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Jason Calacanis’s book recommendations in 2024

39 books · 42 episodes · Jason Calacanis’s most recommended books, all years →

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2024 TWISTY Awards | E2066

This Week in Startups · 2024-12-31

The Nvidia Way by Tae Kim · book club pick · at 22:40
Unreasonable Hospitality by Will Guidara · recommended · at 50:00

TWiST News: Bitcoin's Future, Reddit Answers, SEC Shifts, and more! | E2057

This Week in Startups · 2024-12-10

The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt · discussed · at 1:15:23

TWiST News: $100k Veteran Pitch Winner EMPEQ, US Unicorn Dominance, and T500 Updates | E2055

This Week in Startups · 2024-12-05

Airframe by Michael Crichton · discussed · at 31:26

TWiST News: Bitcoin, Saylor's Microsoft Pitch, and the Delaware-Tesla Fight | E2054

This Week in Startups · 2024-12-04

Battlefield Earth by L. Ron Hubbard · discussed · at 21:00

TWiST News: Underwater Drones, Robot Swarms, and Klarna's Going Public | E2043

This Week in Startups · 2024-11-14

Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card · discussed · at 44:42

Markets turn Trump, Long rates spike, Election home stretch, Influencer mania, Saving Starbucks

All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg · 2024-10-25

Pour Your Heart Into It by Howard Schultz · recommended · at 1:20:58

JD Vance | All-In Summit 2024

All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg · 2024-10-15

Hillbilly Elegy by J D Vance · recommended · at 44:37

The AI Supercycle, California's AI Safety Bill Vetoed, and the Future of AR/VR | E2017

This Week in Startups · 2024-10-01

Release 2.1 by Esther Dyson · discussed · at 18:01

OpenAI CTO Departure, DOJ AI Compliance, M&A Trends, and more! | E2014

This Week in Startups · 2024-09-26

Devil Take the Hindmost by Edward Chancellor · discussed · at 48:11

How Pie's 'Block Ads, Get Paid' Model Is Giving Users Control of Ads & Privacy | E2012

This Week in Startups · 2024-09-20

The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg · discussed · at 8:08

OpenAI's new models, the MrBeast leak, Waymo ♥'s Uber and more! | E2009

This Week in Startups · 2024-09-17

The purpose driven church by Rick Warren · discussed · at 1:06:51

"Founder Mode," DOJ alleges Russian podcast op, Kamala flips proposals, Tech loses Section 230?

All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg · 2024-09-06

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni · recommended · at 32:20

Venture returns, recovering startups, and VC conflicts | E1995

This Week in Startups · 2024-08-20

Hillbilly Elegy by J D Vance · discussed · at 1:08:07

Liquidity: Recession fears, AI market shifts, and the future of tech hubs | E1994

This Week in Startups · 2024-08-16

Essentialism by Greg McKeown · discussed · at 1:16:08

Final Boss Sour's James Hicks + River's Rae Lambert | E1993

This Week in Startups · 2024-08-15

The purpose driven church by Rick Warren · discussed · at 44:44
Daily Inspiration for the Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren · discussed · at 45:21

The $97 Billion VC Panel | E1987

This Week in Startups · 2024-07-31

Essentialism by Greg McKeown · discussed · at 59:46

Wiz passes on Google, Meta pushes open-source AI ahead, Spotify's earnings, and more! | E1984

This Week in Startups · 2024-07-24

Hillbilly Elegy by J D Vance · recommended · at 50:28

Building Enduring Value and Hitting Incremental Gains with Benchmark's Sarah Tavel | E1983

This Week in Startups · 2024-07-22

The Five Temptations of a CEO by Patrick Lencioni · recommended · at 0:18
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni · recommended · at 36:59

Trump assassination attempt, Secret Service failure, Inside the RNC, VC liquidity problem

All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg · 2024-07-19

Hillbilly Elegy by J D Vance · discussed · at 45:32

Five levels of AI, venture's recovery & the hottest construction startups | E1979

This Week in Startups · 2024-07-13

The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt · recommended · at 20:17
Red Notice by Bill Browder · recommended · at 43:29

GPU clusters, venture trends, and the robotics startups we're most excited about | E1977

This Week in Startups · 2024-07-10

Who is Michael Ovitz? by Michael Ovitz · recommended · at 20:26
Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott · discussed · at 28:14

