Rules For Overtaking Industries From A Guy With The Track Record To Write Them – with Andy Kessler

Andy Kessler, Eat People: And Other Unapologetic Rules for Game-Changing Entrepreneurs, Scaling

What does it take to overturn an industry?

To answer that question, I invited Andy Kessler, frormerly the Co-founder and President of Velocity Capital Management, where he famously turned US$100 million into US$1 billion between 1996 and 2001.

In his latest book, Eat People, he talks about what he learned from his own experiences and personal conversations with successful founders like Mark Zuckerberg & Michael Dell. I invited him to teach some of the ideas in the book.

Andy Kessler is a former hedge fund manager turned author who now writes on technology and markets.

His latest book is Eat People: And Other Unapologetic Rules for Game-Changing Entrepreneurs.

Three messages before we get started. First, who’s the lawyer that tech entrepreneurs trust? Scott Edward Walker of Walker Corporate Law. Here’s what Neil Patel, founder of KISSmetrics, says about him. “Scott is a great lawyer. He is affordable, responds fast, doesn’t charge you for five minute phone calls, and always gives great advice.” Walker Corporate Law.

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