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Brendan Foody: recommendation

18 Sept 2025 Lenny's Podcast Why experts writing AI evals is creating the fastest-growing companies in history | Brendan Foody (CEO of Mercor)

“I would say In Order, High Output Management is a phenomenal book on running companies.”

— Brendan Foody

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Brendan Foody
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recommendation
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18 Sept 2025
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Lenny's Podcast

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…Yeah, there's so many people that just nothing. Let's not bash the podcast, but just listen to podcasts, read posts, just keep reading and listening and don't do anything with that information. And there's never been an easier time to actually build stuff and try stuff. So definitely take that advice. Just you can do things. You should move your donut stand 50 feet and get out of their jurisdiction. Yeah. Okay. Brennan, with that, we've reached a very exciting lightning round. I've got five questions for you. Are you ready? All set. What are two or three books that you find yourself recommending most to other people? Let's see. I would say In Order, High Output Management is a phenomenal book on running companies. Second is Zero to One, which of course is a classic. And then third is Shoe Dog, where I just find it to be a really inspirational story. What is a recent movie or TV show I've really enjoyed? I really liked Oppenheimer. My favorite TV show of all time is Suits. So I know not not recent, but if I had to choose a recent one, probably Oppenheimer. Very cool. Suits, first time someone's mentioned that. Favorite product you recently discovered that you really love?…

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