Nvidia tops Microsoft, FTC sues Adobe, weight loss startups, and more! | E1968

This Week in Startups · 2024-06-19

The Martian by Andy Weir · discussed · at 1:00:58

Woke Google Maps, how Wells Fargo is losing money on fintech, and the global AI race | E1967

This Week in Startups · 2024-06-17

F'd Companies by Philip J. Kaplan · discussed · at 1:00:46

Lessons in Unreasonable Hospitality with Will Guidara | E1966

This Week in Startups · 2024-06-14

Unreasonable Hospitality by Will Guidara · recommended · at 2:07
Who is Michael Ovitz? by Michael Ovitz · discussed · at 38:41

Inflation cools, how Waymo handled a crash, and the next startups to go public | E1965

This Week in Startups · 2024-06-12

Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand · discussed · at 34:51

The state of seed, the first TWIST500 startups, and the impact of anonymous apps on society | E1963

This Week in Startups · 2024-06-11

The Federalist papers by Alexander Hamilton · discussed · at 13:21
The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt · discussed · at 23:43

OpenAI drama, billion-dollar exits, and founder salaries with new co-host Alex Wilhelm | E1953

This Week in Startups · 2024-05-21

Lord of the Flies by William Golding · discussed · at 1:06:55

AI Demos: Big Drops This Week from OpenAI & Google | E1950

This Week in Startups · 2024-05-17

Grinding it Out by Ray Kroc · discussed · at 43:10

Bridging education and business with The OC's Dr. Justin Terry | E1949

This Week in Startups · 2024-05-16

Delivering Happiness by Tony Hsieh · discussed · at 10:22

LIQUIDITY: Major challenger to OpenAI, xAI, closing on $6B in funding | E1944

This Week in Startups · 2024-05-06

The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell · discussed · at 1:04:44

How AI and remote work is coming for your job | E1940

This Week in Startups · 2024-04-29

Wheat Belly by Summary Station · discussed · at 49:12

The power of super communication with Charles Duhigg | E1938

This Week in Startups · 2024-04-26

The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg · discussed · at 4:05
Superforecasting by Philip E. Tetlock · discussed · at 6:03
Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton · discussed · at 1:12:32
Airframe by Michael Crichton · discussed · at 1:12:57
On Writing by Stephen King · recommended · at 1:13:19
Cujo by Stephen King · discussed · at 1:13:26
Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott · recommended · at 1:14:09
Born Standing Up by Steve Martin · recommended · at 1:14:15

AI Demos: Meta AI Ups it's Game with Llama 3 | E1935

This Week in Startups · 2024-04-20

Bible by Bible · discussed · at 48:24

Google fires protestors, NPR chaos, Humane's AI Pin, Startup tax crisis, sports betting scandal

All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg · 2024-04-19

The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt · recommended · at 55:11
Bad Therapy by Abigail Shrier · recommended · at 1:02:00

E173: Google buying HubSpot? FTX depositors not made whole, AI job fears, Ukraine joining NATO

All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg · 2024-04-05

The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt · discussed · at 5:03

E172: SBF gets 25 years, Trump's meme stock, RFK Jr picks VP, Biden's 2025 budget & more

All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg · 2024-03-29

Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand · discussed · at 51:34

AI Demos: Claude 3's Opus, Mistral, Groq Playground, EMO by Ali Baba | E1912

This Week in Startups · 2024-03-12

Angel by Jason Calacanis · discussed · at 14:56

Robotic kitchens, restaurant tech, and fast-casual's future with Sweetgreen's Jonathan Neman | E1910

This Week in Startups · 2024-03-07

Unreasonable Hospitality by Will Guidara · recommended · at 8:24

Business Breakdowns: Moneyball's first-principles, paradigm shifts, and 'burn the boats' | E1909

This Week in Startups · 2024-03-05

Moneyball by Michael Lewis · discussed · at 3:39

Ask Jason LIVE! Returns to TWiST! | E1905

This Week in Startups · 2024-02-27

The Lean Startup by Eric Ries · discussed · at 22:12

Building a consumer app's MVP and how to fundraise with Zest's Jake Gutstein | E1889

This Week in Startups · 2024-01-31

The Lean Startup by Eric Ries · discussed · at 7:10

AI on Trial: Inside the NY Times vs. OpenAI Lawsuit with Cecilia Ziniti | E1874

This Week in Startups · 2024-01-04

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J. K. Rowling · discussed · at 10:33

Other mentions in 2024 (47: passing, ad reads, own books)