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978 episodes - English - Latest episode: 16 days ago - ★★★★★ - 984 ratings

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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#305 Robert Caro on power, poverty, ruthlessness, obsession and running.

May 29, 2023 16:08 - 57 minutes - 52.9 MB

What I learned from reading Working by Robert Caro.  This episode is brought to you by Meter: Meter is the easiest way for your business to get fast, secure, and reliable internet and WiFi in any commercial space. Go to meter.com/founders ---- This episode is brought to you by Tiny: Tiny is the easiest way to sell your business. Tiny provides quick and straightforward exits for Founders. Get in touch by emailing [email protected] ---- Listen to one of my favorite podcasts: Invest Like the Bes...

#304: Sol Price (The Founder Who Taught Jim Sinegal, Sam Walton, Jeff Bezos, Bernie Marcus)

May 22, 2023 01:16 - 1 hour - 59.2 MB

What I learned from reading Sol Price: Retail Revolutionary by Robert Price.  ---- This episode is brought to you by EightSleep: Get the best sleep of your life and unlock more energy with the Pod 3. Go to eightsleep.com/founders/ ---- This episode is brought to you by Meter: Meter is the easiest way for your business to get fast, secure, and reliable internet and WiFi in any commercial space. Go to meter.com/founders ---- This episode is brought to you by Tiny: Tiny is the easiest way...

#304: Sol Price: The Founder Who Taught Jim Sinegal, Sam Walton, Jeff Bezos, Bernie Marcus, and more

May 22, 2023 01:16 - 1 hour - 59.2 MB

What I learned from reading Sol Price: Retail Revolutionary by Robert Price.  ---- This episode is brought to you by EightSleep: Get the best sleep of your life and unlock more energy with the Pod 3. Go to eightsleep.com/founders/ ---- This episode is brought to you by Meter: Meter is the easiest way for your business to get fast, secure, and reliable internet and WiFi in any commercial space. Go to meter.com/founders ---- This episode is brought to you by Tiny: Tiny is the easiest way...

#303 Rose Blumkin (Warren Buffett's Favorite Founder)

May 14, 2023 23:30 - 35 minutes - 32.9 MB

What I learned from reading The Women of Berkshire Hathaway: Lessons from Warren Buffett's Female CEOs and Directors by Karen Linder.  ---- This episode is brought to you by Meter: Meter is the easiest way for your business to get fast, secure, and reliable internet and WiFi in any commercial space. Go to meter.com/founders ---- I have these bronze busts of Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger in my home. If you want them in your house or office go to https://www.berkshirenerds.store. A fun...

#303 Warren Buffett's Favorite Founder: Rose Blumkin

May 14, 2023 23:30 - 35 minutes - 32.9 MB

What I learned from reading The Women of Berkshire Hathaway: Lessons from Warren Buffett's Female CEOs and Directors by Karen Linder.  ---- This episode is brought to you by Meter: Meter is the easiest way for your business to get fast, secure, and reliable internet and WiFi in any commercial space. Go to meter.com/founders ---- I have these bronze busts of Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger in my home. If you want them in your house or office go to https://www.berkshirenerds.store. A fun...

#302 Napoleon speaking directly to you

May 08, 2023 16:40 - 53 minutes - 49.4 MB

What I learned from reading The Mind of Napoleon: A Selection of His Written and Spoken Words edited by J. Christopher Herold.  ---- This episode is brought to you by EightSleep: Get the best sleep of your life and unlock more energy with the Pod 3. Go to eightsleep.com/founders/ ---- This episode is brought to you by Meter: Meter is the easiest way for your business to get fast, secure, and reliable internet and WiFi in any commercial space. Go to meter.com/founders ---- This episode ...

#302 Napoleon (The Mind of Napoleon)

May 08, 2023 16:40 - 53 minutes - 49.4 MB

What I learned from reading The Mind of Napoleon: A Selection of His Written and Spoken Words edited by J. Christopher Herold.  ---- Get access to the World’s Most Valuable Notebook for Founders by investing in a subscription to Founders Notes ---- This episode is brought to you by EightSleep: Get the best sleep of your life and unlock more energy with the Pod 3. Go to eightsleep.com/founders/ ---- This episode is brought to you by Meter: Meter is the easiest way for your business to g...

