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Founders Podcast

by David Senra
Ongoing since 08/15/2025 · How strongly I recommend it: 10/10

Each episode is a blue print, cautionary tale, or comforting lesson on history's greatest entrepreneurs

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The Almanack of Naval Ravikant

by Eric Jorgenson
Finished reading 12/22/2025 · How strongly I recommend it: 10/10

Inside the mind of someone who could've been the next big thing, but instead chose to philosophize about wealth, belief, and happiness

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Paul Graham Essays

by Paul Graham
Ongoing since 12/02/2025 · How strongly I recommend it: 10/10

The YC startup mentorship experience condensed into a couple articles

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Zero to One

by Peter Thiel
Finished reading 01/23/2026 · How strongly I recommend it: 10/10

Plan things out, answer the 7 questions, treat your startup like the last artpiece you'll ever create

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Dan Koe Articles

by Dan Koe
Ongoing since 01/29/2026 · How strongly I recommend it: 10/10

How the content creation & personal branding landscape is changing

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Elon Musk

by Walter Isaacson
Finished reading 01/16/2026 · How strongly I recommend it: 09/10

Musk's life of urgency, intensity, and pain retold from a neutral standpoint that doesn't aim to villanize or glorify him

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High Agency In 30 Minutes

by George Mack
Finished reading 10/06/2025 · How strongly I recommend it: 10/10

Super entertaining way to describe the concept of high agency

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The Network Effects Articles

by NFX
Finished reading 02/13/2026 · How strongly I recommend it: 10/10

Explains the concept of tribes

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The Map is Mostly Water

by Simon Sarris
Ongoing since 02/14/2026 · How strongly I recommend it: 09/10

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Currently reading Poor Charlie's Almanack by Charlie Munger