Evidence receipt / uncertainty
Published · transcript-backedBen Gilbert: uncertainty
7 Oct 2020 Acquired Special: Invest Like the Best on Acquired
“I've never heard of it. I don't know. He's like, look, Reed Hastings says it's the best business strategy book and he's the best business strategy practitioner in the world.”
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- Speaker
- Ben Gilbert
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- Claim type
- uncertainty
- Recorded
- 7 Oct 2020
- Publisher
- Acquired
Transcript context
…Keith's answer to the books was 7 Powers, and Keith was like, hey, there's this book and this guy, Hamilton Helmer, best-kept secret in Silicon Valley. This is a fantastic book, and so I listened to that. I picked up the book. I was like, Ben, you got to read this book. We reached out to Hamilton and the rest is history. I was like, really, David? I've never heard of it. I don't know. He's like, look, Reed Hastings says it's the best business strategy book and he's the best business strategy practitioner in the world. I was like, okay, fine. It is amazing to be just flashing back. What was that six months ago, having skepticism there? Just to pile on there. I was introduced to Hamilton through Daniel Ek. I think Daniel is the best strategist that I've personally spent time with, and he says the same thing about Hamilton, or something similar anyway. That's two pretty good re-endorsements there. Albeit from a very similar business model—Spotify, and Netflix.…
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