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In 2020, Avital Balwit had won a Rhodes Scholarship and turned it down, first to run Carrick Flynn’s congressional campaign and then to give away FTX’s money. Leopold Aschenbrenner, who had entered Columbia University at the age of fifteen and graduated four years later as class valedictorian, had just declined a spot at Yale Law School to work for
... See moreMichael Lewis • Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon
Tudo isso era feito sem segundas intenções. Bill muitas vezes não expressava sua opinião sobre uma decisão; apenas pressionava para que se tomasse uma. Quando ele percebia esses momentos, atuava nos bastidores, extraindo pontos de vista das pessoas, fechando lacunas de entendimento e consertando falhas de comunicação, de modo que, quando chegava a
... See moreEric Schimdt • O coach de um trilhão de dólares: O manual de liderança do Vale do Silício (Portuguese Edition)
they had just recently adopted a new approach: instead of giving money away themselves, they scoured the world for subject matter experts who might have their own, better ideas for how to give away money.
Michael Lewis • Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon
Over the next two weeks, he met with Omidyar outside of Benchmark’s office and discovered that he was an anomalous kind of engineer, one who was consumed by the idea of community—every other sentence, he spoke about the eBay community, building the community, learning from the community, protecting the community. It was a passion similar to what, i
... See moreRandall E. Stross • eBoys: The First Inside Account of Venture Capitalists at Work
“The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency.” –Bill Gates Co-founder of Microsoft
Timothy Ferriss • Tribe Of Mentors: Short Life Advice from the Best in the World
At any rate, the people sitting around Sam’s living room and talking about where Sam’s money was being spent weren’t talking about buying bed nets for children in Africa, to prevent malaria. They were looking for clever ways to reduce existential risk. The sums they were able to give away were about to increase dramatically—or so they all imagined.
... See moreMichael Lewis • Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon
I learn that First Draft was founded in the United Kingdom in 2015 with primary backing from Google. The executive chairman of Google’s parent company, Alphabet, is Hillary backer Eric Schmidt. Alphabet was Hillary’s second-largest campaign contributor. According to internal campaign emails, Google offered up use of its jet to Clinton during her ca
... See moreSharyl Attkisson • The Smear: How Shady Political Operatives and Fake News Control What You See, What You Think, and How You Vote
Bruce Dunlevie remained Adam’s champion, expressing his belief in Adam’s expansive vision and comparing him to a new-age Jeff Bezos.