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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.

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1Aug 21, '23Steve Jobs was the single largest individual shareholder in Disney and it all started with this $5 million check. The year was 1986 and Steve Jobs was in exile from Apple. The comp111×4.3M13k1.8k3.4k
2Aug 25, '25New episode: "How Elon Works" This episode covers the insanely valuable company-building principles of Elon Musk A few notes from the episode: 1. The mission comes first. 2. Retrea95.5×3.8M11k1.8k19k
3Nov 27, '23Jony Ive on what Steve Jobs taught him about focus: “This sounds really simplistic but it still shocks me how few people actually practice this. It’s a struggle to practice this. S88.2×3.5M7.3k1k6.3k
4Oct 2, '24Charlie Munger: Don’t be surprised when you lose to people like this66.1×2.6M11k1.2k3.2k
5Jan 13, '23Warren Buffett on interest rates: “They power everything in the economic universe.”62.7×2.5M5.5k662495
6Aug 19, '23My notes from Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charlie Munger turned into maxims: 1. Find a simple idea and take it seriously. 2. Good ideas are rare. When you find o61.5×2.4M7.2k1.5k9.4k
7Apr 5, '23Charlie Munger: Don’t be surprised when you lose to people like this48.3×1.9M6.6k8321.3k
8Oct 1, '23One of the best ideas I learned from Kobe Bryant: “Don’t copy the what. Copy the how” Kobe would study greatness in any domain. Sports, music, business, art, whatever. This is why:40.4×1.6M5.3k7762.5k
9Aug 14, '23How Elon Musk thinks about the relationship between time and money: “Elon would always be at work on Sunday, and we had some chats where he laid out his philosophy,” said Kevin Bro38.9×1.5M4.2k3541.5k
10Jul 16, '23Steve Jobs on money: “I never worried about money. I grew up in a middle-class family, so I never thought I would starve. And I learned at Atari that I could be an okay engineer, s36.7×1.4M5.4k7321.6k
11Feb 17, '24Lessons Steve Jobs wanted to pass on. Written right before he died. In his own words: 1. ON BUILDING A REAL COMPANY: I hate it when people call themselves “entrepreneurs” when what36.6×1.4M5.2k1.2k7.6k
12Mar 12, '23Charlie Munger tells a story about human nature:33.1×1.3M5.1k676873
13Oct 3, '23My notes from Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charlie Munger turned into maxims: 1. Find a simple idea and take it seriously. 2. Good ideas are rare. When you find o32.4×1.3M4.3k8995.6k
14Oct 21, '2340 things Rockefeller wrote to his son: 1. I never thought I would lose. 2. I do not meet competition. I destroy competitors. 3. Our destiny is determined by our actions and not by31.5×1.2M5.2k1.2k7.6k
15Sep 3, '23Advice from Steve Jobs: “Don’t be a career. The enemy of most dreams and intuitions, and one of the most dangerous and stifling concepts ever invented by humans, is the “Career.” A31.4×1.2M4.5k6692.6k
16Aug 25, '23Paul Graham on how to make yourself a big target for luck: “When you read biographies of people who've done great work, it's remarkable how much luck is involved. They discover wha30.6×1.2M3.6k5441.9k
17Apr 16, '23Jim Clark was the first person to found 3 separate billion dollar technology companies. At 38 he was a self described loser:30.4×1.2M2.9k2921.6k
18Dec 4, '23A few months ago I had dinner with Charlie Munger. I spent over 3 hours with him. I got to see his library. I could ask him any question I wanted. At 99 he was still *ferociously* 26.7×1.1M5.1k6672.4k
19Jun 17, '24What Michael Jordan and Kobe had in common according to their trainer:25.6×1M4.8k6495k
20Jun 4, '23Steve Jobs on the importance of editing your team:23.8×937k2.9k370841
21Jul 25, '23A new podcast on Christopher Nolan is available now A few things I learned from reading about Nolan: 1. Mute the world and then build your own 2. Be a craftsman not an artist 3. Th23.5×925k3.4k7053.2k
22Dec 6, '23Charlie Munger tells a story about human nature: "One of my favorite stories is about the little boy in Texas. The teacher asked the class, “If there are nine sheep in the pen and 22.4×879k4.1k6471.1k
23Dec 17, '23Steve Jobs on avoiding “the bozo explosion” (companies fill up with second-rate talent as they grow) "For most things in life, the range between best and average is 30% or so. The 22.2×872k3.3k4232k
