Category: Books
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How do angels avoid incinerating money? How do you meet the best founders? Jason Calacanis digs into that and more in his book Angel. This is the book that got me into angel investing. Nearly five years and 38 investments later, I decided it was time for a reread. This…
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Jensen Huang built NVIDIA over 33 years into the world’s most valuable company. Here are 3 of his management secrets you can use today… 1. Flat Org Structure. NVIDIA’s structure is very flat. Jensen has around 60 direct reports. This is probably an order of magnitude more than most CEOs. …
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“A whole new world is opening up to you.” That’s what my great grandma said when I learned how to read. I read 34 books in 2025, the most since college. Here are my favorites… Book of the Year: On Writing by Stephen King On Writing is King’s account of…
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+ Biotech, Biotechnology, book-review, book-reviews, Books, Buffett, FIction, Finance, Financial markets, Investing, Reading, Tech, Venture Capital+
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Michael Jordan started elementary school in a racially segregated classroom. He went on to win 6 NBA championships and amass a net worth of $3.8 billion. How does a kid from such a difficult background become an icon? To find out, I picked up Michael Jordan: The Life. Loving to…
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AI will replace millions of workers. Drivers, customer service agents, accountants. Creating good jobs for those laid off people is one of the most important things we can do. I used to think the displaced workers would find new jobs on their own and wind up better off. I no…
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+ AI, Artificial Intelligence, Business, ChatGPT, Investing, Labor, Stock Market, Tech, Technology, Venture Capital, Wisconsin, Workers+
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All the greats in business studied the greats in business. Books are the best way to do that. Here are my favorites… Founder — Founder is the story of the founder of the Rothschild banking dynasty, Mayer Amschel Rothschild. Mayer faced bigotry that most of us could not imagine. Like…
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“I have just informed the purchasing department that they should no longer purchase paper clips. All of us receive documents every day with paper clips on them. If we save these paper clips, not only will we have enough for our own use, but we will also, in a short…
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Pat Tillman walked away from a $3.6 million NFL contract to join the Army after 9/11. What makes a man do something like that? As I headed off on vacation a couple of weeks ago, I cracked the book Where Men Win Glory to find out. Tillman was one of…
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Taichi Ohno invented modern, just-in-time manufacturing at Toyota. Near the end of his career, Ohno gave up his entire playbook in one slim volume, The Toyota Production System. So when I found an antiquated looking copy in a Little Free Library near my home, I had to give it a…
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