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đ€Wall St Journal Comes to the Office, Founders' Poker, Events Coming Up
Hi everyone,
Welcome back to the weekly GENESIS newsletterđ
Before we get started, I want to shout out books. Yup. Weâre getting nerdy.
Too many entrepreneurs forgo reading because it can seem slow and unproductive. True - most books arenât worth your time, and itâs OK to stop reading ones that arenât for you.
But thereâs always a handful of diamonds that, when read, will fundamentally change how you operate and the direction youâre headed in life. Youâll never know how you lived before hearing their advice.
For me one of those books was Make No Small Plans by Elliott Bisnow, who now runs Summit, a company that puts on the worldâs most impressive international events for entrepreneurs & creatives.
Nowadays theyâre filling cruise ships with names including Jeff Bezos, Richard Branson, Bill Clinton, and more. But it all started with him cold-calling Top 30 listers to go on a ski trip with him. Definitely worth a read.
In some ways, Bisnowâs book was the genesis of GENESISâŠđ€Ż
What happened last week?
![]() A reporter from the Wall Street Journal came by to with GENESIS cofounder Andrew and others at the Drive Capital office. |
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high stakes founders poker match. entry is 5% equityđ
poker night on WSJ???
Upcoming eventsđ
Tonight we have our FIRST private dinnerđ
Thanks to everyone who applied on luma! Weâll be handpicking folks from that list for future dinners so stay tuned, we didnât forget about you.
Community Spotlightđ
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This is Josh Huang. Heâs a bodybuilder, an avid learner, a freelance photographer, UIUC student, and much more. Heâs the genius behind the camera for many of the recent photos & videos youâve seen from GENESISđž
Heâs been a huge help to the community and is no doubt going far in lifeđȘ
Right now heâs looking to have conversations with people who work finance, and searching for internships for Summer â24. If thatâs you or you know someone, DM him on IG @the.j.emperor / Linkedin Joshua Huang / email [email protected].
Thank you for reading this weekâs edition of the GENESIS newsletter! See you next weekđ