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978 episodes - English - Latest episode: 17 days ago - ★★★★★ - 984 ratingsLearn 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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#229 Sidney Harman (Founder of Harman Kardon)
January 30, 2022 15:12 - 1 hour - 86.4 MBWhat I learned from reading Mind Your Own Business: A Maverick's Guide to Business, Leadership and Life by Sidney Harman ---- Get access to the World’s Most Valuable Notebook for Founders at Founders Notes.com ---- [3:46] Foxes and Hedgehogs [7:17] The thing with Hedgehogs is that they never give up. They keep at it – and they don’t ever get bored because they just love what they do – and they have a lot of fun along the way. [8:27] In the Company of Giants: Candid Conversations With t...
#229 Sidney Harman (Harman Kardon)
January 30, 2022 15:12 - 1 hour - 86.4 MBWhat I learned from reading Mind Your Own Business: A Maverick's Guide to Business, Leadership and Life by Sidney Harman ---- 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! ---- Subscribe to listen to Founders Premium — Subscribers can ask me questions directly and listen to Ask Me Anything (AMA) episodes. --- [3:46] Foxes and Hedgehogs [7:17] The thing with Hedgehogs is that they never give ...
#228 Michael Bloomberg
January 27, 2022 01:08 - 1 hour - 74.1 MBWhat I learned from reading Bloomberg by Michael Bloomberg. ---- Get access to the World’s Most Valuable Notebook for Founders at Founders Notes.com ---- [2:08] Answering to no one is the ultimate situation. [3:02] Twitter thread on Michael Bloomberg by Neckar.Substack.com [5:28] We never made the error that so many others have: mistaking their product for the device that delivers it. [6:27] We knew our core product was data and analytics. [7:01] We were motivated by an idea that we...
#228 Michael Bloomberg's Autobiography
January 27, 2022 01:08 - 1 hour - 74.1 MBWhat I learned from reading Bloomberg by Michael Bloomberg. --- Subscribe to listen to Founders Premium — Subscribers can ask me questions directly and listen to Ask Me Anything (AMA) episodes. --- [2:08] Answering to no one is the ultimate situation. [3:02] Twitter thread on Michael Bloomberg by Neckar.Substack.com [5:28] We never made the error that so many others have: mistaking their product for the device that delivers it. [6:27] We knew our core product was data and analytics. ...
Michael Bloomberg's Autobiography
January 27, 2022 01:08 - 31 minutes - 28.4 MBWhat I learned from reading Bloomberg by Michael Bloomberg. Subscribe to listen to the rest of this episode and gain access to 236 full length episodes. WHAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE SAYING: “Without a doubt, the highest value-to-cost ratio I’ve taken advantage of in the last year is the Founders podcast premium feed. Tap into eons of knowledge and experiences, condensed into digestible portions. Highly, highly recommend. “Uniquely outstanding. No fluff and all substance. David does an outstan...
I read 66 biographies last year— Here are my top 10!
January 24, 2022 00:05 - 12 minutes - 11 MBHere are 10 episodes to start with: #168 Driven: An Autobiography by Larry Miller #171 The Billionaire Who Wasn't: How Chuck Feeney Secretly Made and Gave Away a Fortune #219 Anthony Bourdain: The Definitive Oral Biography #223 Unstoppable: Siggi Wilzig's Astonishing Journey from Auschwitz Survivor and Penniless Immigrant to Wall Street Legend #216 Authentic: A Memoir by the Founder of Vans #212 Michael Jordan: The Life #210 Stephen King On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft #193 Arnold...
#227 The Essays of Warren Buffett
January 20, 2022 14:08 - 1 hour - 107 MBWhat I learned from reading The Essays of Warren Buffett by Warren Buffett and Lawrence Cunningham. ---- Get access to the World’s Most Valuable Notebook for Founders at Founders Notes.com ---- [1:39] Founders #88 Warren Buffett’s shareholder letters — All of them! [2:36] Buffet and Charlie Munger built this sprawling enterprise by investing in businesses with excellent economic characteristics and run by outstanding managers. [5:21] Founders #224 Charles de Gaulle by Julian Jackson ...
