What book influenced your trajectory most as a young adult?

Paige Finn DohertyFounding Partner, Behind Genius · Founding Partner at Behind Genius Ventures

What books do CEOs of Biom Will Gahagan and Hank Schellenger read that influenced their company?

29 Sept 2022 · 1 min

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In a brief interview segment, Speaker A asks Speaker B about the book that most influenced his trajectory as a young adult. Speaker B, who has a design background, cites his admiration for engineers and architects who blend natural beauty with engineering simplicity, naming Jean Prouvé and Carlo Scarpa as foundational inspirations. He also mentions the business book Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products as a key influence on his thinking about product design and habit formation. The exchange highlights the blend of design aesthetics and product psychology that shapes the CEO’s perspective.

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Speaker B mentions the book *Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products* as a key influence, alongside his admiration for designers Jean Prouvé and Carlo Scarpa.

What book influenced your trajectory most as a young adult?
I guess, like, you know, my background's in design. I always loved engineers who— there's like a balance between understanding that natural beauty comes from good engineering, simplicity comes from good engineering. So I've always loved Jean Prouvé as like one of my founding inspirations. But I also love like Carlo Scarpa. I could talk about architect stuff all day. I love the book Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products. I believe is the name.
Great book. Well, what were, what were some of the books that impacted your trajectory?
The Hard Thing About Hard Things is great. I just find people have just like done unbelievable things and like overcome challenges. And like you try, try to think maybe you're having a hard day and like a book that really puts context around like what is actually a hard day. Yeah. Phil Knight's Shoe Dog, I thought was an awesome read. Mm-hmm. I love the Andre Agassi book Open. I think, I mean, like, I think I finished that book in maybe like 3 days.