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Re:Best books recommended by 80 profitable founders by kkoncevicius on Friday November 11, 2022 @08:50AM (#33560778)
Survivorship bias - yes; but I think it's still better than getting recommendations about books and productivity systems from people who do nothing but peddle advice.
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Re:Best books recommended by 80 profitable founders by cinntaile on Friday November 11, 2022 @08:59AM (#33560859)
This is a false dichotomy. And it is also not clear that these books had any effect on the company outcome.
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Re:Best books recommended by 80 profitable founders by wyem on Friday November 11, 2022 @09:23AM (#33561119)
No. If you see the quotes of the founders in the same article, a few have clearly discussed how the books had an impact on their business strategy. This is what I truly found insightful.
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Re:Best books recommended by 80 profitable founders by readthenotes1 on Friday November 11, 2022 @12:05PM (#33563393)
Given the apparent lack of consistency (no book suggested by more than 3/100), the results seem pretty random. Not sure you wouldn't have done as well asking the advice peddlers for recommendations of other author's books.
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Re:Best books recommended by 80 profitable founders by upen946 on Friday November 11, 2022 @09:14AM (#33561004)
Yeah, that's the core point.
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