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Mike Maples Jr.

Startup investor and software operator

A Floodgate cofounder and early investor in companies including Twitter and Twitch, with earlier operating work at Tivoli Systems and cofounding work at Motive. His original essay and interview document his reading selections.

Investing Technology

2Books recommended

Books Mike Maples Jr. recommends

2 books, each linked to the source where Mike Maples Jr. recommended it.

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Top Five Regrets of the Dying: A Life Transformed by the Dearly Departing

by Bronnie Ware

Mike Maples Jr. recommends Top Five Regrets of the Dying as a prompt for reflecting on life choices.

Recommended · Wording not verified Source: The Tim Ferriss Show

Evidence details

Mike Maples interview transcript (#286)

His own answer to recommended-or-gifted-books question; actual gifting is not inferred. Source date is transcript publication, not recording. Linked revised paperback is August2019, later than this source; no edition-specific endorsement inferred. No medical or universal-efficacy claim. Catalog summary, no excerpt copied.

This text documents what the source says, but it is not verified as a word-for-word quote.

The Tim Ferriss Show · 2018-02-04 · accessed 2026-10-01

Interview · Own reading recommendation

His own positive named answer, not the host’s reading list or vague novel question.

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Poor Charlie's Almanack

by Charles T. Munger · 2005

Mike Maples Jr. describes reading Poor Charlie's Almanack as a fascinating look at Munger's ideas.

Recommended · Wording not verified Source: Starting Greatness / Medium

Evidence details

Go Time

Own positive reading account. No claim that all ideas are validated or that a specific investment result follows. Catalog summary, no excerpt copied.

This text documents what the source says, but it is not verified as a word-for-word quote.

Starting Greatness / Medium · 2019-12-02 · accessed 2026-10-01

Article · Own positive reading account

Original author byline and publication date displayed; linked book has positive assessment alongside own reading account.

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