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24 alternatives to Smart People Should Build Things: Erik Schreter, Co-Founder & CEO of Venwise

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Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Smart People Should Build Things: Erik Schreter, Co-Founder & CEO of Venwise launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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Smart People Should Build Things: Megan O'Connor and Sam Gimbel, Co-Founders of Clark▲56
On side hustles and disrupting private education
2017 · its alternatives →
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Smart People Should Build Things: Toby Hervey, General Manager & Founding Team Member at Pager▲54
On the value of persistence
2016 · its alternatives →
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Smart People Should Build Things: Dan Bloom, Co-Founder of Slope and 2012 VFA Fellow▲57
On joining the software big leagues
2017 · its alternatives →
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Smart People Should Build Things - Jon Stein, Founder & CEO of Betterment▲63
Technology to transform our relationship with our finances
2016 · its alternatives →
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Work Smart #40 - Jack Altman of Lattice▲55
How to get teams move faster and perform better
2016 · its alternatives →
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Smart People Should Build Things: Glen Coates, CEO & Founder of Handshake▲59
On building a company w 1 day of business school education
2016 · its alternatives →
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Idealist▲202
Keep track of your startup ideas
2015 · its alternatives →
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Becoming Superhuman: David Heinemeier Hansson▲125
An interview with a real-world superlearner
2016 · its alternatives →
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FoundersGyan featuring various founders▲63
Panel Discussion on giving up a job and starting up!
2016 · its alternatives →
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Idea Pioneering 1.01▲158
A practical guide on generating hellishly good ideas.
2020 · its alternatives →
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Smart People Should Build Things: Daniel Chait, Co-Founder & CEO of Greenhouse▲60
On revolutionizing hiring through tech
2016 · its alternatives →
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The Chase Jarvis Show - Tim Ferriss▲92
Creativity, habits, and rigging the game
2016 · its alternatives →
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Smart People Should Build Things: Nancy Lublin, Founder & CEO of Crisis Text Line▲64
Tech companies solving problems through products, not people
2016 · its alternatives →
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Smart People Should Build Things: Wiley Cerilli, Co-Founder & Co-CEO of Good Uncle▲58
On seeing windows in a windowless building
2016 · its alternatives →
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The Todoist Ninja▲79
Work Smarter and Increase Your Productivity
2016 · its alternatives →
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Smart People Should Build Things: Charlie Kroll & Sallie Krawcheck, Co-Founders of Ellevest▲61
On the high cost of the gender investing gap
2017 · its alternatives →
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Smart People Should Build Things - Dave Finocchio, Co-Founder & CEO of Bleacher Report▲98
On giving sports fans what they want
2016 · its alternatives →
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Fustr▲144
Discover new startups faster
2017 · its alternatives →
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Smart People Should Build Things: Ben Uyeda, Co-Founder of Zero Energy Design & HomeMade Modern▲60
On building a thoughtful and personally-driven career
2016 · its alternatives →
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How To Build This▲144
A platform for makers to find the right tools
2017 · its alternatives →
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Freakonomics - How to Be Tim Ferriss▲88
...the kind of self-improvement ally we all want on our side
2016 · its alternatives →
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The Lean Startup▲149
Use continuous innovation to create successful businesses
2015 · its alternatives →
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Optimal Living Daily - Ryan Hoover▲63
Narrating two posts from Product Hunt's founder
2016 · its alternatives →
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Smart People Should Build Things; Conversation with Martin Keen, Founder & CEO of Focal Upright Furniture▲61
from designing shoes to chairs—standing isn't the answer
2016 · its alternatives →

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