Episode · This Week in Startups · 2022-01-28
Books mentioned on $TSLA earnings breakdown & 2022 IPOs to watch with TechCrunch's Alex Wilhelm | E1371
Alex Wilhelm from TechCrunch joins Molly and Jason for a full episode. First, they breakdown Tesla's Q4 2021 earnings including its consistently increasing Model 3 production, profitability and charger network growth (3:08).
Alex Wilhelm recommended A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine, A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine, and Salvation: Salvation Sequence Book 1 by Peter F. Hamilton. Jason Calacanis discussed Zero to One by Peter Thiel and others.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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A Memory Called Empire
A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine is a science fiction novel following an ambassador in a massive interstellar empire.
Recommended“um most a memory called empire oh my god that's what i was going to say you stinker”
Where to get it
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A Desolation Called Peace
A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine is a science fiction novel that serves as the sequel to the acclaimed space opera A Memory Called Empire.
Recommended“and a desolation called peace yeah those are fantastic or the salvation sequence is tremendous”
Where to get it
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Salvation: Salvation Sequence Book 1
Salvation: Salvation Sequence Book 1 by Peter F.
Recommended“those are fantastic or the salvation sequence is tremendous um tara incognitas”
Where to get it
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Zero to One
Why people recommend it: Peter Thiel and Blake Masters's Zero to One offers a provocative guide to startup creation, arguing that true economic progress comes from building entirely new things rather than copying existing models.
Discussed“forget about zero to one like in the peter teal sense i like zero to one in the customer sense like a paying customer”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
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