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Jeff Bezos on retirement being lame, AI, the electricity metaphor for AI, the good fortune of being alive during multiple... more
Brad Jacobs is one of the most talented living entrepreneurs. Brad has started 8 different billion dollar or multi-billion dollar... more
Amancio Ortega is one of the wealthiest people in the world. Ortega is the founder of Inditex, a pioneer of... more
What I learned from rereading James J. Hill: Empire Builder by Michael P. Malone.
What I learned from reading Leading By Design: The Ikea Story by Ingvar Kamprad and Bertil Torekull and The Testament... more
What I learned from rereading Liftoff: Elon Musk and the Desperate Early Days That Launched SpaceX by Eric Berger.
What I learned from rereading Instant: The Story of Polaroid by Christopher Bonanos.
What I learned from rereading Random Reminiscences of Men and Events by John D. Rockefeller.
What I learned from reading Money Talks, Bullsh*t Walks: Inside the Contrarian Mind of Billionaire Mogul Sam Zell by Ben... more
What I learned from reading How To Succeed in Mr. Beast Production and how ideas from Sam Zell, Charlie Munger,... more
The best investors are not investors at all. They are entrepreneurs who have never sold. — Nick Sleep Nick Sleep’s... more
How Nick Sleep and Qais Zakaria built their radically unconventional investment partnership. From the incredible book Richer, Wiser, Happier: How... more
I sent a friend this text: I'm working on another Li Lu episode but this one is about his remarkable... more
Charlie Munger said that Li Lu was the only outsider he ever trusted with his money. Decades before Li... more
Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger said it was a crime that more business schools didn't study Henry Singleton. I think... more
Since its founding in 1967 Fastenal has grown from a small fastener store in Winona, Minnesota, into a multibillion-dollar global... more
The name of Nobel usually calls to mind Alfred Nobel, inventor of dynamite, and the internationally prestigious prizes that bear... more
What I learned from having dinner with John Mackey and reading his autobiography The Whole Story: Adventures in Love, Life,... more
What I learned from reading What I Talk About When I Talk About Running: A Memoir by Haruki Murakami.
What I learned from reading The Tinkerings of Robert Noyce: How the Sun Rose on Silicon Valley by Tom Wolfe.
The name of Nobel usually calls to mind Alfred Nobel, inventor of dynamite, and the internationally prestigious prizes that bear his name.... more