Steve Jobs (Make Something Wonderful)

Jeff Bezos' Shareholder Letters

Jeff Bezos · Reading rank 4 · in 32 other episodes

David says he has read Bezos’s shareholder letters about three times.

Reread language

Creativity, Inc.

Ed Catmull with Amy Wallace · Reading rank 17 · in 19 other episodes

David applies Catmull's team principle to explain Jobs's repeated emphasis on recruiting and finding the right people.

Founder theme

Invent and Wander

Jeff Bezos · Reading rank 18 · in 23 other episodes

David calls Jeff Bezos's collected writings excellent.

Explicit praise

In the Company of Giants

Rama Dev Jager and Rafael Ortiz · Reading rank 27 · in 22 other episodes

David says the book is excellent and highly recommends buying it.

Cross-episode reference · Explicit praise

Return to the Little Kingdom

Michael Moritz · Reading rank 54 · in 14 other episodes

David calls Michael Moritz's early Apple history excellent.

Cross-episode reference · Explicit praise

The Man Behind the Microchip

Leslie Berlin · Reading rank 211 · in 2 other episodes

Cross-episode reference

Steve Jobs

Paul Sen · Watch & Listen · in 3 other episodes

David says he keeps referencing this interview, which he watched and listened to in addition to reading the book.

Founder theme · Reread language

Steve Jobs's Stanford Commencement Address

Steve Jobs · Watch & Listen · in 12 other episodes

David calls Jobs's Stanford commencement address legendary.

Founder theme · Explicit praise

The Defiant Ones

Allen Hughes · Watch & Listen · in 11 other episodes

David calls it an excellent documentary and one of the greatest documentaries on entrepreneurship.

Explicit praise · Founder theme