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

#223 Unstoppable: Siggi Wilzig's Astonishing Journey from Auschwitz Survivor and Penniless Immigrant to Wall Street Legend

4 years
#223 Unstoppable: Siggi Wilzig's Astonishing Journey from Auschwitz Survivor and Penniless Immigrant to Wall Street Legend
1 h 15m

#222 Ed Thorp (My personal blueprint)

4 years
#222 Ed Thorp (My personal blueprint)
1 h 38m

#221 Charlie Munger

4 years
#221 Charlie Munger
1 h 24m

#220 Enzo Ferrari: The Man and the Machine

4 years
#220 Enzo Ferrari: The Man and the Machine
1 h 22m

#219 Tony Bourdain: The Definitive Biography

4 years
#219 Tony Bourdain: The Definitive Biography
1 h 46m

#218 Johan Cruyff (A Life of Total Football)

4 years
#218 Johan Cruyff (A Life of Total Football)
58m

#217 Estée Lauder

4 years
#217 Estée Lauder
1 h 22m

#216 Paul Van Doren (Founder of Vans)

4 years
#216 Paul Van Doren (Founder of Vans)
1 h 29m

#215: J. Robert Oppenheimer and Leslie Groves (The General and the Genius)

4 years
#215: J. Robert Oppenheimer and Leslie Groves (The General and the Genius)
57m

#214 Steve Jobs: The Exclusive Biography

4 years
#214 Steve Jobs: The Exclusive Biography
2 h 12m

#213 Michael Jordan: Driven From Within

5 years
#213 Michael Jordan: Driven From Within
1 h 7m

#212 Michael Jordan: The Life

5 years
#212 Michael Jordan: The Life
1 h 37m

#211 Aristotle Onassis: An Extravagant Life

5 years
#211 Aristotle Onassis: An Extravagant Life
1 h 15m

#210 Stephen King On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

5 years
#210 Stephen King On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
1 h 9m

#209 Steven Spielberg: A Biography

5 years
#209 Steven Spielberg: A Biography
1 h 10m

#208 Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Michael Dell, Bill Gates, Andy Grove, Bill Hewlett

5 years
#208 Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Michael Dell, Bill Gates, Andy Grove, Bill Hewlett
1 h 21m

#207 Claude Hopkins (Scientific Advertising)

5 years
#207 Claude Hopkins (Scientific Advertising)
50m

#206 Albert D. Lasker (the creation of the advertising industry)

5 years
#206 Albert D. Lasker (the creation of the advertising industry)
1 h 36m

#205 James Dyson (Invention: A Life)

5 years
#205 James Dyson (Invention: A Life)
1 h 52m

#204 Steve Jobs (Inside Steve's Brain)

5 years
#204 Steve Jobs (Inside Steve's Brain)
58m

#203 Georges Doriot (Birth of Venture Capital)

5 years
#203 Georges Doriot (Birth of Venture Capital)
1 h 27m

#202 A Few Lessons From Warren Buffett

5 years
#202 A Few Lessons From Warren Buffett
1 h 7m

#201 Isambard Kingdom Brunel (James Dyson's Hero)

5 years
#201 Isambard Kingdom Brunel (James Dyson's Hero)
1 h 13m

#200 James Dyson (Against the Odds)

5 years
#200 James Dyson (Against the Odds)
2 h 14m

#199 Coco Chanel: The Legend and the Life

5 years
#199 Coco Chanel: The Legend and the Life
1 h 3m

#198 Nathan Rothschild (Rothschild Family Dynasty)

5 years
#198 Nathan Rothschild (Rothschild Family Dynasty)
1 h 15m

#197 Founder of the Rothschild Family Dynasty

5 years
#197 Founder of the Rothschild Family Dynasty
1 h 17m

#196 Winston Churchill (Leadership during WW2)

5 years
#196 Winston Churchill (Leadership during WW2)
1 h 19m

#195 Sid Meier (Computer game designer)

5 years
#195 Sid Meier (Computer game designer)
1 h 13m

#194 Ernest Hemingway (Writer, Sailor, Soldier, Spy)

5 years
#194 Ernest Hemingway (Writer, Sailor, Soldier, Spy)
1 h 17m