September ‘23 Recap

Articles:

1. Atlantico 2023 Latin America report

   • Atlantico does yearly in depth reports on what’s happening in Latin America. It’s long and detailed, but worth going through

   • Latin America as a region has a population of 660M, a combined GDP of $6T (which would rank 3rd highest in the world if it were a single country, behind the US and China). Compared to the US, the population is younger in Latin America, where the median age is 31. In the US median age is 38

     • 75% of the Latin America’s GDP comes from Brazil (33%), Mexico (25%), Argentina (11%), and Colombia (6%).

2. 5 people who destroy your culture | Elad Gil

   • Elad Gil has some awesome old articles on his blog. This one is a quick read that is a good reminder for founders to be really intentional about the team they build.

3. The culture chart | Rands in Repose

   • Rands in Repose is a famous blog from the mid 2000’s that talks a lot about startup culture, how to lead teams of developers and a bunch of other topics. Most of the articles age well, and the culture chart is still a really relevant article today.

4. Real Estate’s hidden AI revolution | Pete Flint, NFX

   • A deep dive into how AI can improve Real Estate, and AI’s impact on the physical world in general, with good examples

Real Estate Production Chain

Podcasts:

1. The best interview I’ve ever done about Founders | Founders podcast

   • I always listen to the Founders podcast before considering reading a biography or autobiography. David Senra has read hundreds of these books and usually does 1 episode on each book or person he reads about. I really liked this episode because he zooms out and talks about the common traits that a lot of successful people have.

2. Arthur Brooks, How to be happy, reverse bucket lists, the four false idols | The Tim Ferris Show

   • Arthur Brooks is an HBS professor amongst other things, where he teaches about happiness. This episode goes over a bunch of different topics, with some practical tips for stuff anyone can start to implement into their lives.

Best thing I saw this month

• A portrait of Tenochtitlan

  • since before I moved to CDMX, I’ve been obsessed with the pre-hispanic world of the area. Before having a population of 22M people, CDMX was called Tenochtitlan and was home to the Mexica’s (Aztec’s). I’ll never forget the first time I went to the museo nacional de antropología here in CDMX and saw a mini 3D construction of what Tenochtitlan looked like.

  • This 3D virtual reconstruction of what the Aztec capital looked like is awesome. It’s still hard to believe that this whole city was built on a lake, but this reconstruction brings it to life.

Some stuff I wrote this month

• A,B,C players | Magma blog

  • A lot of founders don’t have frameworks that help them assess their teams. A lot of investors recommend to “only keep A players” which sounds great in theory, but you’re not really taught what that means. This article breaks down what different types of “players” look like on your team, how to identify them, and how to manage them.