#301 Tiger Woods

May 01, 2023 01:31 - 1 hour - 60.5 MB

What I learned from reading Tiger Woods by Jeff Benedict and Armen Keteyian. ---- This episode is brought to you by Tiny: Tiny is the easiest way to sell your business. Tiny provides quick and straightforward exits for Founders.   ---- This episode is brought to you by Meter: Meter is the easiest way for your business to get fast, secure, and reliable internet and WiFi in any commercial space. Go to meter.com/founders ---- Follow one of my favorite podcasts Invest Like The Best and lis...

#300 James Dyson: Against the Odds!

April 24, 2023 14:42 - 1 hour - 76.9 MB

What I learned from reading Against the Odds: An Autobiography by James Dyson for the 4th time. You can also find the book on Book Finder.  This episode is brought to you by Meter: Meter is the easiest way for your business to get fast, secure, and reliable internet and WiFi in any commercial space. Go to meter.com/founders ---- This episode is brought to you by Tiny: Tiny is the easiest way to sell your business. Tiny provides quick and straightforward exits for Founders.   ---- Follow...

#300 James Dyson (Against the Odds)

April 24, 2023 14:42 - 1 hour - 76.9 MB

What I learned from reading Against the Odds: An Autobiography by James Dyson for the 4th time. You can also find the book on Book Finder.  ---- This episode is brought to you by Meter: Meter is the easiest way for your business to get fast, secure, and reliable internet and WiFi in any commercial space. Go to meter.com/founders ---- This episode is brought to you by Tiny: Tiny is the easiest way to sell your business. Tiny provides quick and straightforward exits for Founders.   ---- ...

#299 A new book on Steve Jobs! Make Something Wonderful: Steve Jobs in his own words

April 17, 2023 14:22 - 2 hours - 113 MB

What I learned from reading Make Something Wonderful: Steve Jobs in his own words. This episode is brought to you by Tiny: Tiny is the easiest way to sell your business. Tiny provides quick and straightforward exits for Founders.   ---- This episode is brought to you by Meter: Meter is the easiest way for your business to get fast, secure, and reliable internet and WiFi in any commercial space. Go to meter.com/founders  ---- Follow one of my favorite podcasts Invest Like The Best and li...

#299 Steve Jobs (Make Something Wonderful)

April 17, 2023 14:22 - 2 hours - 111 MB

What I learned from reading Make Something Wonderful: Steve Jobs in his own words. ---- Get access to the World’s Most Valuable Notebook for Founders at Founders Notes.com You can read, reread, and search all my notes and highlights from every book I've ever read for the podcast.  You can also ask SAGE any question and SAGE will read all my notes, highlights, and every transcript from every episode for you.  A few questions I've asked SAGE recently:  What are the most important leaders...

#298 I had lunch with Sam Zell

April 10, 2023 17:52 - 1 hour - 82.5 MB

What I learned from having lunch with Sam Zell and reading Zeckendorf: The Autobiography of The man Who Played a Real-Life Game of Monopoly and Won the Largest Real Estate Empire in History by William Zeckendorf.  ---- Get access to the World’s Most Valuable Notebook for Founders at Founders Notes.com You can read, reread, and search all my notes and highlights from every book I've ever read for the podcast.  You can also ask SAGE any question and SAGE will read all my notes, highlights,...

#297 Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman: Yvon Chouinard

April 03, 2023 17:24 - 1 hour - 57.7 MB

What I learned from rereading Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman by Yvon Chouinard. This episode is brought to you by: Tiny: Tiny is the easiest way to sell your business. Tiny provides quick and straightforward exits for Founders.   ---- This episode is brought to you by Hampton: Hampton is a highly vetted membership community for entrepreneurs, founders and CEOs. Join the private network for high-growth founders. ---- Follow one of my favorite podcasts ...

