Episode · This Week in Startups · 2021-10-22
Books mentioned on Trump SPAC, WeWork SPAC, GitLab IPO w/ Eric Newcomer + Quick Commerce w/Matt Newberg | E1310
Tech journalist Eric Newcomer joins to talk the Trump SPAC (8:26), WeWork SPAC (15:58), and the behind the scenes funding story of GitLab's IPO (25:41). Then, HNGRY's Matt Newberg joins to talk innovations in the quick commerce space, the growing impact of ghost kitchens, and more!
Jason Calacanis discussed Billion Dollar Loser by Reeves Wiedeman and The Contrarian by Max Chafkin. Matt Newberg discussed Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Billion Dollar Loser
Billion Dollar Loser by Reeves Wiedeman is a gripping non-fiction book that chronicles the meteoric rise and spectacular fall of Adam Neumann and the office-sharing startup WeWork.
Discussed“but i read uh elliot marine's book on yeah and then there was reeves book billion dollar loser the epic rise and spectacular fall of adam newman and wework”
Where to get it
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The Contrarian
The Contrarian by Max Chafkin is an investigative biography examining the life, career, and political ideology of tech investor Peter Thiel.
Discussed“we just had max chaffin on to talk about the contrarians. i basically got into it a little bit because there were two things in the book i noticed”
Where to get it
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Predictably Irrational
Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely is a behavioral economics book that investigates the hidden psychological forces and cognitive biases shaping human decision-making and consumer pricing.
Discussed“i think it's my take on that and as i told my readers the other week was that ten dollars basically positions you i don't know if you've ever read like um predictably irrational by dan area but he talks about you know pricing pages”
Where to get it