The Essays of Warren Buffett
January 20, 2022 14:08 - 32 minutes - 30.1 MBWhat I learned from reading The Essays of Warren Buffett by Warren Buffett and Lawrence Cunningham. Subscribe to listen to the rest of this episode and gain access to 235 full length episodes. WHAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE SAYING: “Without a doubt, the highest value-to-cost ratio I’ve taken advantage of in the last year is the Founders podcast premium feed. Tap into eons of knowledge and experiences, condensed into digestible portions. Highly, highly recommend. “Uniquely outstanding. No fluff a...
The Founder of IKEA: Ingvar Kamprad
January 16, 2022 16:10 - 32 minutes - 29.5 MBWhat I learned from reading Leading By Design: The Ikea Story by Ingvar Kamprad and Bertil Torekull. Subscribe to listen to the rest of this episode and gain access to 234 full length episodes. WHAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE SAYING: “Without a doubt, the highest value-to-cost ratio I’ve taken advantage of in the last year is the Founders podcast premium feed. Tap into eons of knowledge and experiences, condensed into digestible portions. Highly, highly recommend. “Uniquely outstanding. No fluff ...
#226 Heroes: From Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar to Churchill and de Gaulle
January 12, 2022 21:32 - 1 hour - 61.3 MBWhat I learned from reading Heroes: From Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar to Churchill and de Gaulle by Paul Johnson. ---- Get access to the World’s Most Valuable Notebook for Founders at Founders Notes.com ---- [0:55] I have always had a soft spot for those who speak out against the conventional wisdom and who are not afraid to speak the truth, even if it puts them in a minority of one. [1:20] 4 traits of heroes: 1. Absolute independence of mind. Think everything through yourself...
Heroes: From Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar to Churchill and de Gaulle
January 12, 2022 21:32 - 38 minutes - 35.6 MBWhat I learned from reading Heroes: From Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar to Churchill and de Gaulle by Paul Johnson. Subscribe to listen to the rest of this episode and gain access to 234 full length episodes. WHAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE SAYING: “Without a doubt, the highest value-to-cost ratio I’ve taken advantage of in the last year is the Founders podcast premium feed. Tap into eons of knowledge and experiences, condensed into digestible portions. Highly, highly recommend. “Uniquely...
#225 Winston Churchill
January 09, 2022 16:25 - 1 hour - 75.8 MBWhat I learned from reading Churchill by Paul Johnson. ---- Get access to the World’s Most Valuable Notebook for Founders at Founders Notes.com ---- [2:09] Churchill never allowed mistakes, disaster, illnesses, unpopularity, and criticism to get him down. [4:19] The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz by Erik Larson. (Founders #196) [4:57] He wrote best-selling biographies on Napoleon, Churchill, Eisenhower, Socrates, and Mozart. [6:39] 3...
Winston Churchill
January 09, 2022 16:25 - 31 minutes - 29.2 MBWhat I learned from reading Churchill by Paul Johnson. Subscribe to listen to the rest of this episode and gain access to 233 full length episodes. WHAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE SAYING: “Without a doubt, the highest value-to-cost ratio I’ve taken advantage of in the last year is the Founders podcast premium feed. Tap into eons of knowledge and experiences, condensed into digestible portions. Highly, highly recommend. “Uniquely outstanding. No fluff and all substance. David does an outstanding ...
#224 Charles de Gaulle
January 05, 2022 23:10 - 1 hour - 101 MBWhat I learned from reading Charles de Gaulle by Julian Jackson. ---- Get access to the World’s Most Valuable Notebook for Founders at Founders Notes.com ---- [6:45] The Winston Churchill episode is #196 based on the book The Splendid and The Vile [7:07] Don’t turn your back on he who will not accept defeat. [7:54] The greatest founders in history have identified a series of ideas that are extremely important to them and they repeat these ideas over and over again. Repetition is persu...
