David Senra · Business

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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

Episodes

#43 Ray Dalio: Principles: Life and Work

22 Oct 2018

1h 2m

#42 One From Many: VISA and the Rise of Chaordic Organization

16 Oct 2018

1h 27m

#41 The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers

08 Oct 2018

59m

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Building a company requires navigating complex, dynamic situations where no pre-existing recipe guarantees success. Founders must prioritize progress over the emotional toll of "hard things," such as layoffs, market shifts, and personal burnout. True leadership involves managing mental health while maintaining an inten...

#40 Insisting On The Impossible: The Life of Edwin Land and Instant: The Story of Polaroid

02 Oct 2018

1h 9m

#39 Walt Disney: An American Original

24 Sep 2018

1h 35m

#38 The Space Barons: Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and the Quest to Colonize the Cosmos

17 Sep 2018

1h 30m

#31 Conspiracy: Peter Thiel, Hulk Hogan, Gawker, and the Anatomy of Intrigue and Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future

02 Aug 2018

2h 38m

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In this podcast episode, the hosts dive deep into Ryan Holiday's book "Conspiracy," which explores Peter Thiel's calculated effort to take down Gawker Media. The conversation connects Thiel's unique business philosophy with the power struggles inherent in cultural conflicts, illustrating how proactively shaping events ...

#30 Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future

09 Jul 2018

38m

#29 The HP Way: How Bill Hewlett and I Built Our Company

02 Jul 2018

39m

#28 The Wright Brothers

25 Jun 2018

41m

#27 A Truck Full of Money: Coding, Mania, Love, Genius: The Life of an American Entrepreneur

15 Jun 2018

1h 24m

#26 My Life and Work: The Autobiography of Henry Ford

02 May 2018

52m

#25 Against the Odds: An Autobiography by James Dyson

22 Apr 2018

1h 25m

#24 No Better Time: The Brief, Remarkable Life of Danny Lewin, the Genius Who Transformed the Internet

15 Apr 2018

1h 15m

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