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Founding partner of the seed stage venture firm Y Combinator and author.
Swedish philosopher known for his work on existential risk, the anthropic principle, human enhancement ethics, whole brain emulation, superintelligence risks, and the reversal test. Founding director of the Future of Humanity Institute at Oxford University.
Business magnate, investor, and philanthropist. Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway. One of the best-known fundamental investors in the world.
Business magnate, media proprietor, and investor. Founder, executive chairman, and former president and CEO of Amazon, the world's largest e-commerce and cloud computing company. Third-wealthiest person in the world.
American author and financial journalist. Contributing editor to Vanity Fair, known for nonfiction work covering financial crises and behavioral finance.
Learn from history's greatest entrepreneurs. Every week I read a biography of an entrepreneur and find ideas you can use in your work. This quote explains why: "There are thousands of years of history in which lots and lots of very smart people worked very hard and ran all types of experiments on how to create new businesses, invent new technology, new ways to manage etc. They ran these experiments throughout their entire lives. At some point, somebody put these lessons down in a book. For very little money and a few hours of time, you can learn from someone’s accumulated experience. There is so much more to learn from the past than we often realize. You could productively spend your time reading experiences of great people who have come before and you learn every time." —Marc Andreessen
Irish billionaire entrepreneur. Co-founder and President of Stripe, one of the wealthiest people from Ireland.
Entrepreneur and Investor
British evolutionary biologist and author. Emeritus fellow of New College, Oxford. Popularized the gene-centred view of evolution in his book "The Selfish Gene" and coined the term "meme".
Vice Chairman, Ogilvy Group
The Spectator's Wiki Man.
Theoretical physicist known for his work in the path integral formulation of quantum mechanics, theory of quantum electrodynamics, and the physics of superfluidity. Nobel Prize recipient for his contributions to the development of quantum electrodynamics.
Israeli author, public intellectual, historian, and professor. Author of the popular science bestsellers Sapiens, Homo Deus, and 21 Lessons for the 21st Century. His writings explore various topics including free will, consciousness, intelligence, happiness, and suffering.