopify. 20 years ago, he was just a German coder who emigrated to Canada to launch some ecommerce platform with another German.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Lean Startup
The Lean Startup by Eric Ries is a foundational business strategy guide that advocates for iterative product development and rapid market testing to validate assumptions before committing extensive resources.
Critiqued“so this is I'm a little bit like there was some cross pollination from The Lean Startup book to um the retail world and I think that's especially in retail this has been bad I'm actually wondering if that was such a good um uh set of ideas”
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The Lord of the Rings
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R.
Discussed“I mean obviously a lot of rings is an amazing management book if you will like like the way gun the way gun shows up in just the right time um in in in in in has the exact right combination of words is certainly something that's um uh extremely valuable”
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Seeing Like a State
Seeing Like a State by James C.
Recommended“I think as um most interes see seeing like a state is just a fantastically book I I he just passed away you probably saw that on Twitter it's yes yesterday or so a couple days ago um yeah what a fantastic mind and like a I I know no um it is one of those books you read which”
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The Managerial Revolution
The Managerial Revolution by James Burnham is a notable 1941 political work that analyzes the historic shift in power from traditional capitalists to corporate managers and state bureaucrats.
Discussed“I've um I I've been fascinated with uh with the Burnham books um um you mean managerial Revolution and mellan are just like especially for when they were written incredible books and um just the the degree by which we have known a lot of these kind of things but haven't known the solution to some of you know the”
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A Conflict of Visions
A Conflict of Visions by Thomas Sowell is a profound work of political philosophy that examines the underlying assumptions and ideologies that shape differing worldviews on human nature and society.
Recommended“I think the best book I've read um was a conflict of Visions um recently by um Thomas sa I I just find that is an incredibly um insightful book by creating a prior to a lot of sort of political conversations”
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