#399 How Elon Works
Founders25 Aug 2025

#399 How Elon Works

This episode covers the insanely valuable company-building principles of Elon Musk—and nothing else. I spent well over 60 hours reading (and rereading) the biography of Elon Musk written by Walter Isaacson. I then spent several days editing down 40 pages of notes from the book. I deleted everything that was not about How Elon Works. This episode focuses exclusively on the ideas Elon used to build his companies and his truly singular career. There is no one else like him — living or dead. Episode sponsors: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Ramp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ gives you everything you need to control spend, watch your costs, and optimize your financial operations —all on a single platform. Make history's greatest entrepreneurs proud ⁠⁠⁠by going to Ramp and learning how they can help your business control your costs and save time and money.⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://ramp.com⁠⁠ Automate compliance, security, and trust with Vanta. ⁠⁠Vanta helps you win trust, close deals, and stay secure—faster and with less effort⁠⁠. ⁠⁠⁠Find out how increased security leads to more customers by going to Vanta⁠⁠⁠. Tell them David from Founders sent you and you'll get $1000 off. ⁠https://www.vanta.com/founders⁠ Collateral transforms your complex ideas into compelling narratives. Collateral crafts institutional grade marketing collateral for private equity, private credit, real estate, venture capital, family offices, hedge funds, oil & gas companies, and all kinds of corporations. Storytelling is one of the highest forms of leverage and you should invest heavily in it. You can do that by going to https://collateral.com

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#362 Li Lu

#362 Li Lu

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#361 Estée Lauder

#361 Estée Lauder

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#360 Robert Kierlin: Founder of Fastenal

#360 Robert Kierlin: Founder of Fastenal

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#359 The Russian Rockefellers: The Nobel Family Dynasty

#359 The Russian Rockefellers: The Nobel Family Dynasty

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#358 I had dinner with John Mackey, Founder of Whole Foods

#358 I had dinner with John Mackey, Founder of Whole Foods

What I learned from having dinner with John Mackey and reading his autobiography The Whole Story: Adventures in Love, Life, and Capitalism. ---- Make history's greatest entrepreneurs proud by going to...

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#357 Haruki Murakami

#357 Haruki Murakami

What I learned from reading What I Talk About When I Talk About Running: A Memoir by Haruki Murakami.  ---- Founders Notes gives you the superpower to learn from history's greatest entrepreneurs on de...

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#356 How The Sun Rose On Silicon Valley: Bob Noyce (Founder of Intel)

#356 How The Sun Rose On Silicon Valley: Bob Noyce (Founder of Intel)

What I learned from reading The Tinkerings of Robert Noyce: How the Sun Rose on Silicon Valley by Tom Wolfe.  Read The Intel Trinity: How Robert Noyce, Gordon Moore, and Andy Grove Built the World's M...

12 Juli 202458min

#355 Rare Bernard Arnault Interview

#355 Rare Bernard Arnault Interview

What I learned from reading The House of Arnault by Brad Stone and Angelina Rascouet.  ---- Founders Notes gives you the superpower to learn from history's greatest entrepreneurs on demand. You can se...

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