| 1 | Sep 23, '25 | Nine years ago, I launched Founders (@FoundersPodcast). Today, I'm launching a new podcast called David Senra. The first episode goes live this Sunday. Subscribe wherever you watch | 293× | 1.5M | 2.6k | 202 | 638 |
| 2 | Oct 12, '25 | Here's my conversation with @MichaelDell, founder, chairman and CEO of Dell Technologies (@DellTech). (0:00) The Early Obsession: Dell's Beginnings (0:18) Middle School Memories an | 250× | 1.3M | 1.4k | 234 | 1.6k |
| 3 | Sep 28, '25 | Here's my conversation with Daniel Ek (@eldsjal), co-founder and CEO of Spotify (@Spotify). (0:00) Reflecting on a Life-Changing Conversation (1:17) Optimizing for Impact Over Happ | 213× | 1.1M | 1.5k | 160 | 1.5k |
| 4 | Oct 14 | Ben Wilson (@BenWilsonTweets) has stage 4 cancer and 4 kids under the age of 5. I want to help him as much as possible, so I invited him on the podcast to talk about his work study | 158× | 815k | 2.6k | 330 | 1.3k |
| 5 | Oct 26, '25 | Brad Jacobs on identifying A players: "I do a mental exercise where I picture the person coming into my office and saying, 'Brad, I quit.' And then I try to feel and visualize what | 134× | 691k | 4.5k | 309 | 3.6k |
| 6 | Oct 26, '25 | Here's my conversation with Brad Jacobs, chairman and CEO of QXO, founder of eight separate billion-dollar companies including XPO Logistics, United Rentals and United Waste. (0:00 | 101× | 519k | 923 | 96 | 1.3k |
| 7 | Sep 30, '25 | "The moment you even start doubting whether you can trust someone or not, you have no trust." —Daniel Ek (@eldsjal) | 60.1× | 310k | 1.2k | 123 | 780 |
| 8 | Oct 14, '25 | View post on X | 42.9× | 222k | 666 | 42 | 79 |
| 9 | Nov 9, '25 | Here's my conversation with @ToddGraves, founder and CEO of @RaisingCanes. 0:00 The Entrepreneurial Mindset: Sleep and Business Obsession 2:13 The Birth of Raising Cane's: Overcomi | 42.7× | 220k | 537 | 62 | 363 |
| 10 | Oct 12, '25 | "At the limit, nobody knows anything." —@MichaelDell | 30.7× | 158k | 433 | 46 | 150 |
| 11 | Oct 16, '25 | "You want to make mistakes. You just want to make them small, iterate and fix them quickly." —@MichaelDell | 30.6× | 158k | 1k | 111 | 370 |
| 12 | Sep 27, '25 | Daniel Ek. Spotify. Tomorrow. September 28, 2025. Available everywhere you get podcasts. @eldsjal @Spotify | 25.6× | 132k | 574 | 22 | 105 |
| 13 | Sep 26, '25 | Episode One: Daniel Ek (@eldsjal), co-founder and CEO of @Spotify Airing this Sunday, 9/28, on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, X and everywhere else you get your podcasts. | 25.2× | 130k | 1.1k | 45 | 218 |
| 14 | Oct 15, '25 | "If you don't have a crisis, make one. You get people excited, motivated, and to drive the necessary change." —@MichaelDell | 22.8× | 118k | 996 | 87 | 445 |
| 15 | Oct 9, '25 | "I'm not obsessed about time. I'm obsessed about energy management. If you have time, but you have no energy, you're not going to accomplish anything anyway." —Daniel Ek (@eldsjal) | 18× | 93k | 1.4k | 163 | 396 |
| 16 | Oct 11, '25 | Michael Dell. Dell Technologies. Tomorrow. October 12, 2025. Available everywhere you get podcasts. @michaeldell @delltech | 15.5× | 80k | 529 | 21 | 110 |
| 17 | Oct 26, '25 | Brad Jacobs. QXO, XPO, United Rentals & United Waste. Tomorrow. October 26, 2025. Available everywhere you get podcasts. | 14.9× | 77k | 500 | 22 | 215 |
| 18 | Oct 13, '25 | The hunger that built you must never die: | 12.2× | 63k | 279 | 13 | 96 |
| 19 | Sep 3, '25 | I’ve learned so much from Dell. I hope I’m still working on Founders in 40 years. | 12.1× | 63k | 605 | 14 | 64 |
| 20 | Sep 25, '25 | Tim and I go deep into the why and how behind the new show. And a bunch of other things I haven’t discussed anywhere else: | 9.9× | 51k | 177 | 5 | 43 |
