Over the weekend, my family and I celebrated my in-laws’ 50th wedding anniversary in Maui. Considering the fact that the divorce rate is over 50%, their milestone is something truly worth celebrating. I hope that my wife and I can follow in their footsteps and go the distance.
Our trip was packed with delightful dinners, snorkeling, and an incredible cycle tour with Maui Sun Riders. Along the island’s west coast, I even tackled a punishing 16% incline. Phew! Below is the weekly list of reads and listens. Hope you enjoy.
Reads ?:
goes over the much written about Cathy Woods from ARK. I really hadn’t realized how shitty she actually was.
Cool little excerpt from about the venture like returns Blumhouse Studios has made on its horror movies. Its interesting how they use the powerlaw principle as well.
MedCity News writes a short piece on point solution fatigue providers are facing with tech startups. Great advice on product positioning.
a16z writes about public healthtech companies in market today and how one can delineate truly valuable companies from the garbage unicorn spacathon that happened in 2020.
TT talks about how these LLMs are becoming Twilio’s for the API landscape.
writes about the difference between the hype cycle and S-curve as it pertains to generative AI.
writes about VC Hype and Hot Air and mentions that admitting missed shots is something lacking in VC ecosystem. Interesting mention about how the Oracle of Omaha has mentioned the world Mistake or Mistaken over 10k times in his shareholder letters. We can all take a page out of Mr. Buffets books.
Out of Pocket newsletter does an incredible job exlpaining CPT codes hilariously in Nikhil fashion.
Time Magazine covers how AI will most likely be trained in healthcare. Hint it is just how everyone else learns.
Listens ?:
Really interesting piece in Patrick O’Shaughnessy’s Timeless Podcasts about the history, business model, and legacy that is Rolex.
Howie talks to Roy Rubin- founder of e-commerce platform Magento about its meteroric rise. Magento was the Shopify before Shopify. Great story.
Books ?:
Interesting little read called – What Can Go Right: Designing Our Ideal Future to Emerge from Continual Crises to a Thriving World that was recommended by Bill Gurley on a podcast that I listened to awhile back.
I hope everyone enjoys! See you on Tuesday when I get back from Hawaii!
