Highlights from my Reading List – Week 48

Articles

1. The Road Less Traveled – DeWayne Roy
   

   DeWayne on dropping out and hustling to find a job in SF.

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2. Industry Towns – Where You Start A Company Matters – Elad Gil
   

   A geographical analysis of where startups are funded and why network effects dominate in startup cities.

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3. Reflections on Refactor Camp 2019 – Venkatesh Rao
   

   vgr reflects on an eventful refactor camp. The theme this year was Escaping Reality.

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4. Mazes as Mirrors of Creation – Dan Schmidt
   

   The concept of idea mazes and why creating always involves detours.

5. The Epic Story of Container Shipping – Venkatesh Rao
   

   A review of the book  The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger, by Marc Levinson (2006).