<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Qasar Younis&lt;/strong&gt; is the co-founder and CEO of Applied Intuition, a $15 billion AI company that adds intelligence to cars, tractors, planes, submarines, and other vehicles—essentially, Tesla or Waymo without the hardware. He was previously COO of Y Combinator, started his career as an engineer at GM and Bosch, and was born on a farm in Pakistan.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;We discuss:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;1. Why the biggest AI revolution will play out in mining, farming, construction, and trucking over the next 5 to 10 years, not in software&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;2. Why Qasar intentionally stayed under the radar for nearly a decade while building Applied Intuition, and why most founders shouldn’t do that&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;3. The truth about China’s AI capabilities and why comparisons to American companies are fundamentally flawed&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;4. The company values that drive Applied Intuition: speed above everything, laugh a lot, half the work is follow-up, never disappoint the customer&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;5. The biggest lessons from Qasar’s stint as YC’s COO, including that the most successful companies show traction very early&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;6. How reading old books is the best way to build taste&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;—&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Brought to you by:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="https://omni.co/lenny"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Omni&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;—AI analytics your customers can trust&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="https://vanta.com/lenny"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Vanta&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;—Automate compliance. Simplify security.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="https://lovable.dev/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Lovable&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;—Build apps by simply chatting with AI&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;—&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Episode transcript: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/the-most-successful-ai-company-youve-never-heard-of"&gt;https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/the-most-successful-ai-company-youve-never-heard-of&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;—&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Archive of all Lenny's Podcast transcripts: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/yxi4s2w998p1gvtpu4193/AMdNPR8AOw0lMklwtnC0TrQ?rlkey=j06x0nipoti519e0xgm23zsn9&amp;#38;st=ahz0fj11&amp;#38;dl=0"&gt;https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/yxi4s2w998p1gvtpu4193/AMdNPR8AOw0lMklwtnC0TrQ?rlkey=j06x0nipoti519e0xgm23zsn9&amp;st=ahz0fj11&amp;dl=0&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;—&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Where to find Qasar Younis:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;• X: &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://x.com/qasar"&gt;https://x.com/qasar&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;• LinkedIn: &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/qasar"&gt;https://www.linkedin.com/in/qasar&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;• Website: &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://qy.co"&gt;https://qy.co&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;• Reading list: &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://qy.co/books"&gt;https://qy.co/books&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;—&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Where to find Lenny:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;• Newsletter: &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.lennysnewsletter.com"&gt;https://www.lennysnewsletter.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;• X: &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/lennysan"&gt;https://twitter.com/lennysan&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;• LinkedIn: &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/lennyrachitsky/"&gt;https://www.linkedin.com/in/lennyrachitsky/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;—&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;In this episode, we cover:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;(00:00) Introduction to Qasar and Applied Intuition&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;(04:01) The optimistic vision: How AI will create abundance&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;(08:49) Why anxiety about AI comes from misunderstanding—and how to fight fear with knowledge&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;(12:58) The