Enough with "Entrepreneurs"

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10/19/21 • 26 min

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"Entrepreneur" sounds really fancy. Like a member of some exclusive club. But, what we're really talking about is just someone who starts something. Is it time to retire this word? Is there a better word to replace it? Can a business podcast go 30 minutes without talking about Steve Jobs, luxury cars, and watches?

Show Notes

09:42 - Andon (Wikipedia)
11:23 - Nürburgring 24 Hours (Wikipedia)
17:14 - The E Myth Revisited - Micahael E. Gerber (Bookshop.org)
20:51 - Monolith Titan Conical Espresso Grinder
23:19 - Saddleback Leather
23:34 - How to Knock Off a Saddleback Leather Co. Briefcase (YouTube)

Show Notes

09:42 - Andon (Wikipedia)
11:23 - Nürburgring 24 Hours (Wikipedia)
17:14 - The E Myth Revisited - Micahael E. Gerber (Bookshop.org)
20:51 - Monolith Titan Conical Espresso Grinder
23:19 - Saddleback Leather
23:34 - How to Knock Off a Saddleback Leather Co. Briefcase (YouTube)

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Working long hours, putting in overtime, logging on on the weekends, have become badges of honor, but there's a big difference between work and getting stuff done. This week Jason and David push back against this idea of workaholism.

Show Notes

01:37 - Six-week cycles (Shape Up)
02:46 - On Apple's monopoly power to destroy HEY (Signal v. Noise)
09:10 - Oura Ring
10:47 - Test-driven development (Wikipedia)
12:50 - An Inside Look at Google's Best Employee Perks (Inc.)
17:12 - Paid Time Off (Basecamp Employee Handbook)
24:19 - Summer Hours (Basecamp Employee Handbook)

Next Episode

Make a Dent in the Universe

This week we discuss the importance of doing meaningful work. At least meaningful to you. What you do is your legacy, but that doesn't necessarily mean you have to change the world. You just need to be doing something that changes YOUR world.

Show Notes

03:28 - Bullshit Jobs: A Theory - David Graeber (Bookshop.org)
04:37 - Drudge Report
04:38 - craigslist
05:01 - Flip Video (Wikipedia)
05:29 - iPod touch
07:46 - Rails
08:55 - Ta-da List
11:45 - Stoicism (Wikipedia)
13:47 - Aol.
16:44 - stripe
17:31 - Braintree
18:07 - shopify
19:01 - Paul Graham
19:36 - Viaweb (Wikipedia)
20:34 - Squarespace
21:21 - Stratechery

REWORK - Enough with "Entrepreneurs"

Transcript

David: [00:00:00] We're just talking about like the chapter, Jason, is super short in like the vintage style of how many short posts we used to have on Signal v. Noise. Where we’d just take a highly controversial opinion, basically just drop the mic after five paragraphs and that's it.
Jason: [00:00:13] Yeah. I like, though, the two paragraph ones.
David: [00:00:19] Yeah, exactly, that too. This one has one, two, three. There's three paragraphs in this essay, so.
Jason: [00:00:25] Fan