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My 5 Favorite Books of Q2 2019

Quick summaries of the five best books that I read during Q2 2019. Part of a quarterly series.

4 min readJul 11, 2019

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My 5 Favorite Books of Q2 2019

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Insights on Life and Happiness: A Letter to My Kids

The most important things I wish I’d known 20 years ago

7 min readJul 9, 2019

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Startups & Investment

Just-in-Time Fundraising: Great on Paper. Terrible in Practice.

Raising money every few months to minimize dilution sounds great in theory. It’s almost always a bad idea in practice.

6 min readJul 3, 2019

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My 11 Favorite Quotes from “Resilience” by Eric Greitens

“Resilience: Hard-Won Wisdom For Living A Better Life” is full of useful insights and advice on life. Here are 10 of my favorite passages.

7 min readJul 1, 2019

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My 11 Favorite Quotes from “Resilience” by Eric Greitens

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The Future of the Automotive Market: A Thought Experiment

An exploration of how autonomous vehicles may shape the future of the automotive and ridesharing markets.

8 min readJun 25, 2019

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The Future of the Automotive Market: A Thought Experiment

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Summary of “The Design of Insight: How to Solve Any Business Problem”

Applying five problem solving “languages” to yield unique insights to challenging business problems.

7 min readJun 18, 2019

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Summary of “The Design of Insight: How to Solve Any Business Problem”

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Summary of Herbert Spencer’s “First Principles”

My attempt at summarizing a forgotten, but incredibly thought-provoking book from the 1860's.

5 min readJun 12, 2019

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Startups & Investment

Evaluating Startup Team Dynamics

Team composition isn’t the only thing that matters

2 min readJun 4, 2019

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How to Fail at Corporate VC

Since I wrote my original post on the Pros and Cons of Taking Investment From Corporate VCs, the corporate VC landscape has heated up. It…

3 min readMay 28, 2019

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The Coachability Trap

Why coachable should mean more than just “agreeable”

3 min readMay 22, 2019

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The Coachability Trap

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Dave Lishego

Dave Lishego

Investment team @iwpgh. Writing about venture capital, startups, books, and other random things that interest me. Opinions are my own.

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