Divya T

Paradigms are shifting. Building something new in FinTech.

[Divya T @DivTall]

Summer Reading List 📚

Books that are shaping how I think about startups, distribution, product design, consumer behavior, technology, and the future:

✅ Blitzscaling - Reid Hoffman @reidhoffman
✅ Building a StoryBrand - Donald Miller @donaldmiller
Capitalism in America - Alan Greenspan
✅ Contagious - Jonah Berger @j1berger
Designing for Behavior Change - Stephen Wendel
✅ Hooked - Nir Eyal @nireyal
Finite and Infinite Games - James P. Carse
First Principles Thinking - Walter Dimon
The Laws of Thought - Tom Griffiths
✅ The Sales Skills Book - Gerald Zankl @geraldzankl
Source Code - Bill Gates
Technopoly - Neil Postman
✅ Traction - Gabriel Weinberg @yegg
The Second Machine Age - Erik Brynjolfsson @erikbryn
The Dream Machine - M. Mitchell Waldrop
Utopia of Rules - David Graeber @davidgraeber
VC: An American History - Tom Nicholas
What Customers Want - Anthony Ulwick @Ulwick

What am I missing?

[Divya T @DivTall]

@AuthorGFAllen This always works!

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@Pranav2278 Check out 'Invent & Wander.' Bezos has a lot to teach as well. His shareholder letters are incredible to me. He was writing it from the point of view of someone convinced of his vision, rather than trying to convince others.

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@adamshuaib I think that rejection ignited a fire in them because they knew they were great or had the potential to be great.

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@edwardlando A network is only powerful when you have something of value to offer each other.

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@rrhoover I firmly believe that anyone can do insanely great things with technology. There's lowest barriers to entry right now. You just need to pair it with intense dedication, focus, and commitment.

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@HarryStebbings Simple gestures always have ripple effects that you would never expect. That experience probably shifted how you operated in the fund and maybe how generous you were with your time when someone needed advice...

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@adamshuaib I describe it as feeling a “click.”

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@adamshuaib They were in flow and aligned with their work. It’s a rare phenomenon and you won’t know it until you experience it.

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@auren Right. An archaic system that needs to be fundamentally rethought.

[Jason Pontin @jason_pontin]

“‘After all, it is not a trivial question we are discussing,’ Socrates said. ‘What we are talking about is how one should live.’”

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@jason_pontin No John Steinbeck?

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@ycocerious You’re in uncharted territory no matter how many founder resources there are. Take it easy on yourself. The best part of being an entrepreneur are the highs and the lows. They teach you so much about yourself.

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@JayHoovy Would add “Science of Scaling.” Truly makes you think more deeply about what product you really should be building.

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@Bocephus1228 @RaminNasibov I don’t blame you. He’s such an incredible writer. I had no idea what to expect and then just got sucked in by the storytelling. It’s pretty impressive considering that there’s different narratives going on as well.

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@IvieChris10219 @RaminNasibov That's quite the reaction! 😄

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@IvieChris10219 @RaminNasibov What makes this 10/10 for you? Definitely reading it soon.

[Ramin Nasibov @RaminNasibov]

these days by checksy

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@Bocephus1228 @RaminNasibov My absolute favorite!

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@randallmbriggs Agreed. There’s just no way to develop deep expertise and success in an area without time.

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@AdityaRam58569 @davidsenra @tobi I read to learn and create frameworks for decision making in my business. I never passively read anything.