market sell-off explained&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;(16:31) Self-driving cars: Why 30,000 annual deaths prove we need autonomy now&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;(20:22) The spectrum of physical AI&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;(28:00) How AI is coming just in time&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;(33:26) Why comparing Chinese AI companies to American AI companies is a category error&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;(39:12) Why Qasar finally joined Twitter after staying silent for a decade&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;(45:08) Why successful companies almost always show early signs of traction&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;(50:40) Applied Intuition’s core values&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;(56:00) Why the company cleans its own office—and never spent a dollar of raised capital&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;(58:50) Quasar’s reading philosophy&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;(01:06:14) How to operationalize listening to naysayers&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;(01:12:53) The importance of decisiveness&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;(01:14:55) Removing emotions from decisions&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;(01:19:02) Why most Silicon Valley CEOs don’t have great taste—and how to develop it&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;—&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Referenced:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;• Applied Intuition: &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.appliedintuition.com"&gt;https://www.appliedintuition.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;• Marc Andreessen: The real AI boom hasn’t even started yet: &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/marc-andreessen-the-real-ai-boom"&gt;https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/marc-andreessen-the-real-ai-boom&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;• Elad Gil’s website: &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://eladgil.com"&gt;https://eladgil.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;• Bosch: &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.bosch.com"&gt;https://www.bosch.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;• Berkshire Hathaway: &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.berkshirehathaway.com"&gt;https://www.berkshirehathaway.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;• Naval Ravikant on X: &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://x.com/naval"&gt;https://x.com/naval&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;• Y Combinator: &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.ycombinator.com"&gt;https://www.ycombinator.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;• Waymo: &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://waymo.com/"&gt;https://waymo.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;• Tesla: &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.tesla.com"&gt;https://www.tesla.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;• DeepSeek: &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.deepseek.com"&gt;https://www.deepseek.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;• Rivian: &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://rivian.com"&gt;https://rivian.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;• Crate &amp; Barrel: &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.crateandbarrel.com"&gt;https://www.crateandbarrel.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;• OpenClaw: &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://openclaw.ai"&gt;https://openclaw.ai&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;• Sam Altman on X: &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://x.com/sama"&gt;https://x.com/sama&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;• Peter Ludwig on LinkedIn: &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/peterwludwig"&gt;https://www.linkedin.com/in/peterwludwig&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;• What Steve Jobs really meant when he said ‘Good artists copy; great artists steal’: &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.cnet.com/tech/tech-industry/what-steve-jobs-really-meant-when-he-said-good-artists-copy-great-artists-steal"&gt;https://www.cnet.com/tech/tech-industry/what-steve-jobs-really-meant-when-he-said-good-artists-copy-great-artists-steal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;• 7 quotes on the power of reading from Charlie Munger: &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.neil.blog/articles/7-quotes-power-reading-charlie-munger"&gt;https://www.neil.blog/articles/7-quotes-power-reading-charlie-munger&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;• Andreessen Horowitz: &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://a16z.com"&gt;https://a16z.