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Every book Niko Canner recommended on podcasts
Key facts
- Niko Canner has recommended or discussed 4 books on podcasts, as of February 25, 2020.
- Niko Canner has talked about books on 1 podcast, as of February 25, 2020.
- Those books came up in 1 episode, as of February 25, 2020.
- The 3 books Niko Canner has mentioned in the most episodes, as of February 25, 2020: The Millionaire Real Estate Agent, A Theory for Practice and Built to Last.
- The latest episode with a book mention from Niko Canner aired on February 25, 2020.
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Niko Canner appeared on podcast episodes to discuss several influential books centered on business strategy, entrepreneurship, and design theory. Canner discussed Gary Keller's The Millionaire Real Estate Agent, recommending it as an unexpectedly valuable and practical guide that outlines strategy and the distinct stages required to build a successful business, despite not aiming to become a real estate agent. He also brought up Eric Ries's The Lean Startup, noting how the book helped founders gain clarity around product-market fit as a crucial breakpoint in the craft of entrepreneurship. Additionally, Canner referred to Jim Collins's Built to Last, highlighting a specific passage about Boeing's development of the 737 aircraft to illustrate customer-led innovation and strategic decision-making. He further introduced Bill Hubbard's architectural text A Theory for Practice, describing its account of visiting Charles and Ray Eames and examining the profound influence of their home and design practice. Through these discussions, Canner explored the underlying mechanics of organizational growth, operational stages, and creative processes across different industries and disciplines.
Books Niko Canner recommended or discussed
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The Millionaire Real Estate Agent
Recommended“So I think nobody who knows me well would expect that I would have read a book called Millionaire Real Estate Agent more than once. I certainly do not have an aspiration to become a real estate agent and it's like exactly the kind of business book title that people would not expect an intellectual to read. But it is”
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A Theory for Practice
Discussed“Bill Hubbard is an architect and an architectural theorist, and he wrote a book with the unappealing title, A Theory for Practice. Who knows what that would be about, but I'm the kind of person who would read a book like that.”
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Built to Last
Discussed“And Jim Collins writes about, in his passage on BHAGS and built to last, Boeing's development of the 737. And there is a spec. This is a plane that needs to hold this many people, this seating configuration, able to land on this runway at LaGuardia Airport.”
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The Lean Startup
Discussed“Part of what I like about Lean Startup, even if it only focuses on one aspect of the craft of entrepreneurship, is that it's made a lot of founders much clearer about product market fit as a kind of breakpoint.”
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Appearances
| Episode | Podcast | Date | Books |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niko Canner – Become a Perfect Instrument - [Invest Like the Best, EP.157] | Invest Like the Best | 2020-02-25 | 4 |
Other mentions (2: passing, ad reads, own books)
“Well, I mean, a lot of people have written and thought about Bridgewater, like I think Adam Grant's commentary in the originals book is really useful.”
“And the sponsor can, I think of it as like in the odyssey, sailing between Scylla and Charybdis. On the one side, the sponsor wants to avoid micromanagement, which may be the only person to have attempted a technical definition of micromanagement in the Harvard Business Review.”