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Jason Calacanis’s book recommendations in 2021

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E60: The 2021 Bestie Awards PLUS Jack Dorsey starts the Web3 Wars

All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg · 2021-12-23

Amp It Up by Frank Slootman · discussed · at 52:11

What Elizabeth Holmes's prosecution missed, Nike buys NFT studio, Tether, the power of equity, ISS tourism | E1345

This Week in Startups · 2021-12-15

Bad Blood by John Carreyrou · discussed · at 3:39

Armstrong & Tether skip crypto hearings, Adele's NFT resale solution + Startup Checklist E10 | E1342

This Week in Startups · 2021-12-10

The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande · recommended · at 42:59
Working Backwards by Colin Bryar · recommended · at 43:04
No Rules Rules: Netflix and the culture of reinvention by Reed Hastings · recommended · at 43:05
Good to Great by Jim Collins · recommended · at 43:09
The Lean Startup by Eric Ries · recommended · at 43:13

Podcasting, crypto and favorite finds with Acquired's Ben Gilbert & David Rosenthal | E1337

This Week in Startups · 2021-12-02

Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl · recommended · at 1:09:58
Powerhouse by James A. Miller · recommended · at 1:18:39
The Martian by Andy Weir · recommended · at 1:20:33
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir · recommended · at 1:20:33
Grinding it Out by Ray Kroc · recommended · at 1:21:32
On Writing by Stephen King · recommended · at 1:22:23
Carrie by Stephen King · discussed · at 1:23:02
The dark tower by Stephen King · recommended · at 1:25:03
Working Backwards by Colin Bryar · recommended · at 1:25:16

A DAO bids $40M on the Constitution, Startup Checklist: Operational best practices, Gen Z VCs | E1330

This Week in Startups · 2021-11-19

The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande · discussed · at 30:39
The Lean Startup by Eric Ries · discussed · at 1:01:15

Tarantino sued over NFTs + Twitch Co-Founder Justin Kan: YouTube, Entrepreneurship, Investing | E1329

This Week in Startups · 2021-11-19

The Lean Startup by Eric Ries · discussed · at 1:02:36

Why Sam Lessin is using the VC model to invest in individuals + Jason funds a startup on air | E1328

This Week in Startups · 2021-11-18

Who is Michael Ovitz? by Michael Ovitz · recommended · at 29:11

Coinbase Q3 earnings breakdown + Startup Checklist: Crafting a brand & knowing your market | E1323

This Week in Startups · 2021-11-11

The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande · recommended · at 12:41
The Everything Store by Brad Stone · discussed · at 33:48

Building a Great Team: Startup Checklist E5 | E1319

This Week in Startups · 2021-11-04

The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande · discussed · at 3:55
The Startup Checklist by David S. Rose · discussed · at 4:17

Media employees battling "back to work" orders + Startup Checklist E4: Building a Great Product | E1314

This Week in Startups · 2021-10-28

Hooked by Nir Eyal · discussed · at 36:01
The Amazon Way by John Rossman · discussed · at 43:08

Sequoia's new structure, $HOOD and $TWTR earnings + Bolt's Ryan Breslow: 4-day work week | E1313

This Week in Startups · 2021-10-27

Working Backwards by Colin Bryar · book club pick · at 1:00:23

Growth & Retention: Why Subscription is the Holy Grail | Customer Basics with Salesforce's Tiffani Bova | E1311

This Week in Startups · 2021-10-25

Growth IQ by Tiffani Bova · recommended · at 17:33

Trump SPAC, WeWork SPAC, GitLab IPO w/ Eric Newcomer + Quick Commerce w/Matt Newberg | E1310

This Week in Startups · 2021-10-22

Billion Dollar Loser by Reeves Wiedeman · discussed · at 16:27
The Contrarian by Max Chafkin · discussed · at 57:19

Inflation warnings and hedge strategy, Bitcoin ETF, Hindenburg's Tether bounty + Startup Checklist E3 | E1309

