Five Links for Sep 2020

Five articles to read plus a bonus graph

As promised, here are five links to read in September:

Everything You Need to Know About Data Standards by Will Lansing and Auren Hoffman
Will Lansing (CEO of FICO) and I write a follow-up piece to last-year’s DaaS Bible.  This 4000+ word piece focuses on the power (and history) of standard join keys.  

How You Can Use "Hanlon’s Razor" to Avoid Petty Arguments by Polina Marinova
Simple hack to life: assume positive intent.

When The Magic Happens by Morgan Housel
“This is a story about when big innovations happen. Not how, but when. And to some extent, why.”
Note: Housel just came out with his first book, The Psychology of Money.  It is the next thing on my reading list.

What you think about landfill and recycling is probably totally wrong by Robert Wiblin
This piece made me rethink my assumptions about recycling.

Amp It Up! by Frank Slootman
"Our companies were built and run for performance, full stop. Our companies were all Marine Corps, not much Peace Corps. We did not come in peace."
Slootman is the CEO of Snowflake.  He is the arguably the most successful SaaS CEO in the world (he previously took public Data Domain and ServiceNow).  This is his learnings.

Bonus: 2020 Startup Themes by Daniel Gross

Graph of the Month:

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Books:

How Innovation Works by Matt Ridley (5/5)
HT Naval Ravikant

Cable Cowboy by Mark Robichaux (4/5)
HT David Perell

Very Important People by Ashley Mears (4/5)
HT Tyler Cowen

The Mom Test by Rob Fitzpatrick (3/5)
HT Parthi Loganathan