#007 (a surprise from Softbank)

We have lots to catch up.

Sorry I missed you all last two weeks but I’ve been all over the place.

Quote of the week - Love you mom!

NEWS:

• B4D1 [ Before Day 1] episode #001 is out on Spotify with ZeeDog’s story before they went live.

• I’m finally aggregating the top content inside the Readocracy platform - here you can explore the early version of my Startup Growth Collection

• Moises.ai is the Best of 2021 App for Personal Growth in the GooglePlay store - That’s HUGE!! Congrats to the entire team.

The most exciting content of the last 3 weeks.

Audio

Tim Ferriss is a rock star. I share not just one but two amazing podcasts from TF.

• Tim and Adam Grant on Spotify

  • AG and his latest book - Think Again - changed how I approach challenges and my own assumptions. I’m no longer a preacher but now a scientist. I super recommend the book - best of 2021.

• Tim and Andrew Chen on Spotify

  • Andrew is an investor at Andreessen Horowitz, where he focuses on consumer products, marketplaces, and bottoms up SaaS. Previously, he led growth teams at Uber.

  • AC produces some of the best content around growth - sign up for his newsletter here - ( also check out the work Reforge has produced)

• Grey Matter from Greylock - Building your best team

  • I think this one I shared 8x with different founders from my network. I recommend not just listening to it but also keep coming back to it every so often - it’s super high quality.

• 20VC - John Doer on buying 12% of Google for $12M and more..

• My $7 Billion Sneaker Start-up - On

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Adam Grant is back with a solid list of books. McKinsey continues to deliver some of the best materials and a newcomer into the list (ohhhh I also have a surprise from SoftBank!!!)

• Inc.com - 15 Inspiring Books to Read Over the Holidays by Adam Grant

• Enthusiast - Expertise, side-hustling, and the future of Venture Capital

• Deloitte - The worker-employer relationship disrupted

• The Atlantic - When Multilevel Marketing Met Gen Z

  

• [BEST] NFX - The NFX Founder Toolkit

• McKinsey - How to develop a Growth Mindset

• LabsNews - Brazil’s Venture Capital Industry : the country already has 316 VC firms.

• Brex - What I learned about People that Scale

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Special treat

SoftBank has publicly released its Operator School Masterclasses

Thank you all for being part of the journey.
Don’t forget to share it with friends.

Daniel Silva