Steve Jobs In His Own Words (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.

Founder theme · Reread language

Creativity, Inc.

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

David uses Ed Catmull's team-quality principle from Creativity, Inc. to explain Steve's emphasis on recruiting the right people.

Cross-episode reference · Founder theme

Invent and Wander

Jeff Bezos · Reading rank 18 · in 23 other episodes

David calls Invent and Wander excellent.

Cross-episode reference · Explicit praise

In the Company of Giants

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

David highly recommends buying In the Company of Giants.

Cross-episode reference · Explicit praise · Founder theme

Return to the Little Kingdom

Michael Moritz · Reading rank 54 · in 14 other episodes

David praises Michael Moritz's writing of this early Apple history.

Cross-episode reference · Explicit praise

The Man Behind the Microchip

Leslie Berlin · Reading rank 211 · in 2 other episodes

Drawing on his recollection of Noyce’s biography, David connects mentoring younger entrepreneurs with an obligation to pass on what others taught you.

Founder theme · Cross-episode reference

Steve Jobs

Paul Sen · Watch & Listen · in 3 other episodes

David applies the interview’s contrast between carefully made and pedestrian products to the products and companies listeners build.

Founder theme

The Defiant Ones

Allen Hughes · Watch & Listen · in 11 other episodes

David calls The Defiant Ones an excellent documentary.

Explicit praise · Founder theme

Driven from Within

Michael Jordan · Reading rank 85 · in 12 other episodes

Cross-episode reference