This Week in Startups · 2021-10-21

Crossing the Chasm by Geoffrey A. Moore · discussed · at 1:09:06

Coinbase chases NFT billions + Peter Thiel "The Contrarian" with author Max Chafkin | E1305

This Week in Startups · 2021-10-15

The Contrarian by Max Chafkin · recommended · at 17:53

Is Netflix over cancel culture? + Startup Checklist: Choosing a Business Model | E1304

This Week in Startups · 2021-10-14

The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger · discussed · at 12:16

US inherits China's Bitcoin Mining Dynasty + Jacob Helberg on the "New Cold War" with China | E1303

This Week in Startups · 2021-10-13

The Wires of War by Jacob Helberg · recommended · at 0:00

Coinbase CEO reflects on "mission" manifesto + Kettle's Nat Manning on fire insurance | E1295

This Week in Startups · 2021-10-01

The purpose driven church by Rick Warren · discussed · at 6:32

Google's game-changing ad policy + Michael Dell on "Play Nice But Win," stories from building a computing giant | E1293

This Week in Startups · 2021-09-29

Play Nice but Win by Michael Dell · recommended · at 0:22

Facebook puts Instagram Kids on pause, Bevy's high-profile firing + Squarespace's Anthony Casalena | E1291

This Week in Startups · 2021-09-27

Unsafe at any speed by Ralph Nader · recommended · at 4:20

News! China bans crypto transactions (again), Zillow & iBuyers impacting Real Estate + Ask Jason | E1290

This Week in Startups · 2021-09-24

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien · discussed · at 38:50
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien · discussed · at 38:50
Angel by Jason Calacanis · discussed · at 40:24

"Amazon Unbound" author Brad Stone on the mind of Bezos, the future of Amazon & more | E1282

This Week in Startups · 2021-09-14

Amazon Unbound by Brad Stone · recommended · at 1:05:40
The Upstarts by Brad Stone · recommended · at 1:05:40
The Everything Store by Brad Stone · recommended · at 1:05:40

BAYC at Sotheby's, Loot, Tether Canada ban + 8VC's Joe Lonsdale: Palantir, China, Cicero | E1278

This Week in Startups · 2021-09-07

The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb · recommended · at 11:26

Adrian Grenier: launching a new fund + FounderU: balancing product vision & customer feedback | E1277

This Week in Startups · 2021-09-03

The Lean Startup by Eric Ries · discussed · at 2:48

Next Unicorns: Miso Robotics' Mike Bell, $3 an hour fry cooks + MorningBrew's Dan Toomey on TikTok | E1276

This Week in Startups · 2021-09-02

Grinding it Out by Ray Kroc · recommended · at 5:28

Elizabeth Holmes Theranos fraud trial kickoff + Blokable's Aaron Holm: how to scale housing | E1274

This Week in Startups · 2021-08-31

Bad Blood by John Carreyrou · recommended · at 3:45

Rapid fire news: OnlyFans bans sexual conduct + Boston Dynamics, Disney & Tesla bet big on robots | E1269

This Week in Startups · 2021-08-20

Westworld by Michael Crichton · discussed · at 34:39

Noodlegate, the end of cancel culture? + Next Unicorns: OpenGov CEO Zac Bookman | E1267

This Week in Startups · 2021-08-18

Dumplings y Noodles by Pippa Middlehurst · discussed · at 2:50
Simple Noodles by Pippa Middlehurst · discussed · at 2:50

Youtube vs. Netflix, Google's $230B run rate + Next Unicorns: OpenSea's Devin Finzer on NFTs | E1255

This Week in Startups · 2021-07-28

Idoru by William Gibson · recommended · at 58:29
All Tomorrow's Parties by William Gibson · recommended · at 58:34

E41: Vaccine policy, Big Tech, DeepMind's latest breakthrough, wealth creation, opportunity & more

All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg · 2021-07-23

Thank You for Smoking by Christopher Buckley · discussed · at 30:38

The power of the SOD/EOD plus Bill Maris on early Google stories, origins of GV, bioterrorism & more | E1236

