#72 Stan Lee: Founder of Marvel
What I learned from reading Excelsior! The Amazing Life of Stan Lee by Stan Lee and George Mair. Marvel is a cornucopia of fantasy, a wild idea, a swashbuckling attitude, an escape from the humdrum a...
19 Touko 201959min
#71 Jeff Bezos' Shareholder Letters
"To read Bezos’ shareholder letters is to get a crash course in running a high-growth internet business from someone who mastered it before any of the playbooks were written." ---- Founders Notes ...
12 Touko 20191h 47min
#70 Mark Spitznagel: The Dao of Capital
What I learned from reading The Dao of Capital: Austrian Investing in a Distorted World by Mark Spitznagel. Klipp's Paradox (0:01) the whole point of my approach to investing is that we must be willin...
6 Touko 201959min
#69 Charles Goodyear: An Inventor's Obsession and the Struggle for a Rubber Monopoly
What I learned from reading The Goodyear Story: An Inventor's Obsession and The Struggle For A Rubber Monopoly by Richard Korman. An obsessive quest to find the recipe for rubber (0:01) Charles Goodye...
28 Huhti 20191h 12min
#68 Daniel Ludwig: The Invisible Billionaire
What I learned from reading The Invisible Billionaire: Daniel Ludwig by Jerry Shields. The cameraman was excited and more than a little nervous. In a matter of moments he would enjoy a unique opportun...
21 Huhti 20191h 26min
#67 Conrad Hilton: Hilton Hotel Dynasty
What I learned from reading The Hiltons: The True Story of an American Dynasty by J. Randy Taraborrelli. 100 years ago he was a man with $5000 to his name (0:01) the curse of the ambitious/early life ...
14 Huhti 20191h 25min
#66 Henry Kaiser: Builder in the Modern American West
What I learned from reading Henry J. Kaiser: Builder in the Modern American West by Mark Foster. He built giant businesses in roads, bridges, dams, housing, cement, aluminum, chemicals, steel, health...
7 Huhti 20191h 24min
#65 Kirk Kerkorian: Penniless Dropout became the Greatest Deal Maker in Capitalist History
What I learned from reading The Gambler: How Penniless Dropout Kirk Kerkorian Became the Greatest Deal Maker in Capitalist History by William C. Rempel. ---- [0:16] He was a humble man privately prou...
31 Maalis 20191h 10min
