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Founders
David Senra

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

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Episodes

#321 Working with Jeff Bezos

What I learned from reading Working Backwards: Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside Amazon by Colin Bryar and Bill Carr.

21 Sep 2023 · 1 hour, 2 minutes
#320 The Making of Winston Churchill Part 2

What I learned from reading Young Titan: The Making of Winston Churchill by Michael Shelden.

14 Sep 2023 · 1 hour,
Sam Zemurray (The Fish That Ate the Whale)

What I learned from rereading The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King by... more

11 Sep 2023 · 1 hour, 35 minutes
#319 The Making of Winston Churchill Part 1

What I learned from reading Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, a Daring Escape, and the Making of Winston... more

05 Sep 2023 · 50 minutes
The best interview I've ever done about Founders

What I learned from the first 6 years of making Founders.

03 Sep 2023 · 1 hour, 21 minutes
#318 Alistair Urquhart (Listen to this when you’re stressed)

What I learned from reading The Forgotten Highlander: An Incredible WWII Story of Survival in the Pacific by Alistair Urquhart.

27 Aug 2023 · 52 minutes
Come see a live show with Me and Patrick O'Shaughnessy!

Come see a live show with me and Patrick O'Shaughnessy on October 19th in New York City.

25 Aug 2023 ·
#317 Ed Catmull (Pixar)

What I learned from rereading Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration by... more

21 Aug 2023 · 1 hour, 8 minutes
#316 Bugatti

What I learned from reading The Bugatti Story by L’Ebe Bugatti.

14 Aug 2023 · 1 hour, 2 minutes
#315 Balenciaga

What I learned from reading Creators: From Chaucer and Durer to Picasso and Disney by Paul Johnson.

07 Aug 2023 · 38 minutes
#314 Paul Graham (How To Do Great Work)

What I learned from reading How To Do Great Work by Paul Graham.

31 Jul 2023 · 59 minutes
#313 Christopher Nolan

What I learned from reading The Nolan Variations: The Movies, Mysteries, and Marvels of Christopher Nolan by Tom Shone.

25 Jul 2023 · 51 minutes
#312 Mark Twain

What I learned from reading Lighting Out for the Territory: How Samuel Clemens Headed West and Became Mark Twain by... more

19 Jul 2023 · 58 minutes
#311 James Cameron

What I learned from reading The Futurist: The Life and Films of James Cameron by Rebecca Keegan and The Return... more

12 Jul 2023 · 1 hour, 15 minutes
#310 Walt Disney and Picasso

What I learned from reading Creators: From Chaucer and Durer to Picasso and Disney by Paul Johnson.

04 Jul 2023 · 53 minutes
Michael Jordan (The Life)

What I learned from reading Michael Jordan: The Life by Roland Lazenby.

30 Jun 2023 · 1 hour, 39 minutes
#309 Arnold Schwarzenegger (Before He Was Successful)

What I learned from reading Arnold and Me: In the Shadow of the Austrian Oak by Barbara Outland Baker.

26 Jun 2023 · 48 minutes
#308 Glock

What I learned from reading Glock: The Rise of America's Gun by Paul Barrett.

19 Jun 2023 · 43 minutes
#307: The World's Great Family Dynasties: Rockefeller, Rothschild, Morgan, & Toyada

What I learned from reading Dynasties: Fortunes and Misfortunes of the World's Great Family Businesses by David Landes.

12 Jun 2023 · 1 hour, 6 minutes
#306 David Ogilvy (Confessions of an Advertising Man)

What I learned from reading Confessions of an Advertising Man by David Ogilvy.

05 Jun 2023 · 50 minutes
#305 Robert Caro on the relationship with your father, power, poverty, ruthlessness, obsession and running.

What I learned from reading Working by Robert Caro.

29 May 2023 · 57 minutes
#304: Sol Price (The Founder Who Taught Jim Sinegal, Sam Walton, Jeff Bezos, Bernie Marcus)

What I learned from reading Sol Price: Retail Revolutionary by Robert Price.

22 May 2023 · 1 hour, 4 minutes
#303 Rose Blumkin (Warren Buffett's Favorite Founder)

What I learned from reading The Women of Berkshire Hathaway: Lessons from Warren Buffett's Female CEOs and Directors by Karen... more

14 May 2023 · 35 minutes
#302 Napoleon (The Mind of Napoleon)

What I learned from reading The Mind of Napoleon: A Selection of His Written and Spoken Words edited by J.... more

08 May 2023 · 53 minutes
#301 Tiger Woods

What I learned from reading Tiger Woods by Jeff Benedict and Armen Keteyian.

01 May 2023 · 1 hour, 6 minutes
#300 James Dyson (Against the Odds)

What I learned from reading Against the Odd: An Autobiography by James Dyson for the 4th time.

24 Apr 2023 · 1 hour, 24 minutes
#299 Steve Jobs (Make Something Wonderful)

What I learned from reading Make Something Wonderful: Steve Jobs in his own words.

17 Apr 2023 · 2 hours, 3 minutes
#298 I had lunch with Sam Zell

What I learned from having lunch with Sam Zell and reading Zeckendorf: The Autobiography of The man Who Played a... more

10 Apr 2023 · 1 hour, 32 minutes
#297 Yvon Chouinard (Patagonia)

What I learned from rereading Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman by Yvon Chouinard.

