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Chronicles
Bob Dylan · Reading rank 59 · in 3 other episodes
David closes the episode with a strong recommendation to read the book.
Dedicated episode · Explicit praise · Founder theme
Books David recommends along the way
Steve Jobs
Walter Isaacson · Reading rank 13 · in 23 other episodes
Drawing on Jobs's comment about Dylan in Walter Isaacson's biography, David tells listeners that their product should be differentiated.
Founder theme
Bound for Glory
Woody Guthrie · Reading rank 434
David generalizes that reading a formative book can change a person's life, using Dylan's discovery of it as the example.
Founder theme
On War
Carl von Clausewitz · Reading rank 434
David draws a lesson from vom Krieg about choosing highly trained, hard-to-replace people to work with.
Founder theme
Running Down a Dream, How to Succeed and Thrive in a Career You Love
Bill Gurley · Watch & Listen · in 21 other episodes
David calls it the single best YouTube talk for entrepreneurs and founders, says he watches it repeatedly, and describes its huge influence on his work.
Explicit praise · Founder theme
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