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: 35
• Total book digests created: 14
• Total blog posts published: 210
• Total audio recordings published: 103

This week’s metrics:

• Books read: 1
• Book digests created: 2 (using technology)
• Blog posts published: 7
• Audio recordings published: 0

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

• Read a biography about Steve Ross, founder of Time Warner and Warner Communications
• Added two books to my “book library” MVP
• Tested prompts, system instructions, and LLMs to improve the quality of responses from the “book library” MVP
• Created two book digests via my “book digest” MVP
• Tested prompts, system instructions, and system settings to improve the quality of AI-generated book digests

What I’ll do next week:

• Read a biography or autobiography
• Read my highlights from David Allen’s Getting Things Done
• Read my highlights from Tiago Forte’s Building a Second Brain
• Read two resources on prompt engineering
• Test different prompting for the “book digest” MVP
• Test adding a book’s contents to the “book library” MVP in different ways to improve response quality
• Identify the path to launching the MVPs publicly so others can test them

Asks:

• None

Week two hundred forty was another week of learning. Looking forward to next week!