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autor: David Senra

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Learn from history's greatest entrepreneurs. Every week I read a biography of an entrepreneur and find ideas you can use in your work.

This quote explains why: "There are thousands of years of history in which lots and lots of very smart people worked very hard and ran all types of experiments on how to create new businesses, invent new technology, new ways to manage etc. They ran these experiments throughout their entire lives. At some point, somebody put these lessons down in a book. For very little money and a few hours of time, you can learn from someone’s accumulated experience. There is so much more to learn from the past than we often realize. You could productively spend your time reading experiences of great people who have come before and you learn every time." —Marc Andreessen

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  • #439 How Eiichiro Oda Works · 33 minEiichiro Oda is a relentlessly obsessive creative genius who has devoted nearly every waking hour of his adult life to building one of the most extraordinary fictional universes…
  • #438 James Garfield's Extraordinary Rise · 38 minWhat I learned from reading Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President by Candice Millard Made possible by: Ramp: ⁠https://ramp.com…
  • #437 The Tycoons: Carnegie, Rockefeller, Gould & Morgan · 54 min · Epizoda 437What I learned from reading The Tycoons: How Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Jay Gould, and J. P. Morgan Invented the American Supereconomy by Charles R. Morris. Made…
  • #436 Ari Emanuel's Autobiography · 1 h 9 minWhat I learned from reading Ari Emanuel's incredible autobiography Roll The Calls. Made possible by: Ramp: ⁠https://ramp.com⁠ Applovin: ⁠https://applovin.com⁠ Vanta…
  • #435 Mark Zuckerberg's Empire · 41 minWhat I learned from reading Mark: A journey to the heart of history's largest nonterritorial empire by Jeremy Stern. Made possible by: Ramp: ⁠https://ramp.com⁠ Applovin…
  • #434 Sam Walton · 49 minWhat I learned from reading Sam Walton: The Inside Story of America's Richest Man by Vance Trimble. Made possible by: Ramp: https://ramp.com Applovin: https://applovin.com…
  • #433 How Michael Bloomberg Works · 49 minWhat I learned from reading Bloomberg by Michael Bloomberg. Made possible by: Ramp: ⁠⁠⁠https://ramp.com⁠⁠⁠ AppLovin: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.applovin.com⁠ Vanta…
  • #432 The Mind of Napoleon · 56 min · Epizoda 432What I learned from reading The Mind of Napoleon by Napoleon. Made possible by: Ramp: ⁠⁠https://ramp.com⁠⁠ AppLovin: ⁠⁠https://www.applovin.com Vanta…
  • #431 How Henry Singleton Worked · 49 minWhat I learned from reading Distant Force: A Memoir of the Teledyne Corporation and The Man Who Created It by George Roberts and The Outsiders by William Thorndike. Made…
  • #430 How to Write Ads That Sell · 1 h 3 minClaude Hopkins was the greatest copywriter of all time. His ideas were so valuable that when he wrote them down in a book the founder of his advertising firm locked the…
  • #429 Bob Dylan's Autobiography · 1 h 0 minWhat I learned from rereading Bob Dylan's autobiography. Made possible by: Ramp: ⁠⁠https://ramp.com⁠⁠ Applovin: ⁠⁠https://www.applovin.com Vanta: ⁠⁠https://vanta.com/founders
  • #428 How Claude Shannon Worked · 51 minClaude Shannon changed your life and you probably don't even know it. Claude is the father of information theory. He transformed information into bits and created the…
  • #427 How Raymond Plank Built a $50 Billion Oil Company · 38 minRaymond Plank founded Apache Corporation with just $250,000 in 1954. 50 years later his company was worth $50 billion. This episode examines the life and entrepreneurial…
  • #426 How Obsession Built Christopher Nolan · 51 minObsession is the engine of Nolan’s career. This episode examines Christopher Nolan’s life, working methods, and philosophy through The Nolan Variations by Tom Shone. Made…
  • #425 The Merchant Bankers · 46 minThis episode discusses Joseph Wechsberg’s 1966 book, The Merchant Bankers. Rather than recounting the histories of families like the Rothschilds, Barings, Hambros, Warburgs, and…
