Author: Nassim Nicholas Taleb As with the first Taleb book I read, Skin in the Game, I had to work extra hard while reading this to divorce the author’s wisdom from his style. That wisdom is, in one man’s opinion, […]
Author: Ben Schott I hadn’t heard of P.G. Wodehouse and his famed characters Jeeves and Wooster until I read this book. It was recommended to me, and I figured it was time for a detour back to fiction, so I […]
This is an audio-only production full of interviews of powerful people who attended the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. The topic is power, and how it’s changing nowadays due to the networked age we live in. Some of the […]
Author: Bill Browder The story starts out innocently enough – a smart guy finds his footing in the investment world by stumbling upon Eastern European privatizations after the Soviet Union collapsed. Then it gets a little more interesting as he […]
Author: Brad Stone This story is brought to you from the same author as The Everything Store, an excellent book about Amazon. With his tech reporter credentials he’s able to get exclusive and deep access to the key players involved […]
Author: Kai-Fu Lee I read this book mostly on the basis of the authors pedigree. Kai-Fu Lee is a tech rock star. He’s an O.G. of AI research, a tech exec who built Google China, and founder of the VC […]
Author: Dan Harris The subject of this book is meditation. It’s a personal story written by Dan Harris, a TV media personality who’s been a journalist, a morning show host, and an anchor. Dan’s story is especially interesting because of […]
Authors: Reid Hoffman, Chris Yeh Not every startup need burn ridiculous amounts of cash to get as big as possible as quickly as possible. But some should, and Reid Hoffman explains exactly how to identify them. Reid is the founder […]
Author: Michael Lewis Let’s set the record straight: I’m no weather geek. I picked this up because of an admiration for the author’s research and writing on other topics. And I’m glad I did. Lewis tackles the topic of weather […]
Author: Gary Krist If you’re not interested in Chicago history, skip this book. For those of you still with me, there’s a lot to learn from this story. The author sheds light on a short period of time in 1919 […]