Charles de Gaulle
January 05, 2022 23:10 - 34 minutes - 32 MBWhat I learned from reading Charles de Gaulle by Julian Jackson. Subscribe to listen to the rest of this episode and gain access to 232 full length episodes. WHAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE SAYING: “Without a doubt, the highest value-to-cost ratio I’ve taken advantage of in the last year is the Founders podcast premium feed. Tap into eons of knowledge and experiences, condensed into digestible portions. Highly, highly recommend. “Uniquely outstanding. No fluff and all substance. David does an ou...
Warren Buffett's Shareholder Letters— All of them!
January 02, 2022 23:14 - 34 minutes - 31.7 MBWhat I learned from reading Berkshire Hathaway Letters to Shareholders by Warren Buffett. Subscribe to listen to the rest of this episode and gain access to 231 full length episodes. WHAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE SAYING: “Without a doubt, the highest value-to-cost ratio I’ve taken advantage of in the last year is the Founders podcast premium feed. Tap into eons of knowledge and experiences, condensed into digestible portions. Highly, highly recommend. “Uniquely outstanding. No fluff and all sub...
#223 Unstoppable: Siggi Wilzig's Astonishing Journey from Auschwitz Survivor and Penniless Immigrant to Wall Street Legend
December 29, 2021 02:49 - 1 hour - 68.7 MBWhat I learned from reading Unstoppable: Siggi Wilzig's Astonishing Journey from Auschwitz Survivor and Penniless Immigrant to Wall Street Legend by Joshua M. Greene. ---- Get access to the World’s Most Valuable Notebook for Founders at Founders Notes.com ---- Never give up. Only death is permanent. Everything else can be fixed. I couldn't take such talk about not coming out alive. I didn't want to hear it. Whenever my mind told me I was not going to survive, the Almighty told me to kee...
Unstoppable: Siggi Wilzig's Astonishing Journey from Auschwitz Survivor and Penniless Immigrant to Wall Street Legend
December 29, 2021 02:49 - 31 minutes - 28.8 MBWhat I learned from reading Unstoppable: Siggi Wilzig's Astonishing Journey from Auschwitz Survivor and Penniless Immigrant to Wall Street Legend by Joshua M. Greene. Subscribe to listen to the rest of this episode and gain access to 231 full length episodes. WHAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE SAYING: “Without a doubt, the highest value-to-cost ratio I’ve taken advantage of in the last year is the Founders podcast premium feed. Tap into eons of knowledge and experiences, condensed into digestible port...
The Outsiders: Eight Unconventional CEOs and Their Radically Rational Blueprint for Success
December 24, 2021 23:08 - 33 minutes - 30.9 MBWhat I learned from reading The Outsiders: Eight Unconventional CEOs and Their Radically Rational Blueprint for Success by William Thorndike. Subscribe to listen to the rest of this episode and gain access to 230 full length episodes. WHAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE SAYING: “Without a doubt, the highest value-to-cost ratio I’ve taken advantage of in the last year is the Founders podcast premium feed. Tap into eons of knowledge and experiences, condensed into digestible portions. Highly, highly reco...
#222 My personal blueprint – The Autobiography of Ed Thorp
December 20, 2021 22:22 - 1 hour - 90 MBWhat I learned from rereading A Man for All Markets: From Las Vegas to Wall Street, How I Beat the Dealer and the Market by Ed Thorp. --- Subscribe to listen to Founders Premium — Subscribers can ask me questions directly and listen to Ask Me Anything (AMA) episodes. --- 1. The book reveals a thorough, rigorous, methodical person in search of life, knowledge, financial security, and, not least of all, fun. 2. I learned at an early age to teach myself. This paid off later on because th...
#222 Ed Thorp (My personal blueprint)
December 20, 2021 22:22 - 1 hour - 90 MBWhat I learned from rereading A Man for All Markets: From Las Vegas to Wall Street, How I Beat the Dealer and the Market by Ed Thorp. ---- Get access to the World’s Most Valuable Notebook for Founders at Founders Notes.com ---- 1. The book reveals a thorough, rigorous, methodical person in search of life, knowledge, financial security, and, not least of all, fun. 2. I learned at an early age to teach myself. This paid off later on because there weren’t any courses in how to beat black...