| 21 | Aug 31, '25 | Something new. Soon. | 9.9× | 51k | 346 | 7 | 52 |
| 22 | Sep 30, '25 | We’ve done a lot of creative marketing for the launch of the new show. But paying @WillManidis to bike around Manhattan yelling “Listen to David Senra by David Senra” has been the | 9.2× | 48k | 283 | 4 | 24 |
| 23 | Sep 29, '25 | “My co-founder Martin (@MartinLorentzon) keeps saying: ‘The value of a company is the sum of all problems solved.’” —Daniel Ek (@eldsjal) | 8.8× | 45k | 784 | 84 | 319 |
| 24 | Nov 8, '25 | Tomorrow. A conversation with one of my favorite founders. Todd owns over 90% of Raising Canes. A business that's worth at least $20 billion! 915 stores, 75,000 employees, growing | 8.5× | 44k | 234 | 7 | 30 |
| 25 | Oct 12, '25 | Quotes from my conversation with Michael Dell: | 8.3× | 43k | 543 | 20 | 182 |
| 26 | Sep 24, '25 | We’re recording an episode together. Guaranteed to be super intense! | 8.3× | 43k | 435 | 8 | 19 |
| 27 | Oct 8, '25 | "Most people want conformity. What I'm more interested in these days is this idea I've never heard about before." —Daniel Ek (@eldsjal) | 7.2× | 37k | 177 | 9 | 62 |
| 28 | Oct 5, '25 | Daniel Ek on Focus: | 6.8× | 35k | 324 | 26 | 116 |
| 29 | Oct 5, '25 | Next Sunday: | 6.5× | 33k | 513 | 4 | 22 |
| 30 | Oct 20, '25 | "When it's a passion or an obsession, there's no end to it." —@MichaelDell | 6.3× | 32k | 119 | 6 | 33 |
| 31 | Oct 28, '25 | "All day long, you have incoming missiles. You have great stuff too, but in between that is punches to the face. And if you're going to get beaten up by that, you're not going to b | 6.0× | 31k | 197 | 7 | 64 |
| 32 | Oct 15, '25 | What motivates @MichaelDell? | 5.7× | 29k | 137 | 10 | 33 |
| 33 | Nov 1, '25 | "We are imperfection. We are the children of imperfection. Expecting perfection will cause you stress and strain." —Brad Jacobs | 5.6× | 29k | 248 | 23 | 63 |
| 34 | Oct 18, '25 | Important reminder: | 5.6× | 29k | 808 | 31 | 101 |
| 35 | Sep 28, '25 | Find a simple idea and take it seriously. — Charlie Munger | 5.5× | 29k | 297 | 10 | 60 |
| 36 | Oct 26, '25 | Watch the full conversation | 5.4× | 28k | 34 | 5 | 58 |
| 37 | Oct 28, '25 | 30 ideas from my conversation with Brad Jacobs: | 4.8× | 25k | 106 | 4 | 86 |
| 38 | Sep 28, '25 | Daniel has a first class mind. He is one of the wisest people I know. Listen to our conversation. It’s packed with great ideas: | 4.8× | 25k | 269 | 7 | 49 |
| 39 | Oct 19, '25 | View post on X | 4.7× | 24k | 384 | 15 | 93 |
| 40 | Nov 13, '25 | This was one of my favorite conversations that I've had in my entire life. Todd's intensity had me absolutely wired. A few valuable insights from our conversation: -How Todd’s oper | 4.7× | 24k | 231 | 13 | 68 |
| 41 | Nov 3, '25 | "Problems are your friend. You don't want to just tolerate problems; you want to embrace problems. Problems are the way you succeed." —Brad Jacob's mentor, Mr. Ludwig Jesselson | 4.6× | 24k | 519 | 69 | 219 |
| 42 | Oct 2, '25 | Highest endorsement of the episode with Daniel Ek: | 4.2× | 22k | 111 | 1 | 10 |
| 43 | Oct 12, '25 | "Wake up every day and go do the thing." —@MichaelDell | 3.9× | 20k | 615 | 41 | 90 |
| 44 | Oct 8, '25 | "This is how greatness gets evaporated: you lose focus." —Daniel Ek | 3.8× | 20k | 639 | 66 | 136 |
| 45 | Nov 10, '25 | .@ToddGraves' advice to entrepreneurs: "Imagine how hard it is to start your business, then multiply that by infinity. If you're still committed to do it, and you have the stamina | 3.6× | 18k | 295 | 20 | 78 |
| 46 | Oct 30, '25 | Excellent advice from Brad Jacobs: "When I notice I'm feeling anxious about something, I ask myself What's the worst that can happen, and how would I cope with that? Or, If a frien | 3.4× | 18k | 326 | 15 | 158 |
