
Pinduoduo
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Pinduoduo mentions How to Make a Spaceship by Julian Guthrie, Creativity Inc by Ed Catmull, and The Dark Tower by Stephen King with timestamps, quotes, and episode context.
It's just a really good if you kind of like the like shoe dog, it's almost these like thriller bio book.
It's just, it's a great freaking read.
I'm only halfway through this book right now, but it's excellent.
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The host mentions 'How to Make a Spaceship' as an excellent read for those interested in the story of the XPRIZE and…
The host mentions 'Creativity Inc' as a significant resource for understanding how to balance creativity with structu…
The host briefly mentions 'The Dark Tower' while discussing their current reading list. They express that they are on…
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“It's just a really good if you kind of like the like shoe dog, it's almost these like thriller bio book.”
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“I finally read Creativity Inc. Sinful that we did a Pixar episode and I never read it.”
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“David has been steeped in research and reading more in the series of previous carve out, which was The Dark Tower.”
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The host mentions 'How to Make a Spaceship' as an excellent read for those interested in the story of the XPRIZE and its visionary founder. They hi…

The host mentions 'Creativity Inc' as a significant resource for understanding how to balance creativity with structure in startup environments. Th…

The host briefly mentions 'The Dark Tower' while discussing their current reading list. They express that they are only halfway through the book bu…
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