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;• John Doerr on LinkedIn: &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-doerr-03248211"&gt;https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-doerr-03248211&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;• Gandhi’s quote: &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.azquotes.com/author/5308-Mahatma_Gandhi/tag/truth#google_vignette"&gt;https://www.azquotes.com/author/5308-Mahatma_Gandhi/tag/truth#google_vignette&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;• Steve Ballmer on X: &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://x.com/Steven_Ballmer"&gt;https://x.com/Steven_Ballmer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;• General Motors: &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.gm.com"&gt;https://www.gm.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;—&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Recommended books:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;• &lt;em&gt;House of Huawei: The Secret History of China’s Most Powerful Company&lt;/em&gt;: &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.amazon.com/House-Huawei-History-Powerful-Company/dp/0593544633"&gt;https://www.amazon.com/House-Huawei-History-Powerful-Company/dp/0593544633&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;• &lt;em&gt;Maintenance: Of Everything, Part One&lt;/em&gt;: &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://press.stripe.com/maintenance-part-one"&gt;https://press.stripe.com/maintenance-part-one&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;• &lt;em&gt;The Autobiography of Malcolm X: As Told to Alex Haley&lt;/em&gt;: &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.amazon.com/Autobiography-Malcolm-Told-Alex-Haley/dp/0345350685"&gt;https://www.amazon.com/Autobiography-Malcolm-Told-Alex-Haley/dp/0345350685&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;• &lt;em&gt;High Output Management&lt;/em&gt;: &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.amazon.com/High-Output-Management-Andrew-Grove/dp/0679762884"&gt;https://www.amazon.com/High-Output-Management-Andrew-Grove/dp/0679762884&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;• &lt;em&gt;The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer&lt;/em&gt;: &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.amazon.com/Emperor-All-Maladies-Biography-Cancer/dp/1439170916"&gt;https://www.amazon.com/Emperor-All-Maladies-Biography-Cancer/dp/1439170916&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;• &lt;em&gt;Made in America&lt;/em&gt;: &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.amazon.com/Sam-Walton-Made-America/dp/0553562835"&gt;https://www.amazon.com/Sam-Walton-Made-America/dp/0553562835&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;• &lt;em&gt;My American Journey&lt;/em&gt;: &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.amazon.com/American-Journey-Autobiography-Colin-Powell/dp/0679432965"&gt;https://www.amazon.com/American-Journey-Autobiography-Colin-Powell/dp/0679432965&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;• &lt;em&gt;Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies&lt;/em&gt;: &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.amazon.com/Guns-Germs-Steel-Fates-Societies/dp/0393317552"&gt;https://www.amazon.com/Guns-Germs-Steel-Fates-Societies/dp/0393317552&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;• &lt;em&gt;Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed&lt;/em&gt;: &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.amazon.com/Collapse-Societies-Choose-Succeed-Revised/dp/0143117009"&gt;https://www.amazon.com/Collapse-Societies-Choose-Succeed-Revised/dp/0143117009&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;• &lt;em&gt;SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome&lt;/em&gt;: &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.amazon.com/SPQR-History-Ancient-Mary-Beard/dp/0871404230"&gt;https://www.amazon.com/SPQR-History-Ancient-Mary-Beard/dp/0871404230&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;• &lt;em&gt;A World Appears: A Journey into Consciousness&lt;/em&gt;: &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.amazon.com/World-Appears-Journey-into-Consciousness/dp/198488199X"&gt;https://www.amazon.com/World-Appears-Journey-into-Consciousness/dp/198488199X&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;—&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Production and marketing by &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://penname.co/"&gt;https://penname.co/&lt;/a&gt;. 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Lenny's Podcast: Product | Career | Growth

Lenny Rachitsky

The most successful AI company you’ve never heard of | Qasar Younis

MAR 8, 202684 MIN
Lenny's Podcast: Product | Career | Growth

The most successful AI company you’ve never heard of | Qasar Younis

MAR 8, 202684 MIN

