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📅 Upcoming Events

This week, I hosted a mixer at one of my favorite spots in Santa Monica and had a great group of founders, operators, and investors attend.

I’m also excited to announce one of my sponsors for the December Mixer: Pilot.

Pilot offers bookkeeping, CFO, and tax services for startups and small businesses.

They’re essentially one team for all your accounting needs.

For this event, we’ve got a gorgeous rooftop in Culver City with room for 200 attendees.

It’s going to be a lot of fun and we already have dozens of people signed up!

You can sign up for the December Mixer and coffee meetup I’m hosting in SF below:

• December 6th: Just Go Grind: SF Startup Community Coffee Meetup

• December 11th: Just Go Grind: LA Startup Community December Mixer

Premium Subscribers will always get priority access and event discounts.

If you want to get involved as an event sponsor, please reply to this email. 

Jeff Bezos: The Relentless Visionary Who Redefined Commerce

What drives someone to transform a tiny online bookstore into one of the most powerful companies the world has ever seen?

In this profile, we explore the relentless ambition, tactical genius, and calculated risks that made Jeff Bezos the architect of modern e-commerce and a titan of innovation.

Drawing from The Everything Store, Amazon Unbound, and Invent and Wander, I’ve distilled the unique strategies and pivotal moments that shaped his empire—and his legacy.

This is not just the story of Amazon; it’s a masterclass in visionary leadership, customer obsession, and the art of playing the long game.

Let’s get to it.

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