#297 Yvon Chouinard (Patagonia)

April 03, 2023 17:24 - 59 minutes - 54.9 MB

What I learned from rereading Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman by Yvon Chouinard. ---- Get access to the World’s Most Valuable Notebook for Founders at Founders Notes ---- Follow Founders Podcast on YouTube  ---- Follow one of my favorite podcasts Invest Like The Best ! ---- [3:45] One of my favorite sayings about entrepreneurship is: If you want to understand the entrepreneur, study the juvenile delinquent. The delinquent is saying with his actions,...

A conversation with David and Ben from the Acquired podcast

March 29, 2023 17:19 - 3 hours - 174 MB

David Rosenthal and Ben Gilbert — of the Acquired podcast — invited me to San Francisco for a discussion on our mutual obsession: spending every waking hour studying the history of entrepreneurship and sharing those lessons on our podcasts.  ---- Follow Acquired in your podcast player here or at Acquired.fm  This episode is brought to you by: Tiny: Tiny is the easiest way to sell your business. Tiny provides quick and straightforward exits for Founders. Get in touch with Tiny by emailing ...

A conversation about being OBSESSED with studying the history of entrepreneurship: Acquired x Founders crossover!

March 29, 2023 17:19 - 3 hours - 174 MB

David Rosenthal and Ben Gilbert — of the Acquired podcast — invited me to San Francisco for a discussion on our mutual obsession: spending every waking hour studying the history of entrepreneurship and sharing those lessons on our podcasts.  ---- Come see a live show with me and Patrick O'Shaughnessy from Invest Like The Best on October 19th in New York City.  Get your tickets here!  ---- Follow Acquired in your podcast player here or at Acquired.fm  This episode is brought to you by: ...

#296 The Richest Man In The World: Bernard Arnault

March 27, 2023 15:44 - 1 hour - 63.3 MB

What I learned from reading The Taste of Luxury: Bernard Arnault and the Moet-Hennessy Louis Vuitton Story by Nadege Forestier and Nazanine Ravai. This episode is brought to you by: Tiny: Tiny is the easiest way to sell your business. Tiny provides quick and straightforward exits for Founders.   ---- Follow one of my favorite podcasts Invest Like The Best ! [1:16] I am the boss. I shall be here on Monday morning and I shall be running the company in person. [4:30] The Taste of Luxury: B...

#296 Bernard Arnault (The Richest Man in the World)

March 27, 2023 15:44 - 1 hour - 62.1 MB

What I learned from reading The Taste of Luxury: Bernard Arnault and the Moet-Hennessy Louis Vuitton Story by Nadege Forestier and Nazanine Ravai. ---- Get access to the World’s Most Valuable Notebook for Founders at Founders Notes ---- Follow one of my favorite podcasts Invest Like The Best ! ---- [1:16] I am the boss. I shall be here on Monday morning and I shall be running the company in person. [4:30] The Taste of Luxury: Bernard Arnault and the Moet-Hennessy Louis Vuitton Story b...

#295 I had dinner with Charlie Munger

March 21, 2023 02:53 - 1 hour - 71 MB

What I learned from rereading The Tao of Charlie Munger. ---- Get access to the World’s Most Valuable Notebook for Founders at Founders Notes ---- Follow Founders Podcast on YouTube  ---- Follow one of my favorite podcasts Invest Like The Best ! (5:45) The blueprint he gave me was simple: Forget what you know about buying fair businesses at wonderful prices; instead, buy wonderful businesses at fair prices. (8:48) He has never forgotten the importance of having friends in high places...

#295 The Tao of Charlie Munger

March 21, 2023 02:53 - 1 hour - 73.3 MB

What I learned from rereading The Tao of Charlie Munger. This episode is brought to you by: Tiny: Tiny is the easiest way to sell your business. Tiny provides quick and straightforward exits for Founders.   ---- Follow one of my favorite podcasts Invest Like The Best ! [5:45] The blueprint he gave me was simple: Forget what you know about buying fair businesses at wonderful prices; instead, buy wonderful businesses at fair prices. [8:48] He has never forgotten the importance of having f...