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<p><strong>Qasar Younis</strong> is the co-founder and CEO of Applied Intuition, a $15 billion AI company that adds intelligence to cars, tractors, planes, submarines, and other vehicles—essentially, Tesla or Waymo without the hardware. He was previously COO of Y Combinator, started his career as an engineer at GM and Bosch, and was born on a farm in Pakistan.</p><p></p><p><strong>We discuss:</strong></p><p>1. Why the biggest AI revolution will play out in mining, farming, construction, and trucking over the next 5 to 10 years, not in software</p><p>2. Why Qasar intentionally stayed under the radar for nearly a decade while building Applied Intuition, and why most founders shouldn’t do that</p><p>3. The truth about China’s AI capabilities and why comparisons to American companies are fundamentally flawed</p><p>4. The company values that drive Applied Intuition: speed above everything, laugh a lot, half the work is follow-up, never disappoint the customer</p><p>5. The biggest lessons from Qasar’s stint as YC’s COO, including that the most successful companies show traction very early</p><p>6. How reading old books is the best way to build taste</p><p>—</p><p><strong>Brought to you by:</strong></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://omni.co/lenny"><strong>Omni</strong></a>—AI analytics your customers can trust</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://vanta.com/lenny"><strong>Vanta</strong></a>—Automate compliance. Simplify security.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://lovable.dev/"><strong>Lovable</strong></a>—Build apps by simply chatting with AI</p><p>—</p><p><strong>Episode transcript: </strong><a target="_blank" href="https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/the-most-successful-ai-company-youve-never-heard-of">https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/the-most-successful-ai-company-youve-never-heard-of</a></p><p>—</p><p><strong>Archive of all Lenny's Podcast transcripts: </strong><a target="_blank" href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/yxi4s2w998p1gvtpu4193/AMdNPR8AOw0lMklwtnC0TrQ?rlkey=j06x0nipoti519e0xgm23zsn9&#38;st=ahz0fj11&#38;dl=0">https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/yxi4s2w998p1gvtpu4193/AMdNPR8AOw0lMklwtnC0TrQ?rlkey=j06x0nipoti519e0xgm23zsn9&st=ahz0fj11&dl=0</a></p><p>—</p><p><strong>Where to find Qasar Younis:</strong></p><p>• X: <a target="_blank" href="https://x.com/qasar">https://x.com/qasar</a></p><p>• LinkedIn: <a target="_blank" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/qasar">https://www.linkedin.com/in/qasar</a></p><p>• Website: <a target="_blank" href="https://qy.co">https://qy.co</a></p><p>• Reading list: <a target="_blank" href="https://qy.co/books">https://qy.co/books</a></p><p>—</p><p><strong>Where to find Lenny:</strong></p><p>• Newsletter: <a target="_blank" href="https://www.lennysnewsletter.com">https://www.lennysnewsletter.com</a></p><p>• X: <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/lennysan">https://twitter.com/lennysan</a></p><p>• LinkedIn: <a target="_blank" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/lennyrachitsky/">https://www.linkedin.com/in/lennyrachitsky/</a></p><p>—</p><p><strong>In this episode, we cover:</strong></p><p>(00:00) Introduction to Qasar and Applied Intuition</p><p>(04:01) The optimistic vision: How AI will create abundance</p><p>(08:49) Why anxiety about AI comes from misunderstanding—and how to fight fear with knowledge</p><p>(12:58) The market sell-off explained</p><p>(16:31) Self-driving cars: Why 30,000 annual deaths prove we need autonomy now</p><p>(20:22) The spectrum of physical AI</p><p>(28:00) How AI is coming just in time</p><p>(33:26) Why comparing Chinese AI companies to American AI companies is a category error</p><p>(39:12) Why Qasar finally joined Twitter after staying silent for a decade</p><p>(45:08) Why successful companies almost always show early signs of traction</p><p>(50:40) Applied Intuition’s core values</p><p>(56:00) Why the company cleans its own office—and never spent a dollar of raised capital</p><p>(58:50) Quasar’s reading philosophy</p><p>(01:06:14) How to operationalize listening to naysayers</p><p>(01:12:53) The importance of decisiveness</p><p>(01:14:55) Removing emotions from decisions</p><p>(01:19:02) Why most Silicon Valley CEOs don’t have great taste—and how to develop it</p><p>—</p><p><strong>Referenced:</strong></p><p>• Applied Intuition: <a target="_blank" href="https://www.appliedintuition.com">https://www.appliedintuition.com</a></p><p>• Marc Andreessen: The real AI boom hasn’t even started yet: <a target="_blank" href="https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/marc-andreessen-the-real-ai-boom">https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/marc-andreessen-the-real-ai-boom</a></p><p>• Elad Gil’s website: <a target="_blank" href="https://eladgil.com">https://eladgil.com</a></p><p>• Bosch: <a target="_blank" href="https://www.bosch.com">https://www.bosch.com</a></p><p>• Berkshire Hathaway: <a target="_blank" href="https://www.berkshirehathaway.com">https://www.berkshirehathaway.com</a></p><p>• Naval