My personal blueprint – The Autobiography of Ed Thorp
December 20, 2021 22:22 - 33 minutes - 30.2 MBWhat I learned from rereading A Man for All Markets: From Las Vegas to Wall Street, How I Beat the Dealer and the Market by Ed Thorp. Subscribe to listen to the rest of this episode and gain access to 230 full length episodes. WHAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE SAYING: “Without a doubt, the highest value-to-cost ratio I’ve taken advantage of in the last year is the Founders podcast premium feed. Tap into eons of knowledge and experiences, condensed into digestible portions. Highly, highly recommend. ...
Meet You in Hell: Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, and the Bitter Partnership That Changed America
December 17, 2021 17:23 - 31 minutes - 29 MBWhat I learned from reading Meet You in Hell: Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, and the Bitter Partnership That Changed America by Les Standiford. Subscribe to listen to the rest of this episode and gain access to 229 full length episodes. WHAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE SAYING: “Without a doubt, the highest value-to-cost ratio I’ve taken advantage of in the last year is the Founders podcast premium feed. Tap into eons of knowledge and experiences, condensed into digestible portions. Highly, high...
#221 Charlie Munger
December 13, 2021 20:50 - 1 hour - 77.6 MBWhat I learned from reading Damn Right: Behind the Scenes with Berkshire Hathaway Billionaire Charlie Munger by Janet Lowe. ---- Get access to the World’s Most Valuable Notebook for Founders at Founders Notes.com ---- [16:02] I had a considerable passion to get rich. Not because I wanted Ferraris—I wanted the independence. I desperately wanted it. [26:49] I met the towering intellectuals in books, not in the classroom, which is natural. My family was into all that stuff, getting ahead t...
#221 Damn Right: Behind the Scenes with Berkshire Hathaway Billionaire Charlie Munger
December 13, 2021 20:50 - 1 hour - 77.6 MBWhat I learned from reading Damn Right: Behind the Scenes with Berkshire Hathaway Billionaire Charlie Munger by Janet Lowe. --- Subscribe to listen to Founders Premium — Subscribers can ask me questions directly and listen to Ask Me Anything (AMA) episodes. --- [16:02] I had a considerable passion to get rich. Not because I wanted Ferraris—I wanted the independence. I desperately wanted it. [26:49] I met the towering intellectuals in books, not in the classroom, which is natural. My fam...
Damn Right: Behind the Scenes with Berkshire Hathaway Billionaire Charlie Munger
December 13, 2021 20:50 - 30 minutes - 27.8 MBWhat I learned from reading Damn Right: Behind the Scenes with Berkshire Hathaway Billionaire Charlie Munger by Janet Lowe. Subscribe to listen to the rest of this episode and gain access to 229 full length episodes. WHAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE SAYING: “Without a doubt, the highest value-to-cost ratio I’ve taken advantage of in the last year is the Founders podcast premium feed. Tap into eons of knowledge and experiences, condensed into digestible portions. Highly, highly recommend. “Uniquely...
#220 Enzo Ferrari: The Man and the Machine
December 09, 2021 03:20 - 1 hour - 75.2 MBWhat I learned from reading Enzo Ferrari: The Man and the Machine by Brock Yates. ---- Get access to the World’s Most Valuable Notebook for Founders at Founders Notes.com ---- [0:01] Editorial writers around the world groped for words to express what Enzo Ferrari had meant. Many tried to describe him as an automotive pioneer, which he was not; others called him a great racing driver and engineer, which he was not. He was, however, exactly what he had repeatedly said he was: an agitator o...
Enzo Ferrari: The Man and the Machine
December 09, 2021 03:20 - 32 minutes - 29.6 MBWhat I learned from reading Enzo Ferrari: The Man and the Machine by Brock Yates. Subscribe to listen to the rest of this episode and gain access to all full length episodes. WHAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE SAYING: “Without a doubt, the highest value-to-cost ratio I’ve taken advantage of in the last year is the Founders podcast premium feed. Tap into eons of knowledge and experiences, condensed into digestible portions. Highly, highly recommend. “Uniquely outstanding. No fluff and all substance. ...