#294 Napoleon: A Concise Biography

March 13, 2023 18:10 - 50 minutes - 46.5 MB

What I learned from reading Napoleon: A Concise Biography by David Bell. This episode is brought to you by: Tiny: Tiny is the easiest way to sell your business. Tiny provides quick and straightforward exits for Founders.   ---- Follow one of my favorite podcasts Invest Like The Best ! [3:00] He could think quicker and along more individual and original lines than any of them. [4:00] John D: The Founding Father of the Rockefellers by David Freeman Hawke. (Founders #254) [4:14] Miami mee...

#294 Napoleon

March 13, 2023 18:10 - 43 minutes - 39.8 MB

What I learned from reading Napoleon: A Concise Biography by David Bell. ---- Get access to the World’s Most Valuable Notebook for Founders at Founders Notes ---- Follow Founders Podcast on YouTube  ---- Follow one of my favorite podcasts Invest Like The Best ! [3:00] He could think quicker and along more individual and original lines than any of them. [4:00] John D: The Founding Father of the Rockefellers by David Freeman Hawke. (Founders #254) [4:14] Miami meetup with Shane Parris...

#293 The Making of McDonald's: The Autobiography of Ray Kroc

March 06, 2023 23:27 - 59 minutes - 54.6 MB

What I learned from rereading Grinding It Out: The Making of McDonald's by Ray Kroc. This episode is brought to you by: Tiny: Tiny is the easiest way to sell your business. Tiny provides quick and straightforward exits for Founders.   ---- Follow one of my favorite podcasts Invest Like The Best ! [2:00] I have always believed that each man makes his own happiness and is responsible for his own problems. [4:00] I was fascinated by the simplicity and effectiveness of the system they descr...

#293: Ray Kroc (The Making of McDonald's)

March 06, 2023 23:27 - 52 minutes - 47.8 MB

What I learned from rereading Grinding It Out: The Making of McDonald's by Ray Kroc. ---- Get access to the World’s Most Valuable Notebook for Founders at Founders Notes ---- Follow Founders Podcast on YouTube  ---- Follow one of my favorite podcasts Invest Like The Best ! [2:00] I have always believed that each man makes his own happiness and is responsible for his own problems. [4:00] I was fascinated by the simplicity and effectiveness of the system they described that night.Each ...

#292 The Invisible Billionaire

February 27, 2023 14:41 - 54 minutes - 49.6 MB

What I learned from rereading The Invisible Billionaire: Daniel Ludwig by Jerry Shields.  This episode is brought to you by: Tiny: Tiny is the easiest way to sell your business. Tiny provides quick and straightforward exits for Founders.   ---- Follow one of my favorite podcasts Invest Like The Best ! ---- [2:00] Obsessed with privacy, Ludwig pays a major public relations firm fat fees to keep his name out of the papers. [4:00]  An associate speaks of his unlimited ingenuity in dreamin...

#292 Daniel Ludwig (The Invisible Billionaire)

February 27, 2023 14:41 - 46 minutes - 42.7 MB

What I learned from rereading The Invisible Billionaire: Daniel Ludwig by Jerry Shields.  ---- Get access to the World’s Most Valuable Notebook for Founders at Founders Notes ---- Follow one of my favorite podcasts Invest Like The Best ! ---- [2:00] Obsessed with privacy, Ludwig pays a major public relations firm fat fees to keep his name out of the papers. [4:00]  An associate speaks of his unlimited ingenuity in dreaming up new ways of doing things. [5:00] Ludwig’s most notable cha...

#291 David Packard (Founder of HP)

February 20, 2023 22:37 - 47 minutes - 43.1 MB

What I learned from reading The HP Way: How Bill Hewlett and I Built Our Company by David Packard. ---- Get access to the World’s Most Valuable Notebook for Founders by signing up for Founders Notes ---- Follow one of my favorite podcasts Invest Like The Best ! ---- Do our products offer something unique? Customer satisfaction second to none is the only acceptable goal. What I learned from rereading Jeff Bezos' Shareholder Letters for the 3rd time (Founders #282) In Silicon Valley, ...

