Like a movie trailer, but for books. Watch, listen, or read along, then go as deep as you want.
Great lessons shouldn't depend on spare time, money, or how you learn. Free in 8 languages, for everyone.
Last updated: October 28, 2026
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Great nonfiction books can change lives, but many of them never get finished. People are busy and distracted, and they have different budgets, schedules and ways of learning. StoryShots makes the key ideas of bestselling nonfiction easy to reach for everyone, whatever their budget, time or learning style.
We're a bootstrapped company with a social mission. A teenager in rural India matters to us as much as a time-starved founder in Silicon Valley, because everyone has the right to learn from the world's best books.
StoryShots is on the web at app.getstoryshots.com and in apps for iOS and Android.
Farid Behnia founded StoryShots in 2018. He had worked at Fortune 100 companies and partnered with Tim Ferriss, and he wanted everyone to be able to get what a few self-help books had given him.
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StoryShots was the runner-up for the United Nations World Summit Award for social impact, in the Education category.
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