#178 Jony Ive: The Genius Behind Apple's Greatest Products
What I learned from reading Jony Ive: The Genius Behind Apple's Greatest Products by Leander Kahney. ---- [4:43] Mike Ive influence on his son’s talent was purely nurturing. They were constantly keepi...
3 Maj 20211h 21min
#177 Robert Campeau (Junk Bonds and Retail Bankruptcy)
What I learned from reading Going for Broke: How Robert Campeau Bankrupted the Retail Industry, Jolted the Junk Bond Market, and Brought the Booming Eighties to a Crashing Halt by John Rothchild. ----...
26 Apr 20211h 9min
#176 Linus Torvalds (Creator of Linux)
What I learned from reading Just for Fun: The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary by Linus Torvalds and David Diamond. ---- [0:01] From a party of one it now counted millions of users on every contin...
18 Apr 202152min
#175 Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey
What I learned from reading The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey by Candice Millard. ---- Founders Notes gives you the ability to tap into the collective knowledge of history's g...
11 Apr 20211h 19min
#174 Bill Gates (Overdrive)
What I learned from reading Overdrive: Bill Gates and the Race to Control Cyberspace by James Wallace. ---- There would be an industry breakthrough unimagined at the time, and it would be made by a co...
5 Apr 202148min
#173 Louis B. Mayer (MGM Studios)
What I learned from reading Hollywood Rajah: The Life and Times of Louis B. Mayer by Bosley Crowther. ---- The reason so many people showed up at his funeral was because they wanted to make sure he w...
28 Mars 20211h 9min
#172 Elon Musk (Early Days of SpaceX)
What I learned from reading Liftoff: Elon Musk and the Desperate Early Days That Launched SpaceX by Eric Berger. ---- [12:38] Numerous other entrepreneurs had tried playing at rocket science before, ...
21 Mars 20211h 5min
#171: Chuck Feeney (The Billionaire who gave all of his money away)
What I learned from reading The Billionaire Who Wasn't: How Chuck Feeney Secretly Made and Gave Away a Fortune by Conor O'Clery. ---- He celebrated having divested himself personally of the vast wealt...
15 Mars 20211h 9min