#291 The Autobiography of David Packard — Founder of HP

February 20, 2023 22:37 - 54 minutes - 50 MB

What I learned from reading The HP Way: How Bill Hewlett and I Built Our Company by David Packard. This episode is brought to you by: Tiny: Tiny is the easiest way to sell your business. Quick and straightforward exits for Founders.   ---- Follow one of my favorite podcasts Invest Like The Best ! [2:01] Do our products offer something unique? [3:00] Customer satisfaction second to none is the only acceptable goal. [4:00] What I learned from rereading Jeff Bezos' Shareholder Letters for...

#290 Bill Gates

February 13, 2023 13:28 - 47 minutes - 43.3 MB

What I learned from rereading Hard Drive: Bill Gates and the Making of the Microsoft Empire by James Wallace and Jim Erickson. ---- Get access to the World’s Most Valuable Notebook for Founders by investing in a subscription to Founders Notes ---- Follow one of my favorite podcasts Invest Like The Best and listen to episode 292 The Business of Gaming with Mitch Lasky and 293 David Senra Passion and Pain ! ---- Gates read the encyclopedia from beginning to end when he was only seven or ...

#290 Young Bill Gates and the Making of the Microsoft Empire

February 13, 2023 13:28 - 54 minutes - 50 MB

What I learned from rereading Hard Drive: Bill Gates and the Making of the Microsoft Empire by James Wallace and Jim Erickson. This episode is brought to you by: Tiny: Tiny is the easiest way to sell your business. Quick and straightforward exits for Founders. ---- Follow one of my favorite podcasts Invest Like The Best and listen to episode 292 The Business of Gaming with Mitch Lasky and 293 David Senra Passion and Pain ! ---- [4:00] Gates read the encyclopedia from beginning to end wh...

#289 Brunello Cucinelli

February 07, 2023 01:28 - 53 minutes - 48.8 MB

What I learned from reading The Dream of Solomeo: My Life and the Idea of Humanistic Capitalism by Brunello Cucinelli. ---- This episode is brought to you by: Tiny: Tiny is the easiest way to sell your business. Quick and straightforward exits for Founders. ---- Follow one of my favorite podcasts Invest Like The Best and listen to episode 293 David Senra Passion and Pain ! [4:00] I am reminded of Machiavelli: during his exile, he too spent his afternoons playing board games and drinking...

#288 Ralph Lauren

January 31, 2023 01:39 - 1 hour - 56.1 MB

What I learned from reading Ralph Lauren: The Man Behind the Mystique by Jeffrey Trachtenberg. ---- Get access to the World’s Most Valuable Notebook for Founders by investing in a subscription to Founders Notes ---- Follow one of my favorite podcasts Invest Like The Best and listen to episode 311 John Fio — Creating Magic for Consumers, episode 307 Jeremiah Lowin: Explaining the New AI Paradigm, and episode 293 The Business of Gaming.  ---- [2:01] When I lumped him together with a hand...

#287 The Founder of Rolls-Royce

January 23, 2023 17:28 - 31 minutes - 29.2 MB

What I learned from rereading Rolls-Royce: The Magic of a Name: The First Forty Years of Britain s Most Prestigious Company by Peter Pugh. ---- Get access to the World’s Most Valuable Notebook for Founders by investing in a subscription to Founders Notes ---- Follow one of my favorite podcasts Invest Like The Best and listen to episode Mitch Lasky—The Business of Gaming ---- [2:31] Henry Royce had known poverty and hardship all his life. The only university he had graduated from was th...

#286 Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger speaking directly to you

January 16, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 72 MB

What I learned from reading All I Want To Know Is Where I'm Going To Die So I'll Never Go There: Buffett & Munger – A Study in Simplicity and Uncommon, Common Sense by Peter Bevelin.  This episode is brought to you by: Tiny: Tiny is the easiest way to sell your business. Quick and straightforward exits for Founders. ---- Follow one of my favorite podcasts Invest Like The Best and listen to episode Mitch Lasky—The Business of Gaming Follow the podcast Gamecraft to learn more about the his...