03 Apr 2023 · 1 hour, 3 minutes
A conversation with David and Ben from the Acquired podcast

David Rosenthal and Ben Gilbert — of the Acquired podcast — invited me to San Francisco for a discussion on... more

29 Mar 2023 · 3 hours, 9 minutes
#296 Bernard Arnault (The Richest Man in the World)

What I learned from reading The Taste of Luxury: Bernard Arnault and the Moet-Hennessy Louis Vuitton Story by Nadege Forestier... more

27 Mar 2023 · 1 hour, 9 minutes
#295 I had dinner with Charlie Munger

What I learned from rereading The Tao of Charlie Munger.

21 Mar 2023 · 1 hour, 20 minutes
#294 Napoleon

What I learned from reading Napoleon: A Concise Biography by David Bell.

13 Mar 2023 · 50 minutes
#293: Ray Kroc (The Making of McDonald's)

What I learned from rereading Grinding It Out: The Making of McDonald's by Ray Kroc.

06 Mar 2023 · 59 minutes
#292 Daniel Ludwig (The Invisible Billionaire)

What I learned from rereading The Invisible Billionaire: Daniel Ludwig by Jerry Shields.

27 Feb 2023 · 54 minutes
#291 David Packard (Founder of HP)

What I learned from reading The HP Way: How Bill Hewlett and I Built Our Company by David Packard.

20 Feb 2023 · 54 minutes
#290 Bill Gates

What I learned from rereading Hard Drive: Bill Gates and the Making of the Microsoft Empire by James Wallace and... more

13 Feb 2023 · 54 minutes
#289 Brunello Cucinelli

What I learned from reading The Dream of Solomeo: My Life and the Idea of Humanistic Capitalism by Brunello Cucinelli.

07 Feb 2023 · 53 minutes
#288 Ralph Lauren

What I learned from reading Ralph Lauren: The Man Behind the Mystique by Jeffrey Trachtenberg.

31 Jan 2023 · 1 hour, 3 minutes
#287 The Founder of Rolls-Royce

What I learned from rereading Rolls-Royce: The Magic of a Name: The First Forty Years of Britain s Most Prestigious... more

23 Jan 2023 · 40 minutes
#286 Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger

What I learned from reading All I Want To Know Is Where I'm Going To Die So I'll Never Go... more

16 Jan 2023 · 1 hour, 18 minutes
#285 Jay Gould (How Jay Gould Built Wall Street's Biggest Fortune)

What I learned from reading American Rascal: How Jay Gould Built Wall Street's Biggest Fortune by Greg Steinmetz.

10 Jan 2023 · 1 hour, 7 minutes
#284 Andrew Carnegie and Henry Clay Frick

What I learned from rereading Meet You in Hell: Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, and the Bitter Partnership That Changed... more

02 Jan 2023 · 1 hour, 15 minutes
#283 Andrew Carnegie

What I learned from rereading The Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie by Andrew Carnegie.

26 Dec 2022 · 59 minutes
#282 Jeff Bezos Shareholder Letters

What I learned from rereading Jeff Bezos' Shareholder Letters (for the 3rd time!)

19 Dec 2022 · 1 hour, 11 minutes
#281 Working with Steve Jobs

What I learned from rereading Creative Selection: Inside Apple's Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs by Ken... more

12 Dec 2022 · 43 minutes
The Founder of Kinkos — Paul Orfalea

What I learned from reading Copy This!: How I turned Dyslexia, ADHD, and 100 square feet into a company called... more

09 Dec 2022 · 1 hour, 14 minutes
#280 Jimi Hendrix

What I learned from reading Starting At Zero: His Own Story by Jimi Hendrix.

06 Dec 2022 · 57 minutes
#279 What I Learned Before I Sold to Warren Buffett

What I learned from reading What I Learned Before I Sold to Warren Buffett: An Entrepreneur's Guide to Developing a... more

29 Nov 2022 · 1 hour,
#278 Peter Thiel

What I learned from rereading Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel.

22 Nov 2022 · 1 hour,
#277 Paul Graham's Essays Part 3

What I learned from reading Hackers and Painters: Big Ideas From The Computer Age by Paul Graham

17 Nov 2022 · 51 minutes
#276 Paul Graham’s Essays Part 2

What I learned from reading Paul Graham’s essays.

09 Nov 2022 · 42 minutes
#275 Paul Graham

What I learned from reading Paul Graham’s essays.

03 Nov 2022 · 1 hour, 23 minutes
#274 Jim Clark (Silicon Graphics, Netscape)

What I learned from rereading The New New Thing: A Silicon Valley Story by Michael Lewis.

27 Oct 2022 · 57 minutes
#273 Kobe Bryant (Mamba Mentality)

What I learned from rereading The Mamba Mentality: How I Play by Kobe Bryant.

26 Oct 2022 · 31 minutes
#272 Kobe Bryant (The Life)

What I learned from reading Showboat: The Life of Kobe Bryant by Roland Lazenby.

19 Oct 2022 · 1 hour, 19 minutes
#271 Vannevar Bush (Engineer of the American Century)

What I learned from reading Endless Frontier: Vannevar Bush, Engineer of the American Century by G. Pascal Zachary.

12 Oct 2022 · 1 hour, 12 minutes
#270: Vannevar Bush (Pieces of the Action)

What I learned from reading Pieces of the Action by Vannevar Bush.

06 Oct 2022 · 1 hour, 22 minutes
#269 Sam Zell

What I learned from reading Am I Being Too Subtle?: Straight Talk From a Business Rebel by Sam Zell.

29 Sep 2022 · 1 hour, 20 minutes
#268 John Malone (Cable Cowboy)

What I learned from reading Cable Cowboy: John Malone and the Rise of the Modern Cable Business by Mark Robichaux.

21 Sep 2022 · 1 hour, 1 minute
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#272 Kobe Bryant (The Life)
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What I learned from reading Showboat: The Life of Kobe Bryant by Roland Lazenby.