  • #424 Peter Thiel on How to Build a Creative Monopoly · 54 min · Epizoda 424What I learned from reading Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel and Blake Masters (for the 3rd or 4th time) Made possible by: Ramp…
  • #423 Soichiro Honda · 48 minWhat I learned from reading Honda: The Man and His Machines by Sol Sanders. Made possible by: Ramp: ⁠https://ramp.com⁠ Applovin: ⁠https://www.applovin.com/⁠ Vanta…
  • #422 Joseph Pulitzer · 53 minWhat I learned from reading Pulitzer: A Life in Politics, Print, and Power by James McGrath Morris. Made possible by: Ramp: ⁠https://ramp.com⁠ Applovin…
  • #421 Jony Ive · 53 minWhat I learned from reading Jony Ive: The Genius Behind Apple's Greatest Products by Leander Kahney. Made possible by: Ramp: https://ramp.com Axon by Applovin…
  • #420 Steve Jobs In Exile · 54 minWhat I learned from reading Steve Jobs in Exile: The Untold Story of NeXT and the Remaking of an American Visionary by Geoffrey Cain. Made possible by: Ramp: https://ramp.com…
  • #419 Kelly Johnson: Skunk Works · 50 minKelly Johnson’s “14 Points” read like a SpaceX operations manual — 60 years before SpaceX was founded. Kelly Johnson created Skunk Works, which he defined as: “A concentration of…
  • #418 Phil Knight: Founder of Nike · 1 h 3 minWhat I learned from rereading Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike for the 3rd or 4th time. Made possible by: Ramp:⁠ https://ramp.com⁠ Axon by Applovin…
  • #417 Arnold Schwarzenegger · 44 minWhat I learned from reading Arnold: The Education of a Bodybuilder by Arnold Schwarzenegger. Made possible by: Ramp: https://ramp.com Axon by Applovin…
  • #416 The Relentless Missionary Creating AGI: Demis Hassabis · 55 minThis episode is about a once-in-a-generation mind working on what may be the most important problem in history. Based on the new book The Infinity Machine: Demis Hassabis…
  • #415 How Elon Thinks · 51 minMy friend Eric Jorgenson spent years—and thousands of hours—studying Elon Musk. Eric read everything Elon has written, read everything written about Elon, and watched every…
  • #414 How SpaceX Works · 41 minSpaceX is one of the most dominant companies on the planet and their performance gap just keeps getting bigger. In 2025, SpaceX launched more mass to orbit than every other…
  • #413 How To Run Down A Dream · 31 minRunning Down A Dream: How to Succeed and Thrive in a Career You Love by Bill Gurley has been one of the most valuable talks I've heard. For years I have been using ideas from…
  • #412 How Roger Federer Works · 49 minWhat I learned from reading The Master: The Long Run and Beautiful Game of Roger Federer by Chris Clarey. Episode sponsors: Ramp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ gives you everything you need to control…
  • #411 Tortured Into Greatness: The Life of Andre Agassi · 1 h 1 minAndre Agassi's autobiography is a brutally honest story about a tennis legend who hated the game that made him famous. Agassi traces his journey from a harsh, obsessive childhood…
  • #410 Excellent Advice for Living · 38 minOn his 68th birthday, Kevin Kelly began to write down for his young adult children some things he had learned about life that he wished he had known earlier. Kelly’s timeless…
  • The Singular Life of Rick Rubin · 1 h 20 minThere's no one like Rick Rubin. He's a legendary music producer known for his minimalist approach and relentless pursuit of greatness. This episode is what I learned from reading…
  • #409 The Creative Genius of Rick Rubin · 43 min · Epizoda 409"I set out to write a book about what to do to make a great work of art. Instead, it revealed itself to be a book on how to be.” —Rick Rubin. This episode is what I learned from…
  • #408 How to Make a Few MORE Billion Dollars: Brad Jacobs · 43 minIn 2024 Brad Jacobs wrote the book How to Make a Few Billion Dollars. In the book Brad explains how he built 8 separate billion dollar companies and other lessons from his 40+…
  • The Life of Jesus · 35 minThe Life of Jesus as told in the book Jesus: A Biography of a Believer by Paul Johnson. This episode was originally published on Christmas Eve 2023.