#286 Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger

January 16, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 64.8 MB

What I learned from reading All I Want To Know Is Where I'm Going To Die So I'll Never Go There: Buffett & Munger – A Study in Simplicity and Uncommon, Common Sense by Peter Bevelin.  ---- Get access to the World’s Most Valuable Notebook for Founders by investing in a subscription to Founders Notes ---- Follow one of my favorite podcasts Invest Like The Best and listen to episode Mitch Lasky—The Business of Gaming Follow the podcast Gamecraft to learn more about the history of the video...

#285 How Jay Gould Built Wall Street's Biggest Fortune

January 10, 2023 17:31 - 1 hour - 61.4 MB

What I learned from reading American Rascal: How Jay Gould Built Wall Street's Biggest Fortune by Greg Steinmetz. Subscribe to listen to Founders Premium — Subscribers can ask me questions directly which I will answer in Ask Me Anything (AMA) episodes  [0:01] A series of spectacular financial triumphs had made Gould fabulously rich. At age thirty-six, he was the most notorious businessman in the country. [1:00] Vanderbilt told a newspaper that Gould was "the smartest man in America." Rock...

#285 Jay Gould (How Jay Gould Built Wall Street's Biggest Fortune)

January 10, 2023 17:31 - 59 minutes - 54.5 MB

What I learned from reading American Rascal: How Jay Gould Built Wall Street's Biggest Fortune by Greg Steinmetz. ---- Get access to the World’s Most Valuable Notebook for Founders by investing in a subscription to Founders Notes ---- [0:01] A series of spectacular financial triumphs had made Gould fabulously rich. At age thirty-six, he was the most notorious businessman in the country. [1:00] Vanderbilt told a newspaper that Gould was "the smartest man in America." Rockefeller, when as...

#284 Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, and the Bitter Partnership That Changed America

January 02, 2023 16:59 - 1 hour - 68.9 MB

What I learned from rereading Meet You in Hell: Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, and the Bitter Partnership That Changed America by Les Standiford. This episode is brought to you by: Tiny: Tiny is the easiest way to sell your business. Quick and straightforward exits for Founders. — Follow one of my favorite podcasts Invest Like The Best  and check out these great episodes:  #137 Bill Gurley: All Things Business and Investing #88 Sam Hinkie: Data, Decisions, and Basketball #204 Sam Hin...

#284 Andrew Carnegie and Henry Clay Frick

January 02, 2023 16:59 - 1 hour - 61.6 MB

What I learned from rereading Meet You in Hell: Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, and the Bitter Partnership That Changed America by Les Standiford. ---- Get access to the World’s Most Valuable Notebook for Founders by investing in a subscription to Founders Notes ---- Follow one of my favorite podcasts Invest Like The Best  and check out these great episodes:  #137 Bill Gurley: All Things Business and Investing #88 Sam Hinkie: Data, Decisions, and Basketball #204 Sam Hinkie: Find Your...

#283 Andrew Carnegie

December 26, 2022 02:05 - 52 minutes - 47.6 MB

What I learned from rereading The Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie by Andrew Carnegie.  ---- Get access to the World’s Most Valuable Notebook for Founders by investing in a subscription to Founders Notes ---- Follow one of my favorite podcasts Invest Like The Best   ---- (1:01) 3 part series on Andrew Carnegie and Henry Clay Frick: Meet You In Hell: Andrew Carnegie Henry Clay Frick, and the Bitter Partnership That Transformed America by Les Standiford. (Founders #73)  The Autobiograp...

#282 Jeff Bezos Shareholder Letters

December 19, 2022 22:35 - 1 hour - 64.5 MB

What I learned from rereading Jeff Bezos' Shareholder Letters (for the 3rd time!)  Read Jeff's letters in book form: Invent and Wander: The Collected Writings of Jeff Bezos or for free online: Amazon Investor Relations ---- Get access to the World’s Most Valuable Notebook for Founders by investing in a subscription to Founders Notes ---- Follow one of my favorite podcasts Invest Like The Best   [2:30] Amazon hopes to create an enduring franchise [3:00] Because of our emphasis on the l...

