Founders

From:David Senra

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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

#250 Jacob Fugger (The Richest Man Who Ever Lived)

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#250 Jacob Fugger (The Richest Man Who Ever Lived)
57m

Steve Jobs's Heroes

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Steve Jobs's Heroes
30m

#249 Steve Jobs In His Own Words

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#249 Steve Jobs In His Own Words
49m

#248 John D. Rockefeller (Titan)

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#248 John D. Rockefeller (Titan)
1 h 50m

#247 Henry Flagler (Rockefeller's partner)

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#247 Henry Flagler (Rockefeller's partner)
1 h 16m

#246 Mark Leonard's Shareholder Letters

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#246 Mark Leonard's Shareholder Letters
55m

#245 Rick Rubin (In the Studio)

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#245 Rick Rubin (In the Studio)
1 h 21m

#244 Harry Snyder (In-N-Out Burger)

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#244 Harry Snyder (In-N-Out Burger)
1 h 5m

#243 Francis Greenburger (Real Estate Billionaire)

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#243 Francis Greenburger (Real Estate Billionaire)
1 h 16m

#242 Francis Ford Coppola: A Filmmaker's Life

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#242 Francis Ford Coppola: A Filmmaker's Life
1 h 29m

#241 The Wright Brothers, Glenn Curtiss, and the Battle to Control the Skies

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#241 The Wright Brothers, Glenn Curtiss, and the Battle to Control the Skies
1 h 27m

#240 Mozart: A Life

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#240 Mozart: A Life
45m

Steve Jobs and His Heroes

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Steve Jobs and His Heroes
30m

#239 The Wright Brothers

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#239 The Wright Brothers
1 h 33m

#238 Jay Z: Decoded

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#238 Jay Z: Decoded
1 h 58m

#237 Julio Lobo (Cuba's Last Sugar Tycoon)

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#237 Julio Lobo (Cuba's Last Sugar Tycoon)
1 h 10m

#236 Nims Purja (Mountain Climber)

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#236 Nims Purja (Mountain Climber)
1 h 4m

#235 Steve Jobs (The Pixar Story)

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#235 Steve Jobs (The Pixar Story)
1 h 18m

#234 Sam Walton: Made In America

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#234 Sam Walton: Made In America
1 h 55m

#233 Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, Max Levchin (PayPal)

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#233 Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, Max Levchin (PayPal)
1 h 53m

#232 Alexander the Great

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#232 Alexander the Great
1 h 2m

#231 William Rosenberg (Founder of Dunkin Donuts)

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#231 William Rosenberg (Founder of Dunkin Donuts)
1 h 18m

#230 Lucille Ball (TV's biggest star)

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#230 Lucille Ball (TV's biggest star)
1 h 3m

#229 Sidney Harman (Founder of Harman Kardon)

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#229 Sidney Harman (Founder of Harman Kardon)
1 h 34m

#228 Michael Bloomberg

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#228 Michael Bloomberg
1 h 20m

I read 66 biographies last year— Here are my top 10!

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I read 66 biographies last year— Here are my top 10!
12m

#227 The Essays of Warren Buffett

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#227 The Essays of Warren Buffett
1 h 56m

#226 Heroes: From Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar to Churchill and de Gaulle

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#226 Heroes: From Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar to Churchill and de Gaulle
1 h 6m

#225 Winston Churchill

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#225 Winston Churchill
1 h 22m

#224 Charles de Gaulle

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#224 Charles de Gaulle
1 h 49m