24Sep 6, '23Jay Z on Michael Jordan: “I absolutely love Michael Jordan. His career was a perfectly composed story about will. I went to his restaurant at his invitation to have dinner with him21.8×857k3.1k352731
25Dec 28, '23The founder of Glock just died His life story is unbelievable: 1. He started his company when he was 52 and ran it for over 40 years 2. He survived an assassination attempt by beat21.7×852k3.2k4641.9k
26Sep 17, '23A lesson Nassim Taleb learned from Ed Thorp: Own your life. Don't give up control for more money. "Some additional wisdom I personally learned from Thorp: Many successful speculato21×825k2.4k2891.4k
27Jun 14, '25Excellent advice from Jimmy Iovine:20.4×803k4.9k4782.3k
28Feb 20, '24Some of my favorite @naval ideas: 1. If you don't know yet what you should work on, the most important thing is to figure it out. 2. Books make for great friends, because the best 19.9×781k3.7k8335.5k
29Apr 3, '23Steve Jobs on avoiding “the bozo explosion” (companies fill up with second-rate talent as they grow)19×749k2.4k253940
30Aug 5, '23Paul Graham on why ambitious people *need* to be around other ambitious people:18.6×731k4.1k697960
31Oct 24, '23My notes from Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist turned into maxims: 1. Genius lies in ignoring the unimportant. 2. Intensity is the price of excellence. 3. If you’re no18.5×726k2.3k6113k
32Nov 1, '23My notes from Larry Gagosian (Billionaire Art Dealer) turned into maxims: 1. The best way to raise the price of something is to say that you would never sell it. 2. The competitive18.1×711k2.6k4593.1k
33Nov 9, '23My notes from Anna Wintour’s biography turned into maxims: 1. Hire talented people as found, not as needed. 2. Taste is as rare as a unicorn. 3.Your employees should describe you a17.4×685k2.4k3543.4k
34Mar 19, '24This book is a 100 page biography of the human species A few lessons of history: 1. In the end superior ability has its way. 2. History reports that the men who can manage men mana17.3×680k2.7k4673.2k
35Jul 6, '23This stat about Picasso blew my mind:17.3×680k3.6k576390
36Sep 8, '23Jay Z on realizing the pressure never ends: “One night I ran into Bono and he told me he'd read an interview I'd done. The writer had asked me about the U2 record that was about to16.6×652k2.9k209356
37Jan 8, '24A new podcast on the founder of Red Bull is available now! A few surprising things I learned from reading about Dietrich Mateschitz: 1. He started the company when he was 41 years 16.2×636k2.8k3301.5k
38Dec 7, '23My notes from the NEW Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charlie Munger turned into maxims: 1. Find a simple idea and take it seriously. 2. Good ideas are rare. When yo15.7×616k2.5k6423.4k
39Jul 11, '24An extremely important lesson from Peter Thiel:15.4×607k3.2k3693k
40Mar 29, '25View post on X15.4×605k7.8k7381.9k
41Jun 28, '23The extreme mindset of a young Arnold Schwarzenegger: 1. You are a winner, Arnold. I wrote this down and put it where I would see it. I repeated it a dozen times a day. 2. My drive15.2×597k2.2k3191.8k
42Mar 7, '24Kobe on mastering the basics: “Kobe was going through an intense warm up before his scheduled workout started with his trainer. I sat down to watch. For the first 45 minutes I was 15.2×596k2.7k4212.1k
43Sep 15, '23Jeff Bezos on decision making speed: “Most decisions should probably be made with somewhere around 70% of the information you wish you had. If you wait for 90%, in most cases, you'14.4×565k2.7k3841.5k
44Jan 4, '25I study uncommon life stories for a living. James Dyson is uncommon amongst uncommon people. Episodes 200, 205, 300…13.9×546k3k1691.9k
45May 30, '24The simple genius of David Ogilvy:13.8×543k3.8k5943.2k
46Mar 28, '23Paul Graham on why ambitious people *need* to be around other ambitious people:13.2×521k3.1k508719
47Feb 23, '25One of the best books I’ve ever read:13.1×517k3.7k2013k
48Jul 16, '24Excellence is the capacity to take pain:12.4×487k3.2k4752.1k
49Jan 31, '24Jim Clark was the first person to found 3 separate billion dollar technology companies. At 38 he was a self described loser:11.4×450k2.8k3022k
50Aug 24, '25One of the most important things Michael Jordan ever said: “They’re deceiving themselves about what the game requires”11.1×438k4.1k4192.5k
51Oct 25, '25Sage advice from Elon:11.1×435k6.6k6911.6k