This Week in Startups · 2021-06-24

The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande · recommended · at 13:09

E36: New FTC Chair, breaking up big tech, government silent spying, Jon Stewart, wildfires & more

All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg · 2021-06-18

The Light of Other Days by Arthur C. Clarke · recommended · at 47:25

GameStop poaches Amazon execs, Streaming stalls + Genies CEO Akash Nigam on Avatars & NFTs | E1233

This Week in Startups · 2021-06-16

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline · discussed · at 28:53
All Tomorrow's Parties by William Gibson · recommended · at 1:02:22
Idoru by William Gibson · recommended · at 1:02:22
Virtual Light by William Gibson · recommended · at 1:02:22

E35: Biogen's controversial Alzheimer's drug approval, the billionaire space race, real estate, Bitcoin & more

All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg · 2021-06-13

Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk · discussed · at 1:19:16

Zymergen CEO Josh Hoffman on Biofacturing PLUS Founder U Startup Math | E1231

This Week in Startups · 2021-06-11

Angel by Jason Calacanis · discussed · at 2:21

Culture | Scaling Your Startup S2 E7: 15five's David Hassell & Balloon's Amanda Greenberg | E1221

This Week in Startups · 2021-05-25

No Rules Rules: Netflix and the culture of reinvention by Reed Hastings · discussed · at 1:06:35
Unique ability by Catherine Nomura · discussed · at 1:14:27

E33: Apple's hypocrisy, America's math failure, crypto's regulatory correction, Clubhouse's future, UFOs & more

All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg · 2021-05-22

Chaos Monkeys by Antonio Garcia Martinez · discussed · at 1:45

Ask an Angel PLUS Antonio Garcia Martinez vs. Apple with Zach Coelius | E1215

This Week in Startups · 2021-05-15

Chaos Monkeys by Antonio Garcia Martinez · recommended · at 42:53

Facebook's Oversight Board rules on Trump ban plus how to reverse engineer TAM & more | E1211

This Week in Startups · 2021-05-07

Antifragile by Nassim Nicholas Taleb · discussed · at 1:04:27

Fundraising | Scaling Your Startup S2 E4 with Density's Andrew Farah and SoleSavy's Dejan Pralica | E1210

This Week in Startups · 2021-05-06

Venture Deals by Brad Feld · discussed · at 1:10:40

Breaking down Basecamp's tumultuous week, politics at work & more | E1208

This Week in Startups · 2021-05-05

Rework by Jason Fried · discussed · at 12:55
How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie · discussed · at 40:37

Arlan Hamilton on raising $5M in crowdfunding, empowering & educating underestimated founders | E1205

This Week in Startups · 2021-04-27

It's About Damn Time by Arlan Hamilton · recommended · at 9:53

Building a production location marketplace with Hank Leber, Co-Founder of Giggster | E1196

This Week in Startups · 2021-04-09

The Lean Startup by Eric Ries · discussed · at 27:47

Early angel investing blind spots, thoughts on the creator economy PLUS Canny.io's Sarah Hum | E1194

This Week in Startups · 2021-04-02

No Rules Rules: Netflix and the culture of reinvention by Reed Hastings · discussed · at 26:51

Cade Metz on his controversial Slate Star Codex article, new book "Genius Makers," dangers of algorithmic moderation, a16z vs. legacy media & more | E1187

This Week in Startups · 2021-03-19

The Bell Curve by Richard J. Herrnstein · discussed · at 46:56
The Genius Makers by Cade Metz · discussed · at 48:47

Kevin Rose on his product philosophy, Reddit & Digg's inverse journeys, Twitter's recent innovations & more | E1185

This Week in Startups · 2021-03-16

The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss · discussed · at 1:04:18

Tobi Lütke on Shopify's impact on the creator economy, COVID forcing focus, early Internet breakthroughs, evolving as a remote manager & much more | E1184

