Founders
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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#408 How to Make a Few MORE Billion Dollars: Brad Jacobs

#408 How to Make a Few MORE Billion Dollars: Brad Jacobs

In 2024 Brad Jacobs wrote the book How to Make a Few Billion Dollars. In the book Brad explains how he built 8 separate billion dollar companies and other lessons from his 40+ year career as an elit...

29 Des 202543min

The Life of Jesus

The Life of Jesus

The Life of Jesus as told in the book Jesus: A Biography of a Believer by Paul Johnson. This episode was originally published on Christmas Eve 2023.

25 Des 202534min

#407 Bruce Springsteen Repairs the Hole in Himself

#407 Bruce Springsteen Repairs the Hole in Himself

A viciously unhappy childhood causes Bruce Springsteen to retreat into work in an extreme way as he searches for success (and control). He channels his pain into focus and drive and gets everything he...

14 Des 20251h 12min

#406 Christian von Koenigsegg

#406 Christian von Koenigsegg

Christian von Koenigsegg is unapologetically in the pursuit of greatness. Koenigsegg builds some of the fastest and most expensive cars on Earth, has a cult-like following, and relentlessly seeks out...

3 Des 202545min

Red Bull's Billionaire Maniac Founder

Red Bull's Billionaire Maniac Founder

I'm reposting one of my favorite founder stories. If you listened to this first time I recommend listening again. If you missed this before, you're about to hear one of the wildest founder stories of ...

25 Nov 202559min

#405 How Rockefeller Worked

#405 How Rockefeller Worked

This episode covers the insanely valuable company-building principles of John D. Rockefeller—and nothing else. I spent over 40 hours reading (and rereading) this obscure biography of Rockefeller tha...

17 Nov 202558min

My conversation with Todd Graves

My conversation with Todd Graves

Todd Graves is one of my favorite living founders. He owns over 90% of Raising Canes — a business that is worth at least $20 billion. Todd's maxim is "Do one thing and do it better than anyone else." ...

9 Nov 20252h

#404 How Larry Ellison Thinks

#404 How Larry Ellison Thinks

This episode covers the unique way Larry Ellison thinks. I spent over 40 hours reading (and rereading) this book on Ellison written by Matthew Symonds. ⁠ I then spent several days editing down 40 ...

4 Nov 20251h 2min

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