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Ask HN: CEO letters and similar sources of insight

by vsupalov on 6/1/24, 12:44 PM with 2 comments

I've had a great time reading founder/investor letters from Stripe [1] and Amazon [2] so far. Really interesting insights about a certain domains, articulated clearly and in a succinct fashion.

Gumroad's public board meetings [3] offer a similar kind of look behind the scenes.

What founder/investor letters or similar media (like in-depth podcasts) would you recommend to read to get deeper insight into strategic thinking or industry insight of people who are on top of their game?

[1] https://stripe.com/en-li/annual-updates/2023 [2] https://hooda.medium.com/every-jeff-bezos-letter-to-shareholders-since-1997-b3cb57914cab [3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUYSTvJnIXA

  • by gus_massa on 6/2/24, 3:13 AM

    I'm not sure if this is what you are looking for, but I like the old blog of Joel Spolsky https://www.joelonsoftware.com/ Look for the CEO tag near the bottom that shows a few articles.