The Swyx Mixtape

I am a mentor for the Notion Advanced track of Tiago Forte's Building a Second Brain, Cohort 12. This is the cleaned up audio of the second of 5 mentorship sessions with Q&A at the end. The first ses…

Audio source: https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/village-globals/the-state-and-future-of-KNpTy90h4XI/ 40 mins in

A 2019 recap of devtools investment theses, by two of the most prominent up and comin…

Audio source: https://art19.com/shows/the-founders-journal/episodes/a77afe33-236f-44b6-a2e8-55b6ff5c8e02

Ben Thompson's own writing on Aggregation Theory

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swyx: [00:00:00] I generally think t…

What Antonio García Martínez actually wrote, and what happens when gonzo journalism meets 2021 tech culture (note: I am not defending him).

Audio source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDLBGriyky8 (4…

Audio source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jl2ciIU4Qm4 (30 mins in)

Blog version with better writeup: https://www.swyx.io/clones-fail

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Why Clones Fail

swyx: [00:00:00] Somet…

I am a mentor for the Notion Advanced track of Tiago Forte's Building a Second Brain, Cohort 12. This is the cleaned up audio of the first of 5 mentorship sessions with Q&A at the end.

Slides: https:…

Audio and Transcript: https://www.thisamericanlife.org/233/starting-from-scratch

Jorge happens to be an executive editor at Gimlet Media, a frequent background appearance in credits and shows like Sta…

See video for illustration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrK7X_XlGB8

Julia has other great videos:

• Big Think normie intro version
• Is Bayesian thinking a sham?

and more on her youtube (inactive)

Audio source: https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/deep-questions/ep-95-how-do-i-maintain-the-G-UVTlaN1b7/

Recommended read: https://stratechery.com/2020/social-networking-2-0/

Audio source: https://a16z-live.simplecast.com/episodes/the-good-time-show-the-coinbase-story-with-founders-brian-armstrong-fred-ehrsam (30 mins in - Balaji speaks first, then Brian Armstrong)

• https:/…

Audio source: https://soundcloud.com/venturestories/andrew-wilkinsons-lessons

Twitter thread on anti-goals (and blogpost)

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See their public Notion doc which got me very interested: https://www.notion.so/Comm-4ec7bbc1398442ce9add1d7953a6c584

They are hiring: https://www.notion.so/commapp/We-re-hiring-b0a4cef3f8b34b8c91e323…

Audio source: https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/the-intellectual/peter-thiel-different-t5016qW_GCo/#1

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[00:00:00] swyx: [00:00:00] I always enjoy Peter Thiel's non-consensus takes on every…

Audio source: https://www.acquired.fm/episodes/berkshire-hathaway-part-i

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I think maybe in part because of this mindset of like I'm going to stay true to do what I'm good at, he makes the big…

Welcome to Weekend Drops! Every weekend I drop one full length interview or conversation I had recently. This is for folks who want to keep up with me — if you came for the 5 minute mixtapes, I hope …

Codie Sanchez recently appeared on the My First Million podcast and gave a really good answer to her perspective on Angel Investing.

Audio Source: https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/my-first-million…

Audio source: https://www.npr.org/programs/ted-radio-hour/945080108/a-century-of-money (6 mins in)

This is a story I only vaguely knew and I enjoyed this retelling of the Great Depression leading up t…