  • #407 Bruce Springsteen Repairs the Hole in Himself · 1 h 12 min · Epizoda 407A viciously unhappy childhood causes Bruce Springsteen to retreat into work in an extreme way as he searches for success (and control). He channels his pain into focus and drive…
  • #406 Christian von Koenigsegg · 46 minChristian von Koenigsegg is unapologetically in the pursuit of greatness. Koenigsegg builds some of the fastest and most expensive cars on Earth, has a cult-like following, and…
  • Red Bull's Billionaire Maniac Founder · 60 minI'm reposting one of my favorite founder stories. If you listened to this first time I recommend listening again. If you missed this before, you're about to hear one of the…
  • #405 How Rockefeller Worked · 58 minThis episode covers the insanely valuable company-building principles of John D. Rockefeller—and nothing else. I spent over 40 hours reading (and rereading) this obscure…
  • My conversation with Todd Graves · 2 h 0 minTodd Graves is one of my favorite living founders. He owns over 90% of Raising Canes — a business that is worth at least $20 billion. Todd's maxim is "Do one thing and do it…
  • #404 How Larry Ellison Thinks · 1 h 2 minThis episode covers the unique way Larry Ellison thinks. I spent over 40 hours reading (and rereading) this book on Ellison written by Matthew Symonds. ⁠ I then spent several…
  • My Conversation with Brad Jacobs · 2 h 4 minI’ve started a new show where I have conversations with the greatest living Founders. The show is called David Senra. It will be on a separate podcast feed from Founders. So it…
  • #403 How Jensen Works · 55 minThis episode covers the insanely valuable company-building principles of Jensen Huang—and nothing else. I spent over 40 hours reading (and rereading) this book on Jensen and…
  • My Conversation with Michael Dell · 1 h 32 minI’ve started a new show where I have conversations with the greatest living Founders. The show is called David Senra. It will be on a separate podcast feed from Founders. So it…
  • #402 Thomas Peterffy: The $80 Billion Founder Who Automates Everything · 32 minI didn’t know who Thomas Peterffy was. I was shocked to learn that he is 81 years old, worth $80 billion dollars, and has built his $120 billion company, Interactive Brokers…
  • My conversation with Daniel Ek: Founder of Spotify · 2 h 9 minI started a new show so I can have long-form conversations with the greatest living founders. You can watch on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, X, or the web. The new show is…
  • #401 How Bill Gates Works · 1 h 8 minThis episode is about Bill Gates' obsessive drive and hardcore work ethic. Bill Gates had the rarest entrepreneurial talent—the ability to see the leverage point in a new…
  • #400 The Stubborn Genius of James Dyson · 1 h 13 minThis episode covers the extreme perseverance and the stubborn genius of James Dyson. Dyson has a business philosophy which is very different from anything you might have…
  • #399 How Elon Works · 1 h 33 minThis episode covers the insanely valuable company-building principles of Elon Musk—and nothing else. I spent well over 60 hours reading (and rereading) the biography of Elon…
  • #398 Steve Jobs In His Own Words (Make Something Wonderful) · 2 h 1 minA curated collection of Steve’s speeches, interviews, and correspondence, Make Something Wonderful offers a window into how one of the world’s most creative entrepreneurs…
  • #397 Jiro Ono: Simplicity Is The Ultimate Advantage · 41 minJiro Ono is the greatest living sushi chef. He was kicked out his house when he was 9. He started working in a restaurant so he wouldn't have to sleep under a bridge. He never…

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