| 47 | Nov 1, '25 | "Anything can be turned into positivity and success, even if it starts in a bad place." —Brad Jacobs | 3.2× | 17k | 327 | 30 | 96 |
| 48 | Sep 23, '25 | View post on X | 3.0× | 16k | 107 | 2 | 15 |
| 49 | Sep 25, '25 | Insane team behind the new show. I’ve had a tweet of Andrew’s —offering encouragement years ago —framed and my desk for a long time. | 3.0× | 15k | 134 | 1 | 7 |
| 50 | Sep 24, '25 | The first episode is with Daniel Ek and it’s phenomenal. Make sure you follow the new show Spotify: Apple: | 3.0× | 15k | 75 | 3 | 15 |
| 51 | Nov 2, '25 | Incredible message about the Daniel Ek episode. We are all more alike than we care to admit and understanding someone else's life story helps us understand our own: | 2.9× | 15k | 154 | 2 | 28 |
| 52 | Oct 26, '25 | View post on X | 2.8× | 14k | 75 | 1 | 19 |
| 53 | Oct 12, '25 | Michael Dell is one of the people I most admire. His career is singular and he is one of the most impressive people on the planet today: | 2.7× | 14k | 160 | 2 | 13 |
| 54 | Aug 28, '25 | New written interview on focus, leverage, obsession, and podcasting: | 2.5× | 13k | 125 | 7 | 50 |
| 55 | Oct 6, '25 | These are the notes I took (for myself) after the first time I had dinner with Daniel Ek: | 2.5× | 13k | 303 | 20 | 111 |
| 56 | Sep 30, '25 | @eldsjal Here's the full episode with Daniel: | 2.4× | 12k | 27 | 2 | 40 |
| 57 | Oct 4, '25 | Daniel Ek’s insight about energy management over time management is genius! | 2.4× | 12k | 113 | 6 | 26 |
| 58 | Oct 13, '25 | "I never imagined myself doing anything else other than starting a business." —@MichaelDell | 2.4× | 12k | 252 | 8 | 26 |
| 59 | Nov 9, '25 | “Nothing ever happens unless someone pursues a vision fanatically.” —Todd Graves | 2.4× | 12k | 316 | 24 | 92 |
| 60 | Oct 30, '25 | "Most problems really don't matter." —Brad Jacobs | 2.3× | 12k | 329 | 29 | 116 |
| 61 | Nov 8, '25 | View post on X | 2.3× | 12k | 318 | 26 | 65 |
| 62 | Oct 13, '25 | 🐐 | 2.2× | 12k | 129 | 3 | 19 |
| 63 | Oct 23, '25 | Charlie Munger said durability is a first rate virtue. @MichaelDell is a great example of that. Dell has been dominating so long he used to sell computers by fax machine! | 2.2× | 11k | 130 | 5 | 34 |
| 64 | Oct 1, '25 | From my conversation with Daniel: "I'd like to be the best coach there ever was, the best entrepreneur coach, maybe that's my archetype." | 2.1× | 11k | 95 | 3 | 17 |
| 65 | Oct 19, '25 | Michael Dell on the necessity of reinvention: | 2.1× | 11k | 268 | 26 | 76 |
| 66 | Oct 2, '25 | "I think happiness is a trailing indicator of impact. You can feel happiness in small bursts, in small moments, but I think truly sustained happiness comes from impact. And impact | 2.1× | 11k | 94 | 9 | 16 |
| 67 | Oct 25, '25 | View post on X | 2.0× | 10k | 310 | 21 | 29 |
| 68 | Nov 12, '25 | Love this: “The history of the world is we build on other people’s ideas. Innovation is taking two or more things that are well known and putting it together in a new way.” | 2.0× | 10k | 118 | 10 | 33 |
| 69 | Oct 9, '25 | "Quality is less. Quality is focus. Quality is improving day by day. Quality is rare." —Daniel Ek (@eldsjal) | 1.9× | 9.8k | 255 | 24 | 57 |
| 70 | Oct 17, '25 | "Was I a little full of myself at 19? Sure, I was. I think you have to be to do anything important." —@MichaelDell | 1.9× | 9.7k | 231 | 6 | 34 |
| 71 | Oct 3, '25 | "There's not one path to greatness. There's many." —@eldsjal | 1.9× | 9.7k | 223 | 9 | 50 |
| 72 | Oct 30, '25 | Excellent note I received on my conversation with Brad Jacobs: | 1.8× | 9.5k | 176 | 9 | 70 |
| 73 | Nov 9, '25 | Todd Graves. Raising Cane's. Tomorrow. November 9, 2025. Available everywhere you get podcasts. @ToddGraves @raisingcanes | 1.8× | 9.4k | 284 | 12 | 58 |