The Big Rich: The Rise and Fall of the Greatest Texas Oil Fortunes
December 04, 2021 17:10 - 31 minutes - 28.4 MBWhat I learned from reading The Big Rich: The Rise and Fall of the Greatest Texas Oil Fortunes by Bryan Burrough. Subscribe to listen to the rest of this episode and gain access to all full length episodes. WHAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE SAYING: “Without a doubt, the highest value-to-cost ratio I’ve taken advantage of in the last year is the Founders podcast premium feed. Tap into eons of knowledge and experiences, condensed into digestible portions. Highly, highly recommend. “Uniquely outstandi...
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Anthony Bourdain: The Definitive Oral Biography
November 30, 2021 21:20 - 39 minutes - 35.8 MBWhat I learned from reading Bourdain: The Definitive Oral Biography by Laurie Woolever. Subscribe to listen to the rest of this episode and gain access to all full length episodes. If you choose the annual subscription option I will upgrade your subscription so you have lifetime access. (You invest once and listen to every future episode for free.) You can also subscribe monthly if you prefer. WHAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE SAYING: “Without a doubt, the highest value-to-cost ratio I’ve taken adva...
#219 Tony Bourdain: The Definitive Biography
November 30, 2021 21:20 - 1 hour - 97.9 MBWhat I learned from reading Bourdain: The Definitive Oral Biography by Laurie Woolever. ---- Get access to the World’s Most Valuable Notebook for Founders at Founders Notes.com ---- [28:32] All the energy he'd put into trying to destroy himself, he put that into building himself back up. All that negative energy became something else. He became so serious, and so driven and focused. He worked really hard. It takes a lot of determination to wake up early in the morning and write, and then...
Tony Bourdain: The Definitive Biography
November 30, 2021 21:20 - 39 minutes - 35.8 MBWhat I learned from reading Bourdain: The Definitive Oral Biography by Laurie Woolever. Subscribe to listen to the rest of this episode and gain access to all full length episodes. WHAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE SAYING: “Without a doubt, the highest value-to-cost ratio I’ve taken advantage of in the last year is the Founders podcast premium feed. Tap into eons of knowledge and experiences, condensed into digestible portions. Highly, highly recommend. “Uniquely outstanding. No fluff and all subst...
#219 Anthony Bourdain: The Definitive Biography
November 30, 2021 14:12 - 41 minutes - 37.8 MBWhat I learned from reading Bourdain: The Definitive Oral Biography by Laurie Woolever. Listen to every full episode for $10 a month or $99 a year. The key ideas you'll learn pays for the subscription cost thousands of times over. WHAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE SAYING: “Founders is the only podcast I pay for and it’s worth 100x the cost.” “I’ve now listened to every episode. From this knowledge I’ve doubled my business to $500k a year. Love your passion and recommend your podcast to everyone.” “...
#218 Johan Cruyff (A Life of Total Football)
November 25, 2021 12:07 - 58 minutes - 53.4 MBWhat I learned from reading My Turn: A Life of Total Football by Johan Cruyff. ---- Get access to the World’s Most Valuable Notebook for Founders at Founders Notes.com ---- [0:01] I always say you play football with your head; you just use your legs to run. [1:09] I'm not capable of doing something at a low level. [8:45] I'm definitely cunning. I'm always on the lookout for the best advantage. [13:16] To be able to touch the ball perfectly once, you need to have touched it a hundred t...
#218 My Turn: A Life of Total Football
November 25, 2021 12:07 - 58 minutes - 53.4 MBWhat I learned from reading My Turn: A Life of Total Football by Johan Cruyff. --- Subscribe to listen to Founders Premium Subscribers can: -ask me questions directly -listen to Ask Me Anything (AMA) episodes -listen to every bonus episode --- [0:01] I always say you play football with your head; you just use your legs to run. [1:09] I'm not capable of doing something at a low level. [8:45] I'm definitely cunning. I'm always on the lookout for the best advantage. [13:16] To be ...