52Jun 15, '24Napoleon’s maxims:10.6×416k2.3k2902.6k
53Oct 5, '25A few months before he died I had dinner with Charlie Munger. I spent over 3 hours with him. I got to see his library. I could ask him any question I wanted. At 99 he was still *fe10.2×400k4.7k5492.4k
54Jan 11, '23Charlie Munger tells a story about human nature:9.8×387k2.4k277265
55Aug 9, '25The simple genius of David Ogilvy:8.6×339k3.4k3522.7k
56Jun 22, '25The opening paragraph to his biography is still the craziest beginning of any biography I’ve ever read. RIP:8.5×334k2.3k223841
57Jan 21, '24Steve Jobs was asked: What talent do you think you consistently brought to Apple? This was his answer: "I think that I've consistently figured out who the really smart people were 8.5×334k2.2k273971
58Aug 28, '25Just had lunch with a founder worth $20 billion. In one of his restaurants. A straw wrapper fell on the floor. He counted how many customers walked past it before one of his employ8.2×323k2.4k104607
59Dec 18, '24Excellent insight from @naval8.1×317k4.7k6131.8k
60Oct 20, '25View post on X8.0×314k2.5k178866
61Feb 16, '25Excellent insight from @naval7.9×312k5.5k6331.9k
62Jul 19, '25Sage advice from Munger:7.0×275k5.3k4901.1k
63Jul 29, '25An extremely important lesson from Peter Thiel:6.8×267k3k3062.6k
64Jun 17, '25Larry Ellison and Rafael Nadal on winning (and fighting)6.6×260k2.3k2281.2k
65Oct 21, '25Jensen nails it:6.1×241k4.9k5571.6k
66Aug 8, '24Larry Ellison on time:6.0×236k2.3k346800
67Feb 5, '24Jay Z nails it 🎯 “In life you gotta keep showing up. Just keep showing up. Until they give you all those accolades you feel you deserve. Until they call you chairman. Until they c5.7×225k2.2k425614
68Mar 1, '24“Work ethic eliminates fear.” —Michael Jordan5.5×217k2.8k516750
69Aug 2, '25Simplify:5.3×208k4.1k3891.3k
70Jul 29, '24Advice from Charlie Munger:5.3×207k2.6k387776
71Mar 13, '25Sage observation from Peter Thiel:5.0×198k2.5k2001.1k
72Oct 21, '24Napoleon:5.0×197k3.5k4141.2k
73Feb 14, '25The simple genius of David Ogilvy:4.7×183k2.6k3291.7k
74Jan 27, '24James Cameron: Run towards difficult— there’s less competition4.6×181k2.4k349944
75Oct 20, '25Mr. Beast is listening to the new episode. You should too:4.2×166k2.6k80762
76Mar 13, '25Alan Watts:4.1×162k3.9k4821.3k
77Jul 24, '25Founder of Red Bull, Dietrich Mateschitz:4.1×161k2.7k243827
78Mar 6, '25Sage advice from @pmarca3.8×151k2.8k3301.1k
79Jul 25, '25Sage advice from Buffett:3.5×136k2.4k2001.1k
80Mar 13, '25Sage advice from Charlie Munger:3.4×134k2.6k266954
81Jun 15, '25Napoleon: If you do everything you will win3.4×134k2.6k2451.2k
82Feb 14, '25Advice from Charlie Munger:3.2×127k3k349792
83May 11, '25The simple genius of Charlie Munger:3.1×121k2.4k252905
84Oct 1, '25The unshakable self-confidence of Rockefeller:3.0×117k3.6k4002.2k
85Sep 14, '25Sounds like Elon. Napoleon:2.9×116k3k244927
86Sep 2, '25The simple genius of Charlie Munger:2.9×115k2.4k262845
87Nov 11, '25One of my favorite quotes:2.9×112k4.2k5091.1k
88Nov 18, '25The unshakable self-confidence of Rockefeller:2.5×99k4.3k5422.3k
89Nov 1, '25"Routine, in an intelligent man, is a sign of ambition."2.3×92k3.4k401637
90Oct 5New episode: What I learned from reading @AriEmanuel's incredible autobiography "ROLL THE CALLS" Some of my favorite quotes from the book: 0:00 — "My workday has no official start 1.8×70k17213118
91Sep 25, '22Jeff Bezos’s counterintuitive idea: “Communication is a sign of dysfunction.”1.6×03.7k3541.1k
92Nov 6, '25I’m addicted to winning. The more you win, the more you want to win. —Larry Ellison1.5×61k2.3k225853
93Oct 11, '22The 10 Principles of Nike:1.4×02.7k4291.2k
94Sep 19, '22Steve Jobs on death and decision making:1.2×02.8k577637
95Nov 5, '22Peter Thiel: Distribution should be part of product design1.2×02.7k410805
96Nov 12, '22How Kobe Bryant knew he was going to win a lot of championships:1.2×03.4k290462
97Dec 11, '22Steve Jobs: Asking for help is a superpower1.1×02.8k414581
98Oct 9, '22Steve Jobs: Asking for help is a superpower1.1×02.9k371602
99Sep 1, '22Marc Andreessen on why he has read hundreds of biographies:1.1×02.7k378572
100Nov 2, '22Paul Graham on why ambitious people need to be around other ambitious people:1.0×02.5k392536
101Dec 15, '22Steve Jobs: It is the role of the CEO to force the issue0.9×02.3k213499

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