Our 12 Most Influential Business Essays with Packy McCormick

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[00:02:59] - [First question] - The Not Boring back story and what he learned from his time at Breather

[00:05:06] -
Aggregation Theory
by Ben Thompson

[00:09:42] -
The Bus Ticket Theory of Genius
by Paul Graham

[00:13:45]
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Letter to a friend who may start a new investment platform
by Graham Duncan

[00:17:05] -
Positional Scarcity
by Alex Danco

[00:22:23] -
The Three Sides of Risk
by Morgan Housel

[00:26:56] -
Salary Negotiation
by Patrick McKenzie

[00:31:47] -
Sam Hinkie’s resignation letter

[00:37:10] -
Increasing Returns and the New World of Business
by W. Brian Arthur

[00:41:54] -
10 Tips on Writing
by David Ogilvy

[00:44:46] -
The next big thing will start out looking like a toy
by Chris Dixon

[00:49:08] -
The Tail End
by Tim Urban

[00:53:41] -
1,000 True Fans
by Kevin Kelly

[00:59:07] - Honorable mention:
The Great Online Game
by Packy McCormick

[01:03:26] - Honorable mention:
Excel Never Dies
by Packy McCormick
 

[01:05:58] - Packy’s closing thoughts and why he thinks people should read more Sci-Fi

[01:08:37] - Honorable mention:
Snow Crash
by Neal Stephenson