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
408 episodes transcribedWhat I learned from reading The Wright Brothers by David McCullough---Unyielding determination (2:30) Jocko's concept of GOOD (4:00)The ability to foc...
What I learned from reading A Truck Full of Money: Coding, Mania, Love, Genius: The Life of an American Entrepreneurby Tracy Kidder---[7:00] Kayak sel...
What I learned from My Life and Work: The Autobiography of Henry Ford.---A theory of business (0:01)If an old idea works then the weight of the eviden...
What I learned from reading Against the Odds: An Autobiography by James Dyson---I am a creator of products, a builder of things. [0:01]This book is th...
What I learnd by reading No Better Time: The Brief, Remarkable Life of Danny Lewin, the Genius Who Transformed the Internet by Molly Knight Raskin. --...
What I learned from reading The New New Thing: A Silicon Valley Story by Michael Lewis---He grew up poor, dropped out of high school, and made himself...
What I learned from reading How to Turn Down a Billion Dollars: The Snapchat Story by Billy Gallagher. ---I'm not going to work for someone else (0:01...
What I learned from reading Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture by David Kushner.---[0:35] For a new generatio...
What I learned from reading Setting the Table: The Transforming Power of Hospitality in Business by Danny Meyer. This is not a typical business book (...
What I learned from reading Becoming Steve Jobs: The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader by Brent Schlender and Rick Tetzeli.---Le...
What I learned from reading Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman by Yvon Chouinard.---I had always avoided thinking of m...
What I learned from reading The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon by Brad Stone. ----Founders Notes gives you the ability to tap in...
What I learned from reading Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller by Ron Chernow. [0:01] Rockefeller was a unique hybrid in American business, both t...
What I learned from reading Leonardo da Vinci by Walter Isaacson. ----Founders Notes gives you the ability to tap into the collective knowledge of hi...
What I learned from reading The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook: A Tale of Sex, Money, Genius, and Betrayal by Ben Mezrich. Microsof...
What I learned from reading The Elon Musk Blog Series: Wait But Why by Tim Urban.In the most recent 1% of our species short existence, we have become...
What I learned by reading How Tesla Will Change The World by Tim UrbanKindle version: The Elon Musk Blog Series: Wait But Why. ----Founders Notes give...
What I learned from reading The Elon Musk Blog Series: Wait But Why by Tim UrbanRead The Cook & The Chef: Elon Musk's Secret Sauce on WaitButWhy. Quot...
What I learned from reading Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike by Phil Knight.The best teacher I ever had, one of the finest men I ever knew, s...
What I learned from reading I Invented the Modern Age: The Rise of Henry Ford by Richard Snow. ----Founders Notes gives you the ability to tap into th...
