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Episode · Invest Like the Best · 2020-12-03

Patrick O'Shaughnessy & Zac Bookman: books mentioned on Invest Like the Best #10

Zac Bookman – How Government Works – [Founder’s Field Guide, EP.10]

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My guest today is Zac Bookman. Zac is the Founder and CEO of OpenGov a budgeting and financial management software for local governments.

Zac Bookman discussed The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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  1. The Hard Thing About Hard Things

    Ben Horowitz · at 54:05

    The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz is a candid business and leadership guide that addresses the difficult decisions and psychological strains of running a company.

    Discussed
    “And that's my second point. It's basically as hard as Ben Horowitz says it is in The Hard Thing About Hard Things. Have you read that book? Yeah, of course. It's kind of a little Bible for early stage entrepreneurs”
    Zac Bookman Zac Bookman – How Government Works – [Founder’s Field Guide, EP.10] 2020-12-03
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Other mentions in this episode (4) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing The Surge
“So a guy I know helped author The Surge in Iraq and was one of the brain trust of General Petraeus. And I was talking with him. This is while I was practicing law.”
Zac Bookman Zac Bookman – How Government Works – [Founder’s Field Guide, EP.10] 2020-12-03
Passing Amp It Up
“Slootman said that in his piece, Amp It Up. I would say it's conflict management. Andreessen would say it's conflict management. What does that mean?”
Zac Bookman Zac Bookman – How Government Works – [Founder’s Field Guide, EP.10] 2020-12-03
Passing Autobiography of a Yogi
“I kind of took my first foray into some of the literature, the Tibetan book of living and dying and even the autobiography of a yogi as well as relationship books.”
Zac Bookman Zac Bookman – How Government Works – [Founder’s Field Guide, EP.10] 2020-12-03
Passing The Tibetan book of living and dying
“I kind of took my first foray into some of the literature, the Tibetan book of living and dying and even the autobiography of a yogi as well as relationship books.”
Zac Bookman Zac Bookman – How Government Works – [Founder’s Field Guide, EP.10] 2020-12-03
Link to this list from the episode’s show notes

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