#281 Working with Steve Jobs

December 12, 2022 23:03 - 41 minutes - 37.7 MB

What I learned from rereading Creative Selection: Inside Apple's Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs by Ken Kocienda. ---- Get access to the World’s Most Valuable Notebook for Founders by investing in a subscription to Founders Notes ---- Follow one of my favorite podcasts Invest Like The Best   [2:01] We're going to relentlessly chase perfection, knowing full well we will not catch it, because perfection is not attainable. But we are going to relentlessly chase it becaus...

The Founder of Kinkos — Paul Orfalea

December 09, 2022 17:52 - 1 hour - 68.3 MB

What I learned from reading Copy This!: How I turned Dyslexia, ADHD, and 100 square feet into a company called Kinkos by Paul Orfalea. ---- Get access to the World’s Most Valuable Notebook for Founders by investing in a subscription to Founders Notes ---- Follow Invest Like The Best in your favorite podcast player here Two episodes I recommend:  Paul Orfalea - It's About the Money episode 299 David Senra - Passion & Pain episode 292  [5:23] I've never met a more circular, out-of-the-...

#280 Jimi Hendrix

December 06, 2022 13:20 - 54 minutes - 50.2 MB

What I learned from reading Starting At Zero: His Own Story by Jimi Hendrix.  ---- Get access to the World’s Most Valuable Notebook for Founders by investing in a subscription to Founders Notes ---- [0:01] He was also a compulsive writer, using hotel stationery, scraps of paper, cigarette cartons, napkins—anything that came to hand. [0:01] Decoded by Jay Z. (Founders #238) [1:00] He always claimed that for him life and music were inseparable. [5:00] I liked to be different. [5:00] Th...

#280 Jimi Hendrix: His Own Story

December 06, 2022 13:20 - 57 minutes - 52.6 MB

What I learned from reading Starting At Zero: His Own Story by Jimi Hendrix.  This episode is brought to you by:  Tiny: The easiest way to sell your business. Quick and straightforward exits for Founders.  Capital: Banking built for Founders. Raise, hold, spend, and send—all in one place.  [0:01] He was also a compulsive writer, using hotel stationery, scraps of paper, cigarette cartons, napkins—anything that came to hand. [0:01] Decoded by Jay Z. (Founders #238) [1:00] He always claim...

#279 What I Learned Before I Sold to Warren Buffett

November 29, 2022 21:28 - 56 minutes - 51.7 MB

What I learned from reading What I Learned Before I Sold to Warren Buffett: An Entrepreneur's Guide to Developing a Highly Successful Company by Barnett Helzberg Jr. ---- Get access to the World’s Most Valuable Notebook for Founders by investing in a subscription to Founders Notes ---- [5:00]  Then, right there on the sidewalk I told one of the most astute businessmen in America why he ought to consider buying our family's 79-year-old jewelry business. "I believe that our company matche...

#278 Peter Thiel

November 22, 2022 17:48 - 56 minutes - 51.8 MB

What I learned from rereading Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel. ---- Get access to the World’s Most Valuable Notebook for Founders by investing in a subscription to Founders Notes ---- [4:01] Jobs's return to Apple 12 years later shows how the most important task in business-the creation of new valuecannot be reduced to a formula and applied by professionals. [5:00] A really important sentence to understand one of the main points in Peter’s book:...

#278 Peter Thiel: Zero To One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future

November 22, 2022 17:48 - 1 hour - 55.6 MB

What I learned from rereading Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel. This episode is brought to you by:  Tiny: The easiest way to sell your business. Quick and straightforward exits for Founders.  Fable: Make your product accessible to more people.  Tegus is a search engine for business knowledge that's used by Founders, investors, and executives.  [4:01] Jobs's return to Apple 12 years later shows how the most important task in business-the creation ...

#277 Paul Graham's Essays Part 3

November 17, 2022 00:58 - 47 minutes - 43.5 MB

What I learned from reading Hackers and Painters: Big Ideas From The Computer Age by Paul Graham  ---- Get access to the World’s Most Valuable Notebook for Founders at Founders Notes.com ---- [4:00] How To Make Wealth by Paul Graham  [4:01] Wealth is stuff we want: food, clothes, houses, cars, gadgets, travel to interesting places, and so on. You can have wealth without having money. If you had a magic machine that could on command make you a car or cook you dinner or do your laundry, o...