#383 Todd Graves and his $10 Billion Chicken Finger Dream
Todd Graves is one of my favorite living entrepreneurs. He's a great example of Charlie Munger's maxim: Find a simple idea and take it seriously. Todd wanted to create a quick service restaurant that ...
17 Mar 20251h 8min
#382 Who Is Michael Ovitz?: The Rise and Fall (and Rise) of the Most Powerful Man in Hollywood
At the core of Michael Ovitz's success is his relentless work ethic and commitment to mastering his craft. 50 years ago he founded Creative Artists Agency. CAA starts out as just five young guys in a ...
7 Mar 20251h 31min
#381 I Had Dinner With Michael Ovitz
What I learned from having an intense and fun 3 hour dinner with Michael Ovitz. 1: Mediocrity is always invisible until passion shows up and exposes it. 2: There's no ceiling on where you can push yo...
7 Mar 202527min
#380 Four Hundred Pages of Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger In Their Own Words
For over 30 years the Berkshire Hathaway Annual meetings were recorded. Munger and Buffett answered over 1700 questions from shareholders during that period. Alex Morris watched hundreds of hours of t...
25 Feb 20251h 21min
#379 Jerry Jones (Dallas Cowboys)
Jerry Jones rolled the dice until his knuckles bled. He started working at 7 years old. Jerry could sell, sell, sell. He sold fruit at his father’s grocery store in grade school and sold shoes out of ...
18 Feb 202559min
#378 The Last Oil Baron: Leon Hess
Your father goes bankrupt. You work for 50 cents a day to try to help your family survive the Great Depression. At 19 you see an opportunity where others see nothing. You start “a little fuel delivery...
10 Feb 202553min
#377 Expanding A Family Dynasty: Marcus Wallenberg Jr.
Marcus Wallenberg Jr's impact on Swedish industry was so substantial that during the 1970s, Wallenberg family businesses employed about 40% of Sweden's industrial workforce and represented 40% of the ...
27 Jan 20251h 3min
#376 Jensen Huang: Founder of Nvidia
What I learned from reading The Nvidia Way: Jensen Huang and the Making of a Tech Giant by Tae Kim. ---- Ramp gives you everything you need to control spend, watch your costs, and optimize your financ...
13 Jan 20251h 40min
