Reading & listening
Media I Enjoy
What I actually read, watch, and listen to. The intellectual diet without algorithmic curation — just the things that changed how I think.
Podcasts I Return To
Prof G Markets ↗
"Scott Galloway makes business strategy feel visceral: sharp, data-driven, opinionated, and somehow both intellectual and entertaining. He has this rare ability to connect markets, culture, technology, capitalism, and personal responsibility in a way that feels like business school with a pulse!"
Codie Sanchez ↗
"Codie Sanchez brings Wall Street discipline to Main Street businesses. The podcast is refreshingly tactical: ownership, cash flow, buying and growing real businesses. Business advice with fewer buzzwords and more receipts."
Acquired ↗
"Acquired is what happens when business history, strategy, and extreme preparation have a very successful child! The episodes are long, but so are most things worth understanding."
Pivot ↗
"Kara Swisher is one of the best at cutting through tech mythology. She has the ability to sound both deeply informed and completely unimpressed — a combination I respect, and occasionally aspire to."
Books & Essays
The Innovator's Dilemma ↗
"Still the best framework for understanding why incumbents fail and how new technologies reshape markets from below. Required reading for anyone thinking about diagnostics displacement."
Zero to One ↗
"I don't necessarily align with Peter Thiel's political views, but Zero to One is one of the most insight-dense business books I've read. There is almost no fat here — just sharp, provocative ideas about monopoly, competition, technology, power laws, secrets, and what it actually means to build something new."
Thinking in Bets ↗
"Thinking in Bets is one of the clearest books on decision-making under uncertainty. In strategy, as in poker, you can make a good decision and still get a bad outcome — which is annoying, but apparently reality did not ask for our permission."
YouTube Worth Watching
The Marketing Secrets Apple and Tesla Always Use ↗
"Rory reminds us that human beings are not spreadsheets. They are emotional, irrational, status-seeking, story-driven creatures, and that often, the best solution is not the most logical one, but the one that changes how people feel."