Links of the week

Links for the week ending 30/08/2019

1. Video of the week:

2. Podcast of the week:

   Great mini-series from Vox offering insights into Amazon and its inner workings

3. Article of the week:

   https://www.collaborativefund.com/blog/why-complexity-sells/

4. Statistic of the week:

   10-year Government bond yields:

   • Switzerland: -0.99%

   • Germany: -0.70%

   • Denmark: -0.66%

   • Netherlands: -0.56%

   • Austria: -0.44%

   • Finland: -0.43%

   • France: -0.41%

   • Slovakia: -0.38%

   • Belgium: -0.36%

   • Sweden: -0.33%

   • Japan: -0.27%

   • Slovenia: -0.22%

   • Ireland: -0.07%

   • USA: 1.49%

5. Quote I’m reflecting on this week:

   “Integrity is a closeness of fit of what you would say to someone’s face and what you would say about them when they leave the room” - Sam Harris

6. Book recommendation of the week:

   Ultralearning - A guy who went through MIT’s 4-year curriculum on his own in 12 months with some great tips and guidelines on how to get better at focusing and doing deep work.

7. Start-up of the week:

   Honcho, the UK-based reverse auction price comparison. I first found out about these guys 18 months ago when they had just raised a crowdfunding round. Good to see them finally launch with a product that could shake things up in the PCW world

8. Tweet of the week:

   Andrew Certain @tacertain

   Part of the reason for Amazon's incredible success across a staggering array of ventures is our focus on pushing autonomy down as far as possible. Jeff said from the start, "I don't want to make communication more efficient - I want there to be less communication!"

9. Image of the week:

   

   Honorable mention:

   

10. Question of the week:

    Ask yourselves this:

    If you could invest in only one of your fellow friends, who would you choose? If you could buy, say, 10 percent of the future earnings of just one co-worker, who would you choose? What would you look for? What are the qualities you would look for?

    Inspired by a question Buffet posed to students in a classroom in China

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