Media I Like

Books

• Zero to One, Peter Thiel
• The Lean Startup, Eric Ries
• Hackers & Painters, Paul Graham
• The Hard Thing About Hard Things, Ben Horowitz
• Founders at Work, Jessica Livingston
• The Innovators, Walter Isaacson
• Steve Jobs, Walter Isaacson
• Elon Musk, Ashlee Vance
• The Mom Test, Rob Fitzpatrick
• Make, Pieter Levels

Books I Want to Read

• The Everything Store, Brad Stone
• High Output Management, Andy Grove
• The Master Algorithm, Pedro Domingos
• Superintelligence, Nick Bostrom

Anime

• Death Note - The strategic mind games are incredible
• Attack on Titan - Epic storytelling and world-building
• Steins;Gate - Time travel done right
• Code Geass - Strategy and rebellion
• Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood - Perfect adventure story
• One Punch Man - Comedy and action perfectly balanced
• Demon Slayer - Beautiful animation
• Mob Psycho 100 - Character development at its finest

Movies / TV Series

• The Social Network - Building Facebook
• Steve Jobs (2015) - Product launches and perfectionism
• Silicon Valley (TV) - Startup life comedy
• Mr. Robot (TV) - Tech and psychology
• Inception - Mind-bending storytelling
• Interstellar - Exploration and ambition
• The Imitation Game - Alan Turing story
• Moneyball - Data-driven innovation

People I Admire

• Paul Graham - Essays on startups and technology ↗
• Sam Altman - OpenAI CEO, startup advisor
• Pieter Levels - Indie maker, remote work pioneer ↗
• Naval Ravikant - Philosopher, investor
• Patrick Collison - Stripe CEO, fast progress advocate
• Marc Andreessen - Netscape founder, VC
• Elon Musk - First principles thinking
• DHH (David Heinemeier Hansson) - Ruby on Rails creator
• Lex Fridman - AI researcher, podcaster
• George Hotz - Comma.ai, self-driving cars

Podcasts & Channels

• Lex Fridman Podcast - Deep conversations with interesting people
• Y Combinator - Startup School and founder stories
• All-In Podcast - Tech, business, and politics
• Acquired - Deep dives on company histories
• My First Million - Business ideas and entrepreneurship
• Fireship (YouTube) - Tech news in 100 seconds
• ThePrimeagen (YouTube) - Programming and tech commentary