My Turn: A Life of Total Football
November 25, 2021 12:07 - 29 minutes - 27.1 MBWhat I learned from reading My Turn: A Life of Total Football by Johan Cruyff. Subscribe to listen to the rest of this episode and gain access to all full length episodes. WHAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE SAYING: “Without a doubt, the highest value-to-cost ratio I’ve taken advantage of in the last year is the Founders podcast premium feed. Tap into eons of knowledge and experiences, condensed into digestible portions. Highly, highly recommend. “Uniquely outstanding. No fluff and all substance. Dav...
The Autobiography of Estée Lauder
November 18, 2021 16:40 - 33 minutes - 31 MBWhat I learned from rereading Estée Lauder: A Success Story by Estée Lauder. Watch Runnin' Down a Dream: How to Succeed and Thrive in a Career You Love by Bill Gurley. Subscribe to listen to the rest of this episode and gain access to all full length episodes. WHAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE SAYING: “Without a doubt, the highest value-to-cost ratio I’ve taken advantage of in the last year is the Founders podcast premium feed. Tap into eons of knowledge and experiences, condensed into digestible p...
#217 Estée Lauder
November 18, 2021 16:40 - 1 hour - 75.9 MBWhat I learned from rereading Estée Lauder: A Success Story by Estée Lauder. Watch Runnin' Down a Dream: How to Succeed and Thrive in a Career You Love by Bill Gurley. ---- Get access to the World’s Most Valuable Notebook for Founders by investing in a subscription to Founders Notes ---- [21:14] I sometimes wonder if I had set my heart on selling tassels, cars, furniture, or anything else but beauty, would I have risen to the top of a profession? Somehow I doubt it. I believed in my pr...
#217 The Autobiography of Estée Lauder
November 18, 2021 16:40 - 1 hour - 75.9 MBWhat I learned from rereading Estée Lauder: A Success Story by Estée Lauder. Watch Runnin' Down a Dream: How to Succeed and Thrive in a Career You Love by Bill Gurley. --- Subscribe to listen to Founders Premium Subscribers can: -ask me questions directly -listen to Ask Me Anything (AMA) episodes -listen to every bonus episode --- [21:14] I sometimes wonder if I had set my heart on selling tassels, cars, furniture, or anything else but beauty, would I have risen to the top of a ...
Authentic: A Memoir by the Founder of Vans
November 14, 2021 18:15 - 33 minutes - 30.6 MBWhat I learned from reading Authentic: A Memoir by the Founder of Vans by Paul Van Doren. Subscribe to listen to the rest of this episode and gain access to all full length episodes. WHAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE SAYING: “Without a doubt, the highest value-to-cost ratio I’ve taken advantage of in the last year is the Founders podcast premium feed. Tap into eons of knowledge and experiences, condensed into digestible portions. Highly, highly recommend. “Uniquely outstanding. No fluff and all su...
#216 Authentic: A Memoir by the Founder of Vans
November 14, 2021 18:15 - 1 hour - 81.5 MBWhat I learned from reading Authentic: A Memoir by the Founder of Vans by Paul Van Doren. --- Subscribe to listen to Founders Premium Subscribers can: -ask me questions directly -listen to Ask Me Anything (AMA) episodes -listen to every bonus episode --- The way we deal with hardship is our legacy. You can accept defeat, or you can overcome it. Quitting Randy's had probably been the biggest stroke of luck in my life. Opportunity is a strange beast. Whenever a situation went sid...
#216 Paul Van Doren (Founder of Vans)
November 14, 2021 18:15 - 1 hour - 81.5 MBWhat I learned from reading Authentic: A Memoir by the Founder of Vans by Paul Van Doren. ---- Get access to the World’s Most Valuable Notebook for Founders at Founders Notes.com ---- The way we deal with hardship is our legacy. You can accept defeat, or you can overcome it. Quitting Randy's had probably been the biggest stroke of luck in my life. Opportunity is a strange beast. Whenever a situation went sideways and things looked dire, I always called up my one superpower: focus. I ...
