Current Project: Reading books about entrepreneurs and sharing what I learned from them

Mission: Create a library of wisdom from notable entrepreneurs that current entrepreneurs can leverage to increase their chances of success

Cumulative metrics (since 4/1/24):

• Total books read: 49
• Total book digests created: 15
• Total blog posts published: 308
• Total audio recordings published: 103

This week’s metrics:

• Books read: 1
• Book digests created: 0
• Blog posts published: 7
• Audio recordings published: 0

What I completed this week (link to last week’s commitments):

• Reread Junk to Gold: From Salvage to the World’s Largest Online Auto Auction, an autobiography about Willis Johnson’s journey to build Copart.
• Started turning data from books into database embeddings. My developer friend led this effort
• Defined what needs to be built before I attend a conference where I plan to demo the software
• Finished linking blog posts, books, and entrepreneurs in a spreadsheet
• Finished linking all related blog posts and the same book on my blog
• Defined the attributes on a “book” table in a database
• Created a mockup of the website page to communicate book information

What I’ll do next week:

• Read a biography, autobiography, or framework book
• Continue updating descriptions for blog posts about the same book

Asks:

• None

Week two hundred fifty-four was another week of learning. Looking forward to next week!