This Week in Startups · 2021-03-14

Antifragile by Nassim Nicholas Taleb · recommended · at 1:06:49

Matt Mullenweg on pioneering remote work, investing in open-source, crypto & more | Angel S5 E7

This Week in Startups · 2021-03-04

Foundation by Isaac Asimov · discussed · at 43:37

Ask an Angel with Zach Coelius: early-stage valuations, product roadmaps, startup killers, Twitter gets its groove back & more | E1179

This Week in Startups · 2021-02-27

The adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain · discussed · at 27:44

Emergency Pod! Deconstructing the grift: Clubhouse coaching scams with Coffeezilla | E1178

This Week in Startups · 2021-02-25

The Ride of a Lifetime by Robert Iger · recommended · at 37:26
Who is Michael Ovitz? by Michael Ovitz · recommended · at 37:26
Good to Great by Jim Collins · recommended · at 37:30
Crossing the Chasm by Geoffrey A. Moore · recommended · at 37:30

#161 – Jason Calacanis: Startups, Angel Investing, Capitalism, and Friendship

Lex Fridman Podcast · 2021-02-15

The Purpose-Driven Life by Rick Warren · discussed · at 1:06:40
The purpose driven church by Rick Warren · discussed · at 1:06:40
Authentic Happiness by Martin Elias Pete Seligman · discussed · at 2:09:33

Box CEO Aaron Levie on the developing cloud storage market, Twitter jokes, Clubhouse vices & more | E1173

This Week in Startups · 2021-02-12

Idoru by William Gibson · discussed · at 20:14
Dredge's Suspension Bridge Explained Upon the Principles of the Lever by W. Turnbull by William Turnbull · discussed · at 20:14

Elad Gil on his product-market driven thesis, importance of market pull, entering the "go public sooner" decade | Angel S5 E3

This Week in Startups · 2021-02-04

High Growth Handbook by Elad Gil · discussed · at 4:51

Flexport CEO Ryan Petersen on "going big" with $1B funding round, insights from scaling globally, lessons from the pandemic | E1169

This Week in Startups · 2021-02-03

The World Is Flat by Thomas L. Friedman · discussed · at 56:30

No Rules Rules Co-Author Erin Meyer: Netflix's "keeper test", comparative turnover, navigating global business cultures – Part 2 | E1168

This Week in Startups · 2021-01-30

No Rules Rules: Netflix and the culture of reinvention by Reed Hastings · discussed · at 1:47
Powerful by Patty McCord · recommended · at 44:31
Who is Michael Ovitz? by Michael Ovitz · discussed · at 44:46
The Ride of a Lifetime by Robert Iger · discussed · at 44:55
The Culture Map by Erin Meyer · discussed · at 45:15

No Rules Rules Co-Author Erin Meyer on how Netflix cultivates outlier performance & re-aligns values towards innovation – Part 1 | E1166

This Week in Startups · 2021-01-27

No Rules Rules: Netflix and the culture of reinvention by Reed Hastings · book club pick · at 1:23
Creativity, Inc. by Ed Catmull · recommended · at 34:17

Joel Greenblatt on understanding market factors, improving public education, reducing income inequality & more | E1159

This Week in Startups · 2021-01-08

Common Sense by Joel Greenblatt · discussed · at 2:02
Common Sense - the Investor`s Guide to Equality, Opportunity, and Growth by Joel Greenblatt · discussed · at 2:02

Andy Rachleff on management theory, Reed Hastings' genius, lessons from passing on Netflix & more | E1158

This Week in Startups · 2021-01-05

No Rules Rules: Netflix and the culture of reinvention by Reed Hastings · discussed · at 38:09
Built to Last by Jim Collins · discussed · at 54:03
Good to Great by Jim Collins · discussed · at 55:42
Great by Choice by Jim Collins · discussed · at 57:46
Turning the Flywheel by Jim Collins · discussed · at 57:49

Other mentions in 2021 (51: passing, ad reads, own books)