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Tim Ferriss · 2022-08-31

Investing with the Best, Founder-Problem Fit, Pre-Mortems and Pre-Parades, and More — Roelof Botha

Investing with the Best, Founder-Problem Fit, Pre-Mortems and Pre-Parades, and More — Roelof Botha

Recommended on this episode

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Man's Search for Meaning

Viktor Frankl

“i've spoken about it at sequoia founder events i've given it to many people i just think the book is amazing”
“there's man's search for meaning by viktor frankl which invariably shows up on these lists of you know 100 books you should read before you die which really had a big impact on me”— Roelof Botha
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The Best American Science and Nature Writing

“it's absolutely fascinating”
“the other one is an annual series called america's best science and nature writing and it's a collection of about two dozen articles from american publications”— Roelof Botha
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More Money Than God

Sebastian Mallaby

“his book more money than god on the hedge fund industry i thought was exceptional”
“his book more money than god on the hedge fund industry i thought was exceptional so i haven't yet read the power law”— Tim Ferriss
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The Power Law

Sebastian Mallaby

“i'll second the recommendation”
“i'll second the recommendation the i mean the reason he chose the title for the book is that our our industry follows a power law curve”— Roelof Botha

The guest's own work

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The 4-Hour Body

Tim Ferriss

“in the process of doing research for the four-hour body my second book spent time in south africa at the south african sports science institute”— Tim Ferriss

Also referenced (named, not recommended)

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Evernote

Evernote (inferred)

“so i use evernote to do that i organize key things that i want to accomplish for sequoia and for each of the companies that i work with”— Roelof Botha
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The Power Law

Sebastian Mallaby

“i know if you've run across this book by sebastian malibi called power law of course it was recently published you know it has been recommended to me i'm sure it's amazing”— Tim Ferriss
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iPad

Apple (inferred)

“i'll pop up you know an ipad in the gym and train with a trainer who just changes the workout routine and a lot of functional training as well”— Roelof Botha