Our Mission
Great nonfiction books can change lives. But statistics show that 90% of them are never read past the first chapter. Distractions are growing and we’re living ever busier lives. To add to that, different people have different amounts of free time, budget and learning preferences. StoryShots is here to change that. We’re a bootstrapping social impact startup, on a mission to make the key insights of bestselling nonfiction books accessible to everyone (no matter their budget, time or learning style). We believe in empowering a teenager in rural India as much a time-starved entrepreneur in Silicon Valley. Everyone has the right to learn from the world’s greatest books.
Founder
Farid Behnia, with experience working at Fortune 100 companies and partnership with Tim Ferriss, founded StoryShots in 2018. He wanted to make it possible for everyone to have the same transformations he had in life thanks to a few self-help books.
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Media Mentions
The Guardian – 20 Apps to Up Your Skills
The Economist – Can summaries of business books save you time while still providing insight?
BeeBom – 12 Best Blinkist Alternatives You Should Use
Awards and Other Recognitions
StoryShots has been praised and recommended by the following people and institutions:
Steven Pinker, PhD – Harvard Professor and Bill Gates Favorite Author of All Time
Steven Kotler – New York Times bestselling author, Pulitzer Prize nominee and High-Performance expert
Nami Zarringhalam – Co-founder of TrueCaller
StoryShots was the runner-up to the United Nations World Summit Award for Social Impact within the Education category.
Naithan Jones – Partner at Andreessen Horowitz
