Each chapter consists of several alternating short passages (2-5 pages) written by each of them, sharing their perspective on the same topic. Unlike a traditional co-written book, this one is structured a tad differently. The book is written by Reed Hastings w Erin Meyer, a professor at INSEAD business school and author ‘ The Culture Map’. The book describes the unique culture at Neflix, one that Reed Hastings (Netflix’s CEO and cofounder) says has been instrumental in its long-term success and reinvention from an online US DVD rental purveyor to a global live streaming provider. (1) Book Highlights: No Rules Rules by Netflix cofounder Reed Hastings + INSEAD Prof Erin Meyer This newsletter has 3 additions from my commonplace book - my highlights of No Rules Rules on Netflix coauthored by Reed Hastings the cofounder of Netflix, a note on a book that I read by a Go player, and finally highlights from an a16z podcast on the Future of Audio. If a passage is in quotes, then it is taken as verbatim. Otherwise please treat all words and sentences below as taken from an article, book, podcast or talk, and not as not my original writing. The term SPW stands for Sajith Pai's words - that is, my comments, observations and marginalia. Though, given my background as a ‘VC’ with Blume Ventures, you should find a lot of stuff about startups / entrepreneurship, venture capital and India! This newsletter is essentially the last week's notes from my 'commonplace book' - a scrapbook of all things I find interesting, and my thoughts on it. They were popular in the past (17–19th century) as an aid to scholarship, or just as a way to maintain your curiosity about a topic. To repeat, commonplace books are note books where you listed down any interesting fact or concept you wanted to remember. Welcome to the 2nd newsletter of 'A Commonplace Book'.

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