Pirates of Silicon Valley
Martyn Burke
Mentioned once across 1 show · first heard May 2026 on My First Million.
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The general take
Amjad Masad found Pirates of Silicon Valley valuable for learning about Bill Gates and the intensity of ambition in tech, though he notes the film creates a sense of crisis or lost purpose in viewers by showing how ruthlessly driven these founders were.
Who said what
Amjad Masad👍 Recommends
…discussing influential films about tech entrepreneurship
“I watched Pirates of Silicon Valley started learning about Bill Gates. This is thing they want to get after it creates this crisis of meaning in a lot of people.”
My First Million — How Replit Agent made $1M on day one (then $250M in a year)at 52:40
Listener reviews
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