Category: Books
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“A maniacal sense of urgency is our operating principle.” Elon Musk Elon Musk is not your typical CEO. He doesn’t have a corner office. There’s no executive dining room. In fact, shortly after taking over Twitter, Elon slept on a couch in the company library. A typical meal: cereal out…
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“As the situation got more desperate in the fall of 2008, Musk pleaded for money from friends and family to meet Tesla’s payroll.” Elon Musk, by Walter Isaacson In 2008, Tesla was in the depths of production hell. And with the world on the verge of another Great Depression, a…
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“We have reason to believe Elon is retarded.” That was Elon Musk’s elementary school principal. Young Elon stared out the window and ignored his teachers, leading them to assume he could not learn. Perhaps Elon found their lessons irrelevant. Or maybe he was tormented by what was going on at…
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+ Biography, Elon, Elon Musk, Reading, Silicon Valley, SpaceX, Startups, Tech, Tesla, Venture Capital+
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Uber made its early investors billions. But some had a chance to invest early — and missed an incredible opportunity. The book Super Pumped details how some investors won the Uber deal, and how others missed out. This fascinating tale of one of the decade’s best startups taught me a…
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+ Entrepreneur, Finance, Investing, Money, Silicon Valley, Startups, Stock Market, Stocks, Tech, Uber, Venture Capital+
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“Bill Gurley needed to get in on this deal. Over his decade-plus of venture investing, Gurley had watched enough startups succeed and fail to know that this one — Uber, ‘everyone’s private driver’ — was special.” Super Pumped Winning the Deal In 2010, Bill Gurley was already a one of…
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+ Entrepreneur, Finance, Investing, Money, Silicon Valley, Startups, Stock Market, Stocks, Tech, Uber, Venture Capital+
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Travis Kalanick’s first company got him sued for $250 billion. Most people would’ve given up after that. But Kalanick didn’t. Super Pumped by Mike Isaac recounts Kalanick’s amazing story, all the way from his first company, Scour, to Uber. A Born Salesman Kalanick was a born salesman. Even as a…
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+ Entrepreneur, Finance, Investing, Money, Silicon Valley, Startups, Stock Market, Stocks, Tech, Uber, Venture Capital+
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“‘It got to the point where I literally got sick to my stomach,’ she recalls. ‘Every day I got home and would think to myself, I helped set someone up for failure.’” The Greatest Trade Ever Karen Waheed, who worked at New Century Financial, was becoming increasingly worried about the…
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“On the screen before her was a figure she had never seen before, at least not on an ATM…$45 million, newly deposited in their joint account. It was Pellegrini’s bonus for the year….” Paolo Pellegrini’s wife Henrietta could hardly believe their good fortune. A few short years ago, Paolo had…
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+ Billionaires, Finance, Hedge funds, Investing, Money, Reading, Real estate, Stock Market, Stocks, Wall street+
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“He was a nobody.” Peter Thiel didn’t stand out amongst the horde of bankers at Credit Suisse. But somehow, this unlikely man became a tech icon worth $8.6 billion. “The best entrepreneurs know this: every great business is built around a secret that’s hidden from the outside.” Peter Thiel, Zero…
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+ Finance, Investing, Money, Politics, Silicon Valley, Startups, Stocks, Tech, Thiel, Venture Capital+
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“…in the bacon-and-egg breakfast of a startup, we were the chicken and the entrepreneur was the pig: We were involved, but she was committed.” Ben Horowitz, The Hard Thing About Hard Things Founders Lay It All on the Line We investors have the easy job. Write a check, shake the…
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+ Entrepreneur, Finance, Investing, Management, Money, Reading, Silicon Valley, Small Business, Startups, Venture Capital+
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Tremendous 