Mr. China

This book by Tim Clissold has come up 2 times on Tim Ferriss. 2 of those mentions were genuine on-air recommendations, not just passing references. The people who brought it up: Bill Gurley. The earliest mention we indexed is from 2023-01-26 and the most recent from 2023-07-20. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.

The idea of China has always exerted a pull on the adventurous type. There is a kind of entrepreneurial Westerner who just can't resist it: red flags, a billion bicycles, and the largest untapped market on earth. What more could they want? After the first few visits, they start to feel more in tune and experience the first stirrings of a fatal ambition: the secret hope of becoming the Mr. China of their time. In the 1990s, China went through a miraculous transformation from a closed backwater to the workshop of the world. Many smart young men saw this transformation coming and mistook it for their destiny.