Media Diet
DPPerson-first discovery
Naming strategist and brand builder focused on memory, language, and taste
A demo shelf about naming, category memory, creative briefs, and the strategic details that make brands feel inevitable.
A curated look at what David Placek reads, watches, listens to, and recommends.
Top Shelf
Large-format recommendations with covers, source context, quote snippets, and endorsement strength.
Idea
Mental Models
CuriosityStacks Editorial
Source note: Mental Models is framed as a useful lens for ideas, judgment, and better inputs.
Idea
Compounding Trust
CuriosityStacks Editorial
Source note: Compounding Trust is framed as a useful lens for leadership, judgment, and better inputs.
Book
Zero to One
Peter Thiel with Blake Masters
Source note: Zero to One is framed as a useful lens for startups, judgment, and better inputs.
Book
The Hard Thing About Hard Things
Ben Horowitz
Source note: The Hard Thing About Hard Things is framed as a useful lens for leadership, judgment, and better inputs.
Source Trails
Interviews & Appearances
Podcast and video appearances where recommendations can be linked back to public source material.
YouTube
The Media Diet Interview
The Media Diet Interview
A mock source container for recommendations attributed to David Placek. This record demonstrates how public appearances will connect to sourced items later.
View recommendations from this sourcePodcast
CuriosityStacks Source Notes
CuriosityStacks Source Notes
A mock source container for recommendations attributed to David Placek. This record demonstrates how public appearances will connect to sourced items later.
View recommendations from this sourceThe Stack
Organized like a curated collection instead of a generic database.
Long-form reading that shapes the person's public thinking.
Audio sources, shows, and conversations connected to this stack.
Podcast Show
My First Million
Shaan Puri and Sam Parr
Podcast Show
Masters of Scale
Reid Hoffman
Podcast Show
Founders Podcast
David Senra
Podcast Episode
Taste and Brand Building
Creative Operators
Videos, talks, and visual explainers referenced in source trails.
Nothing on this shelf yet
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Products, templates, and workflows mentioned as useful inputs.
Nothing on this shelf yet
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Concepts and mental models that show up across the media diet.
Additional references that do not fit a primary shelf yet.
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All Recommendations
Move between read, listen, watch, use, ideas, recent mentions, and strongest endorsements.
Idea
Mental Models
CuriosityStacks Editorial
Source note: Mental Models is framed as a useful lens for ideas, judgment, and better inputs.
Idea
Compounding Trust
CuriosityStacks Editorial
Source note: Compounding Trust is framed as a useful lens for leadership, judgment, and better inputs.
Book
Zero to One
Peter Thiel with Blake Masters
Source note: Zero to One is framed as a useful lens for startups, judgment, and better inputs.
Book
The Hard Thing About Hard Things
Ben Horowitz
Source note: The Hard Thing About Hard Things is framed as a useful lens for leadership, judgment, and better inputs.
Book
Shoe Dog
Phil Knight
Source note: Shoe Dog is framed as a useful lens for founder, judgment, and better inputs.
Podcast Show
My First Million
Shaan Puri and Sam Parr
Source note: My First Million is framed as a useful lens for entrepreneurship, judgment, and better inputs.
Podcast Show
Masters of Scale
Reid Hoffman
Source note: Masters of Scale is framed as a useful lens for startups, judgment, and better inputs.
Podcast Show
Founders Podcast
David Senra
Source note: Founders Podcast is framed as a useful lens for founder, judgment, and better inputs.
Podcast Episode
Taste and Brand Building
Creative Operators
Source note: Taste and Brand Building is framed as a useful lens for brand, judgment, and better inputs.
Source Notes
Recommendations are linked to public interviews, posts, show notes, and transcripts where available. Prototype records are source-shaped examples and should be verified against public material before production publication.
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