CalmFounders
The letters and memos of great founders, read aloud for sleep.
Letters
Business Memos
- Du Pont and the Hanford ProjectE. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company · 15 min
- The Peanut Butter ManifestoBrad Garlinghouse (Yahoo!) · 14 min
- We Don't Sell Saddles HereStewart Butterfield (Slack) · 23 min
- The Commoditization of the Starbucks ExperienceHoward Schultz · 6 min
- Facebook Internal Emails (Zuckerberg & Sandberg) — Part 1 of 3Mark Zuckerberg, Sheryl Sandberg, et al. · 26 min
- Facebook Internal Emails (Zuckerberg & Sandberg) — Part 2 of 3Mark Zuckerberg, Sheryl Sandberg, et al. · 26 min
- Facebook Internal Emails (Zuckerberg & Sandberg) — Part 3 of 3Mark Zuckerberg, Sheryl Sandberg, et al. · 25 min
- The Future of TV (Hulu memo)Jason Kilar (Hulu) · 16 min
- Windows Usability Systematic Degradation FlameBill Gates · 15 min
- Completed Staff WorkU.S. Army (attributed to Gen. Archer L. Lerch) · 5 min
- Zero Defects (Microsoft memo)Chris Mason (Microsoft) · 33 min
- Road Kill on the Information Highway — Part 1 of 5Nathan Myhrvold (Microsoft) · 35 min
- Road Kill on the Information Highway — Part 2 of 5Nathan Myhrvold (Microsoft) · 28 min
- Road Kill on the Information Highway — Part 3 of 5Nathan Myhrvold (Microsoft) · 23 min
- Road Kill on the Information Highway — Part 4 of 5Nathan Myhrvold (Microsoft) · 33 min
- Road Kill on the Information Highway — Part 5 of 5Nathan Myhrvold (Microsoft) · 25 min
- The Internet Services Disruption — Part 1 of 2Ray Ozzie (Microsoft) · 18 min
- The Internet Services Disruption — Part 2 of 2Ray Ozzie (Microsoft) · 18 min
- Zuck on Buying UnityMark Zuckerberg · 8 min
Essays
- Stevey's Google Platforms RantSteve Yegge · 33 min
- The Eleven Laws of Showrunning — Part 1 of 3Javier Grillo-Marxuach · 28 min
- The Eleven Laws of Showrunning — Part 2 of 3Javier Grillo-Marxuach · 17 min
- The Eleven Laws of Showrunning — Part 3 of 3Javier Grillo-Marxuach · 26 min
- The Bitter LessonRich Sutton · 8 min
- Why I Am Leaving Goldman SachsGreg Smith · 9 min
- Situational Awareness: IntroductionLeopold Aschenbrenner · 7 min
- Situational Awareness I: From GPT-4 to AGI — Counting the OOMs — Part 1 of 3Leopold Aschenbrenner · 24 min
- Situational Awareness I: From GPT-4 to AGI — Counting the OOMs — Part 2 of 3Leopold Aschenbrenner · 25 min
- Situational Awareness I: From GPT-4 to AGI — Counting the OOMs — Part 3 of 3Leopold Aschenbrenner · 25 min
- Situational Awareness II: From AGI to Superintelligence — The Intelligence Explosion — Part 1 of 3Leopold Aschenbrenner · 23 min
- Situational Awareness II: From AGI to Superintelligence — The Intelligence Explosion — Part 2 of 3Leopold Aschenbrenner · 21 min
- Situational Awareness II: From AGI to Superintelligence — The Intelligence Explosion — Part 3 of 3Leopold Aschenbrenner · 21 min
- Situational Awareness IIIa: Racing to the Trillion-Dollar ClusterLeopold Aschenbrenner · 32 min
- Situational Awareness IIIb: Lock Down the LabsLeopold Aschenbrenner · 36 min
- Situational Awareness IIIc: Superalignment — Part 1 of 2Leopold Aschenbrenner · 26 min
- Situational Awareness IIIc: Superalignment — Part 2 of 2Leopold Aschenbrenner · 24 min
- Situational Awareness IIId: The Free World Must Prevail — Part 1 of 2Leopold Aschenbrenner · 19 min
- Situational Awareness IIId: The Free World Must Prevail — Part 2 of 2Leopold Aschenbrenner · 19 min
- Situational Awareness IV: The Project — Part 1 of 2Leopold Aschenbrenner · 19 min
- Situational Awareness IV: The Project — Part 2 of 2Leopold Aschenbrenner · 17 min
- Situational Awareness V: Parting ThoughtsLeopold Aschenbrenner · 10 min
Investing
- Resignation of Mutual Savings from the US League of Savings InstitutionsCharlie Munger (Wesco Financial) · 5 min
- Bessemer Investment Memo: YelpBessemer Venture Partners · 17 min
- Bessemer Investment Memo: LinkedInBessemer Venture Partners · 21 min
- Bessemer Investment Memo: LifeLockBessemer Venture Partners · 33 min
- Bessemer Investment Memo: WixBessemer Venture Partners · 18 min
- Bessemer Investment Memo: DropcamBessemer Venture Partners · 12 min
- Bessemer Investment Memo: TwilioBessemer Venture Partners · 10 min
- Bessemer Investment Memo: MindBodyBessemer Venture Partners · 24 min
- Bessemer Investment Memo: ShopifyBessemer Venture Partners · 25 min
- Bessemer Investment Memo: Medi AssistBessemer Venture Partners · 18 min
- Bessemer Investment Memo: FiverrBessemer Venture Partners · 21 min
- Bessemer Investment Memo: PinterestBessemer Venture Partners · 15 min
- Bessemer Investment Memo: SendGridBessemer Venture Partners · 22 min
- Bessemer Investment Memo: TwitchBessemer Venture Partners · 34 min
- Bessemer Investment Memo: Auth0Bessemer Venture Partners · 20 min
- Bessemer Investment Memo: PagerDutyBessemer Venture Partners · 25 min
- Bessemer Investment Memo: Rocket LabBessemer Venture Partners · 21 min
- Bessemer Investment Memo: ServiceTitanBessemer Venture Partners · 31 min
- Bessemer Investment Memo: Velo3DBessemer Venture Partners · 18 min
- Bessemer Investment Memo: ToastBessemer Venture Partners · 25 min
- Sosin Partners 2018 Annual LetterClifford Sosin (CAS Investment Partners) · 20 min
- Vice Chairman's Thoughts — Past and FutureCharlie Munger · 17 min
Science
- Information Management: A ProposalTim Berners-Lee · 35 min
- Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash SystemSatoshi Nakamoto · 25 min
- Ethereum: A Next-Generation Smart Contract Platform — Part 1 of 4Vitalik Buterin · 25 min
- Ethereum: A Next-Generation Smart Contract Platform — Part 2 of 4Vitalik Buterin · 26 min
- Ethereum: A Next-Generation Smart Contract Platform — Part 3 of 4Vitalik Buterin · 25 min
- Ethereum: A Next-Generation Smart Contract Platform — Part 4 of 4Vitalik Buterin · 25 min
History
- Memorandum of Conversation: Gorbachev and Secretary Shultz — Part 1 of 3Soviet transcript, Gorbachev–Shultz meeting · 18 min
- Memorandum of Conversation: Gorbachev and Secretary Shultz — Part 2 of 3Soviet transcript, Gorbachev–Shultz meeting · 19 min
- Memorandum of Conversation: Gorbachev and Secretary Shultz — Part 3 of 3Soviet transcript, Gorbachev–Shultz meeting · 23 min