Last week, I finished reading Roy Thomson’s autobiography, the second book I’ve read about him in the last month. I found another biography about him, and I’m considering reading that, too. Last month, I read a biography about Felix Dennis, the second book I’d read about him.

I initially resisted reading more than one book about an entrepreneur, but I don’t feel that way anymore. Some material may be repetitive, but subsequent books usually contain new information too. Multiple books provide multiple perspectives on an entrepreneur’s life and get closer to a 360-degree view of that person’s journey. Reading too many books about a person would yield diminishing returns, but right now, my gut tells me that two or three books about a person is likely a good number.

I’ve also changed my thinking about how I record information about entrepreneurs I’m studying. Before, I thought in terms of books. Each book was an individual record, and I created a digest for each book. This meant I could have multiple digests about a single person. But now I’m thinking in terms of people. I need to consider how I want to capture the information. Ultimately, I want to do more than create blog posts and podcasts with these digests. Do I create one digest per person and add information from multiple books? Do I keep creating one digest per book? Or do I do something completely different?

I’ll be thinking about this question more and getting perspectives from people with relevant data management experience. In the meantime, I might experiment with my digest and blog post formats a bit.