| 74 | Oct 30, '25 | "The most important thing that a CEO does is recruit superlative people. There's no substitute for smarts." —Brad Jacobs | 1.8× | 9.3k | 194 | 8 | 23 |
| 75 | Oct 8, '25 | This idea from the Daniel Ek conversation has really resonated. Worth taking time to think about: | 1.7× | 9k | 75 | 2 | 13 |
| 76 | Nov 3, '25 | “We have it in our own hands to either make life meaningful or just pass time until we die.” —Brad Jacobs | 1.7× | 8.8k | 284 | 26 | 35 |
| 77 | Oct 9, '25 | “If I have one superpower, it’s that I have super patience.” —Daniel Ek (@eldsjal) | 1.7× | 8.8k | 170 | 6 | 16 |
| 78 | Oct 13, '25 | "You can learn from just about anybody, whether they succeeded or failed." —@MichaelDell | 1.7× | 8.7k | 264 | 15 | 26 |
| 79 | Oct 22, '25 | "It's gut-wrenching stuff to reinvent and reimagine your business, but if you don't do it, you go out of business." —@MichaelDell | 1.4× | 7.4k | 200 | 13 | 50 |
| 80 | Nov 3, '25 | Problems are just opportunities in work clothes | 1.4× | 7.2k | 119 | 8 | 31 |
| 81 | Nov 11, '25 | “All of the most successful people I know are never satisfied.” | 1.4× | 7k | 246 | 18 | 67 |
| 82 | Oct 27, '25 | "We are imperfection. We're the children of imperfection. Expecting perfection will cause you stress and strain." —Brad Jacobs | 1.3× | 6.6k | 148 | 6 | 25 |
| 83 | Oct 29, '25 | "Every day, you're either raising your brand or lowering your brand." —Brad Jacobs | 1.3× | 6.5k | 210 | 10 | 46 |
| 84 | Oct 30, '25 | The Brad Jacobs episode is special: | 1.2× | 6.4k | 149 | 2 | 14 |
| 85 | Sep 20, '25 | Time goes fast: | 1.2× | 6.1k | 43 | 0 | 1 |
| 86 | Oct 20, '25 | .@MichaelDell: Most entrepreneurs were not taken out by competition, but by self-sabotage | 1.1× | 5.8k | 172 | 10 | 41 |
| 87 | Oct 19, '25 | "You can learn from just about anybody, whether they succeeded or failed." —@MichaelDell | 1.1× | 5.7k | 165 | 11 | 23 |
| 88 | Nov 14, '25 | .@ToddGraves' equation: Fanaticism + passion + dream = purpose. | 1.1× | 5.6k | 79 | 4 | 18 |
| 89 | Nov 13, '25 | “The best thing for an aspiring entrepreneur to be told is ‘I don’t think that’s a good idea.’” —@ToddGraves | 1.0× | 5.3k | 164 | 16 | 39 |
| 90 | Nov 5, '25 | Photos from my conversation with Brad Jacobs | 1.0× | 5.2k | 115 | 2 | 5 |
| 91 | Oct 10, '25 | Daniel Ek's sage advice to Dara Khosrowshahi (@dkhos) when he was contemplating whether to take over as Uber CEO: | 1.0× | 5.1k | 64 | 4 | 13 |
| 92 | Nov 25, '20 | @micsolana Here’s a description of Jeff Bezos in his 20s: | 0.9× | 0 | 88 | 3 | 8 |
| 93 | Nov 5, '25 | "You got to get the long-term trend right." —Brad Jacobs | 0.9× | 4.6k | 130 | 8 | 26 |
| 94 | Nov 14, '25 | Todd Graves on FOCUS: | 0.9× | 4.6k | 130 | 5 | 29 |
| 95 | Nov 5, '25 | Brad Jacobs' approach to combating negative thoughts. | 0.8× | 4.2k | 70 | 3 | 32 |
| 96 | May 19, '21 | @chrishlad Great thread. His autobiography is the most inspiring biography I’ve read. | 0.7× | 0 | 39 | 5 | 18 |
| 97 | Sep 25, '25 | Words of encouragement from one of the best podcasters in the world made a huge impact. Founders was still niche and I was 7 years in: | 0.6× | 3k | 51 | 1 | 4 |
| 98 | Jan 18, '22 | @typesfast The opening paragraph to the founder’s biography is the craziest opening paragraph of any book I’ve ever seen: | 0.4× | 0 | 29 | 1 | 6 |
| 99 | Jun 12, '19 | @typesfast Do what wily entrepreneurs did during the first gold rush in San Francisco: | 0.4× | 0 | 34 | 2 | 2 |
| 100 | Dec 20, '19 | @paulg Steve Jobs had a similar opinion: “I wanted them to engage, to hash things out, rather than show a bunch of slides.” | 0.3× | 0 | 32 | 1 | 3 |
| 101 | Oct 3, '25 | @TKGondo @FoundersPodcast I remember this very well TK. And your incredible story. Thanks for resurfacing and the kind words. | 0.1× | 681 | 41 | 0 | 0 |