Ravikant on X: <a target="_blank" href="https://x.com/naval">https://x.com/naval</a></p><p>• Y Combinator: <a target="_blank" href="https://www.ycombinator.com">https://www.ycombinator.com</a></p><p>• Waymo: <a target="_blank" href="https://waymo.com/">https://waymo.com/</a></p><p>• Tesla: <a target="_blank" href="https://www.tesla.com">https://www.tesla.com</a></p><p>• DeepSeek: <a target="_blank" href="https://www.deepseek.com">https://www.deepseek.com</a></p><p>• Rivian: <a target="_blank" href="https://rivian.com">https://rivian.com</a></p><p>• Crate & Barrel: <a target="_blank" href="https://www.crateandbarrel.com">https://www.crateandbarrel.com</a></p><p>• OpenClaw: <a target="_blank" href="https://openclaw.ai">https://openclaw.ai</a></p><p>• Sam Altman on X: <a target="_blank" href="https://x.com/sama">https://x.com/sama</a></p><p>• Peter Ludwig on LinkedIn: <a target="_blank" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/peterwludwig">https://www.linkedin.com/in/peterwludwig</a></p><p>• What Steve Jobs really meant when he said ‘Good artists copy; great artists steal’: <a target="_blank" href="https://www.cnet.com/tech/tech-industry/what-steve-jobs-really-meant-when-he-said-good-artists-copy-great-artists-steal">https://www.cnet.com/tech/tech-industry/what-steve-jobs-really-meant-when-he-said-good-artists-copy-great-artists-steal</a></p><p>• 7 quotes on the power of reading from Charlie Munger: <a target="_blank" href="https://www.neil.blog/articles/7-quotes-power-reading-charlie-munger">https://www.neil.blog/articles/7-quotes-power-reading-charlie-munger</a></p><p>• Andreessen Horowitz: <a target="_blank" href="https://a16z.com">https://a16z.com</a></p><p>• John Doerr on LinkedIn: <a target="_blank" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-doerr-03248211">https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-doerr-03248211</a></p><p>• Gandhi’s quote: <a target="_blank" href="https://www.azquotes.com/author/5308-Mahatma_Gandhi/tag/truth#google_vignette">https://www.azquotes.com/author/5308-Mahatma_Gandhi/tag/truth#google_vignette</a></p><p>• Steve Ballmer on X: <a target="_blank" href="https://x.com/Steven_Ballmer">https://x.com/Steven_Ballmer</a></p><p>• General Motors: <a target="_blank" href="https://www.gm.com">https://www.gm.com</a></p><p>—</p><p><strong>Recommended books:</strong></p><p>• <em>House of Huawei: The Secret History of China’s Most Powerful Company</em>: <a target="_blank" href="https://www.amazon.com/House-Huawei-History-Powerful-Company/dp/0593544633">https://www.amazon.com/House-Huawei-History-Powerful-Company/dp/0593544633</a></p><p>• <em>Maintenance: Of Everything, Part One</em>: <a target="_blank" href="https://press.stripe.com/maintenance-part-one">https://press.stripe.com/maintenance-part-one</a></p><p>• <em>The Autobiography of Malcolm X: As Told to Alex Haley</em>: <a target="_blank" href="https://www.amazon.com/Autobiography-Malcolm-Told-Alex-Haley/dp/0345350685">https://www.amazon.com/Autobiography-Malcolm-Told-Alex-Haley/dp/0345350685</a></p><p>• <em>High Output Management</em>: <a target="_blank" href="https://www.amazon.com/High-Output-Management-Andrew-Grove/dp/0679762884">https://www.amazon.com/High-Output-Management-Andrew-Grove/dp/0679762884</a></p><p>• <em>The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer</em>: <a target="_blank" href="https://www.amazon.com/Emperor-All-Maladies-Biography-Cancer/dp/1439170916">https://www.amazon.com/Emperor-All-Maladies-Biography-Cancer/dp/1439170916</a></p><p>• <em>Made in America</em>: <a target="_blank" href="https://www.amazon.com/Sam-Walton-Made-America/dp/0553562835">https://www.amazon.com/Sam-Walton-Made-America/dp/0553562835</a></p><p>• <em>My American Journey</em>: <a target="_blank" href="https://www.amazon.com/American-Journey-Autobiography-Colin-Powell/dp/0679432965">https://www.amazon.com/American-Journey-Autobiography-Colin-Powell/dp/0679432965</a></p><p>• <em>Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies</em>: <a target="_blank" href="https://www.amazon.com/Guns-Germs-Steel-Fates-Societies/dp/0393317552">https://www.amazon.com/Guns-Germs-Steel-Fates-Societies/dp/0393317552</a></p><p>• <em>Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed</em>: <a target="_blank" href="https://www.amazon.com/Collapse-Societies-Choose-Succeed-Revised/dp/0143117009">https://www.amazon.com/Collapse-Societies-Choose-Succeed-Revised/dp/0143117009</a></p><p>• <em>SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome</em>: <a target="_blank" href="https://www.amazon.com/SPQR-History-Ancient-Mary-Beard/dp/0871404230">https://www.amazon.com/SPQR-History-Ancient-Mary-Beard/dp/0871404230</a></p><p>• <em>A World Appears: A Journey into Consciousness</em>: <a target="_blank" href="https://www.amazon.com/World-Appears-Journey-into-Consciousness/dp/198488199X">https://www.amazon.com/World-Appears-Journey-into-Consciousness/dp/198488199X</a></p><p>—</p><p>Production and marketing by <a target="_blank" href="https://penname.co/">https://penname.co/</a>. 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