What Michael Lewis thinks about startups

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American author of Liar's Poker, Moneyball, The Big Short and The Undoing Project, and host of the podcast Against the Rules.

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15 Dec 2025

Our readingA writer's audience does not carry from one book to the next: every book is another startup you have to make happen from scratch.

Their wordsI see no evidence that I'm dragging people along with me. I feel like each each book feels like another startup and that I've got to go out and make it happen almost as if I've not written one.

↗10 Years of Acquired (with Michael Lewis)youtube.com 4th of 16 in this recording