Super interesting people and stories to learn from!

Some interesting blogs and essays.


  1. https://sive.rs/ - for anything 
  2. https://sahillavingia.com/reflecting - startup
  3. https://mgmt.wharton.upenn.edu/profile/nicolaj/ - strategy
  4. https://cs.harvard.edu/malan/ - learning how to teach/ computer science
  5. Nasim Nicholas Taleb - his books or tweets.
  6. Bethany McLean  - Journalist - to learn power of courage.
  7. Tom Watson - forgiving employee's million dollar mistake - Perspective

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