The General and the Genius: Groves and Oppenheimer—The Unlikely Partnership that Built the Atom Bomb
November 09, 2021 16:57 - 32 minutes - 29.8 MBWhat I learned from reading The General and the Genius: Groves and Oppenheimer—The Unlikely Partnership that Built the Atom Bomb by James Kunetka. Subscribe to listen to the rest of this episode and gain access to all full length episodes. Examples of Founders you will learn from: You will learn the key insights from biographies on Steve Jobs, Elon Musk, John D. Rockefeller, Coco Chanel, Andrew Carnegie, Enzo Ferrari, Estee Lauder, Jeff Bezos, Warren Buffett, Charlie Munger, Phil Knight,...
#215 The General and the Genius: Groves and Oppenheimer—The Unlikely Partnership that Built the Atom Bomb
November 09, 2021 16:57 - 57 minutes - 52.6 MBWhat I learned from reading The General and the Genius: Groves and Oppenheimer—The Unlikely Partnership that Built the Atom Bomb by James Kunetka. --- Subscribe to listen to Founders Premium Subscribers can: -ask me questions directly -listen to Ask Me Anything (AMA) episodes -listen to every bonus episode --- It is clear that nothing short of a full-speed, all-out attempt would be worthwhile. Once Leslie Groves accepted his new assignment, he embraced it completely. From his ap...
#215: J. Robert Oppenheimer and Leslie Groves (The General and the Genius)
November 09, 2021 16:57 - 57 minutes - 52.6 MBWhat I learned from reading The General and the Genius: Groves and Oppenheimer—The Unlikely Partnership that Built the Atom Bomb by James Kunetka. ---- Get access to the World’s Most Valuable Notebook for Founders at Founders Notes.com ---- It is clear that nothing short of a full-speed, all-out attempt would be worthwhile. Once Leslie Groves accepted his new assignment, he embraced it completely. From his appointment in September 1942 until the end of the war, he worked at full speed,...
Edwin Land: A Triumph of Genius
November 07, 2021 19:21 - 38 minutes - 35.2 MBWhat I learned from reading A Triumph of Genius: Edwin Land, Polaroid, and the Kodak Patent War by Ronald Fierstein. Subscribe to listen to the rest of this episode and gain access to all full length episodes. WHAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE SAYING: “Without a doubt, the highest value-to-cost ratio I’ve taken advantage of in the last year is the Founders podcast premium feed. Tap into eons of knowledge and experiences, condensed into digestible portions. Highly, highly recommend. “Uniquely outst...
#214 Steve Jobs: The Exclusive Biography
November 03, 2021 13:37 - 2 hours - 121 MBWhat I learned from rereading Steve Jobs: The Exclusive Biography by Walter Isaacson. ---- Get access to the World’s Most Valuable Notebook for Founders at Founders Notes.com ---- 1. He had the attitude that he could do anything, and therefore so can you. 2. He refused to accept automatically received truths, and he wanted to examine everything himself. 3. Picasso had a saying—‘good artists copy, great artists steal’—and we have always been shameless about stealing great ideas. 4. Re...
Steve Jobs: The Exclusive Biography
November 03, 2021 13:19 - 33 minutes - 30.2 MBWhat I learned from rereading Steve Jobs: The Exclusive Biography by Walter Isaacson. Subscribe to listen to the rest of this episode and gain access to all full length episodes. WHAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE SAYING: “Without a doubt, the highest value-to-cost ratio I’ve taken advantage of in the last year is the Founders podcast premium feed. Tap into eons of knowledge and experiences, condensed into digestible portions. Highly, highly recommend. “Uniquely outstanding. No fluff and all substa...
A Man for All Markets: From Las Vegas to Wall Street, How I Beat the Dealer and the Market
October 31, 2021 11:42 - 35 minutes - 32.3 MBWhat I learned from reading A Man for All Markets: From Las Vegas to Wall Street, How I Beat the Dealer and the Market by Edward Thorp. Subscribe to listen to the rest of this episode and gain access to all full length episodes. WHAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE SAYING: “Without a doubt, the highest value-to-cost ratio I’ve taken advantage of in the last year is the Founders podcast premium feed. Tap into eons of knowledge and experiences, condensed into digestible portions. Highly, highly recommend...