New month, new book!
Welcome to June everyone - that means it’s time to announce the winning Bad Ass Bookshelf book for June!
BIG NEWS: On top of announcing the book, we are also extremely excited to let you know that this month’s author will be joining the book club call!! More details below!
Voting is now closed and we’re excited to announce that the winning book and our Bad Ass Bookshelf read for June is:
﹅ Our June pick is…
The Founders
By Jimmy Soni
Get ready for a behind-the-scenes journey into the wild early days of PayPal, and the people who shaped Silicon Valley as we know it. The Founders dives into the ambitions, rivalries, and risks taken by figures like Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, Reid Hoffman, and Max Levchin as they built one of the most influential tech companies of our time.
Why you’ll love it: It’s not just a business story, it’s a tale of innovation, disruption, and resilience. Expect sharp insights, bold personalities, and lessons that resonate far beyond the world of fintech.
Buy it now: You can listen to it on Spotify or Audible or get the ebook on Kindle. If you’re buying a physical copy, please try to buy second-hand or from a local, independent store whenever possible.
Otherwise, here’s a link to buy the book on Amazon.
► Jimmy Soni to join book club call!
We're so excited to host our next Bad Ass Bookshelf bookclub call to discuss The Founders at the end of June! Call details below:
We’re also extremely excited to have Jimmy join us for our end of month book club call. For that reason, we are going to open the call up to non-members as well, so feel free to share the registration link with friends!
Date: 26th June
Time: 17:00 GMT (12:00 EST / 09:00 PST)
Register for the call here: https://calendly.com/tristanburns/badassbookshelfjune
Cannot wait to see you all there!
● Why you chose The Founders
The Founder’s received about 50% of all votes with the remainder fairly evenly split between our other two options - Main Street Millionaire from Codie Sanchez and I Will Teach You to Be Rich by Ramit Sethi.
Some people mentioned being turned off by the title of Ramit’s book - making it sound like a ‘get rich quick type book’. Similar sentiments were shared for Codie’s book.
Here’s how you voted:
Here are a few of the comments some of you left explaining your choices:
Thanks to everyone who voted! We hope you thoroughly enjoy reading along with us in June!
♦︎ Join the conversation
We’re building an incredible community over on our Bad Ass Bookshelf Discord channel where 110+ of you have joined in the fun (it’s free BTW).
Here are some of the chats we’ve been having:
Lots of introductions from people of all sorts of backgrounds and professions
Thoughts, reflections and takeaways from the current books we’re reading - which is a great way to gain additional perspectives and insights!
We’ve also had some incredible recommendations for other great reads that our members have shared for both fiction and non-fiction books.
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