Blake Thorne (@blakethorne - https://twitter.com/blakethorne) of LaunchNotes talks with Sam McAfee about his experience in the early days of tech and how he came to write a book about the working methods of good startup teams. Sam also shares his favorite books related to the world of startups. 🔗 Links Sam’s company: https://www.startuppatterns.com/  Sam’s book: https://a.co/d/1kehttN  Continuous Discovery Habits: https://a.co/d/iPhopiY Escaping the Build Trap: https://a.co/d/an3of1K Team Topologies: https://a.co/d/8771g1K  Everything in its place: https://a.co/d/8BAL0rU  Sam’s favorite product: https://merlin.allaboutbirds.org/  🚀 Check out LaunchNotes: https://launchnotes.com 🙏 Join Launch Awesome:  https://www.launchnotes.com/launch-awesome 📺 Follow on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClgMZx0kGDSSBAQG0wkDRyg Check out the LaunchNotes Podcast: https://launchnotes-podcast.launchnotes.io/ 📝 Show notes (00:00) - Introductions (08:14) - The early days of agile (22:12) - A "case study" startup Sam featured in his book (27:39) - Advice to product teams during a tech industry downturn (37:43) - Sam's book recommendations (44:34) - Sam's favorite product