In the last quarter of 2023, startups have been in the news and in popular culture. It’s not all inspiration, there are plenty of cautionary tales. There is the Samuel Bankman-Fried trial in October, WeWork’s bankruptcy in November, and the boardroom drama at OpenAI.
There are also many new books, television shows, podcasts, and film profiling and platforming real-life founders.
| Name | Format |
| Good Bad Billionaire (BBC) Hosts: Simon Jack and Zing Tsjeng | Podcast |
| Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon (2023), Michael Lewis | Book |
| Judging Sam (Puskin Industries) Host Michael Lews | Podcast |
| The Naked Emperor (CBC) | Podcast |
| Blackberry (2023) Directed by Matt Johnson | TV |
| Losing the Signal: The Untold Story Behind the Extraordinary Rise and Spectacular Fall of BlackBerry (2015), Sean Silcoff; Jacquie McNish | Book |
| Startup Therapy (Startups.com) Hosts: Wil Schroder and Ryan Rutan | Podcast |
| Inventing Anna (2022) | TV |
On my list for holiday reading is The Bill Gates Problem: Reckoning with the Myth of the Good Billionaire by Tim Schwab. I read the introduction and the prologue this week, and I cannot wait to settle into the book.
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