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Every book Josh Wolfe recommended on podcasts
Key facts
- Josh Wolfe has recommended or discussed 6 books on podcasts, as of June 14, 2022.
- Josh Wolfe has talked about books on 1 podcast, as of June 14, 2022.
- Those books came up in 4 episodes, as of June 14, 2022.
- The 3 books Josh Wolfe has mentioned in the most episodes, as of June 14, 2022: Eleven Rings, Freedom's Forge and Ghost Fleet.
- The latest episode with a book mention from Josh Wolfe aired on June 14, 2022.
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Josh Wolfe’s most mentioned books
- Eleven Rings by Phil Jackson
- Freedom's Forge by Arthur Herman
- Ghost Fleet by P. W. Singer
- Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari
- The Lean Startup by Eric Ries
- Tribal Leadership by John King and Halee Fischer-Wright Dave Logan
Josh Wolfe appeared on the Invest Like the Best podcast to discuss technology investing, deep tech, and defense strategy. Wolfe discussed Eric Ries's The Lean Startup, contrasting the rapid iteration cycles of software companies with the realities of deep-tech firms trying to achieve product-market fit. He discussed Arthur Herman's Freedom's Forge, noting that multiple respected peers independently sent him the book, which details the United States' industrial mobilization during World War II. In the context of defense and national security, Wolfe cited P. W. Singer and August Cole's novel Ghost Fleet to highlight the strategic value of analog, network-disconnected ships in scenarios involving electromagnetic pulse attacks. Furthermore, Wolfe explored mental models by referencing Phil Jackson's Eleven Rings and John King, Halee Fischer-Wright, and Dave Logan's Tribal Leadership to explain team-tribe frameworks. Lastly, he referenced Yuval Noah Harari's Sapiens during a discussion on objective versus intersubjective realities, specifically noting how shared beliefs underpin the existence of money.
Books Josh Wolfe recommended or discussed
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Eleven Rings
Discussed“And this is a mental model that comes from Phil Jackson, Eleven Rings, who in turn got it from tribal leadership.”
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Freedom's Forge
Discussed“It's interesting when i started talking about adrian to some of our friends two people who i hold in super high regard both send me the same book within like two weeks of each other it was this book i'm holding up here for you freedom's forge”
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Ghost Fleet
Discussed“if you take the best of science fiction, where you think about EMP pulse and power's gone, you know, what survived like Ghost Fleet was the analog ship, the one that was disconnected from the network”
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Sapiens
Discussed“you mentioned sapiens before. So if you think about – you know, you've got objective, subjective, intersubjective reality. Money doesn't really exist.”
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The Lean Startup
Discussed“In a SaaS company you've got a bunch of back-end front-end software engineers where it's largely the same technical domain. So if you need to pivot segment the market changes the direction changes”
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Tribal Leadership
Discussed“And this is a mental model that comes from Phil Jackson, Eleven Rings, who in turn got it from tribal leadership.”
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