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5. Hackers & Painters Hackers & Painters is a collection of essays by noted entrepreneur, programmer, and founder of startup incubator Y Combinator, Paul Graham. Graham touches on social, business, and cultural issues related to technology and entrepreneurship. We discuss our key takeaways from the book, pose questions to each other that it ponders, and learn about Molson's experience test...

4. Made in Japan: Akio Morita and Sony Akio Morita was the co-founder of Sony and one of the most influential Japanese business people of the 20th century. We analyze his 1986 autobiography, Made in Japan. Made in Japan explains what made Sony so successful and also spends a good deal of time contrasting Japanese and American business practices. We have a wide ranging discussion on the contents of...

3. Trillion Dollar Coach: The Leadership Playbook of Silicon Valley's Bill Campbell We analyze the 2019 book Trillion Dollar Coach: The Leadership Playbook of Silicon Valley's Bill Campbell. Trillion Dollar Coach is the story of a former football coach turned fortune 500 CEO, who became the mentor to some of the most notable business leaders of our time. The book, written by some of his mentees, i...

2. Ross Perot: My Life & The Principles for Success This 1996 pseudo-autobiography was written by Ross Perot during his second presidential campaign, but you won't find any politics within it. Although it's clearly written through a "please the public" lens, the focus of this book is Perot's business career. The first half tells Perot's life story through the founding of his company EDS. The s...

1. High Output Management by Andy Grove On our premiere episode, we discuss the management classic High Output Management by the late, great, former Intel CEO Andy Grove . We provide some of Andy's key takeaways regarding industrial organization, key management skills, handling employee issues, and managing meetings. We also debate how applicable some of this classic's insights are in the modern w...