David Senra

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1Sep 23, '25Nine 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 watch293×1.5M2.6k202638
2Oct 12, '25Here'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 an250×1.3M1.4k2341.6k
3Sep 28, '25Here'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 Happ213×1.1M1.5k1601.5k
4Oct 14Ben 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 study158×815k2.6k3301.3k
5Oct 26, '25Brad 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 what134×691k4.5k3093.6k
6Oct 26, '25Here'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. (0:00101×519k923961.3k
7Sep 30, '25"The moment you even start doubting whether you can trust someone or not, you have no trust." —Daniel Ek (@eldsjal)60.1×310k1.2k123780
8Oct 14, '25View post on X42.9×222k6664279
9Nov 9, '25Here'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: Overcomi42.7×220k53762363
10Oct 12, '25"At the limit, nobody knows anything." —@MichaelDell30.7×158k43346150
11Oct 16, '25"You want to make mistakes. You just want to make them small, iterate and fix them quickly." —@MichaelDell30.6×158k1k111370
12Sep 27, '25Daniel Ek. Spotify. Tomorrow. September 28, 2025. Available everywhere you get podcasts. @eldsjal @Spotify25.6×132k57422105
13Sep 26, '25Episode 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.25.2×130k1.1k45218
14Oct 15, '25"If you don't have a crisis, make one. You get people excited, motivated, and to drive the necessary change." —@MichaelDell22.8×118k99687445
15Oct 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)18×93k1.4k163396
16Oct 11, '25Michael Dell. Dell Technologies. Tomorrow. October 12, 2025. Available everywhere you get podcasts. @michaeldell @delltech15.5×80k52921110
17Oct 26, '25Brad Jacobs. QXO, XPO, United Rentals & United Waste. Tomorrow. October 26, 2025. Available everywhere you get podcasts.14.9×77k50022215
18Oct 13, '25The hunger that built you must never die:12.2×63k2791396
19Sep 3, '25I’ve learned so much from Dell. I hope I’m still working on Founders in 40 years.12.1×63k6051464
20Sep 25, '25Tim 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:9.9×51k177543
21Aug 31, '25Something new. Soon.9.9×51k346752
22Sep 30, '25We’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 9.2×48k283424
23Sep 29, '25“My co-founder Martin (@MartinLorentzon) keeps saying: ‘The value of a company is the sum of all problems solved.’” —Daniel Ek (@eldsjal)8.8×45k78484319
24Nov 8, '25Tomorrow. 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 8.5×44k234730
25Oct 12, '25Quotes from my conversation with Michael Dell:8.3×43k54320182
26Sep 24, '25We’re recording an episode together. Guaranteed to be super intense!8.3×43k435819
27Oct 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)7.2×37k177962
28Oct 5, '25Daniel Ek on Focus:6.8×35k32426116
29Oct 5, '25Next Sunday:6.5×33k513422
30Oct 20, '25"When it's a passion or an obsession, there's no end to it." —@MichaelDell6.3×32k119633
31Oct 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 b6.0×31k197764
32Oct 15, '25What motivates @MichaelDell?5.7×29k1371033
33Nov 1, '25"We are imperfection. We are the children of imperfection. Expecting perfection will cause you stress and strain." —Brad Jacobs5.6×29k2482363
34Oct 18, '25Important reminder:5.6×29k80831101
35Sep 28, '25Find a simple idea and take it seriously. — Charlie Munger5.5×29k2971060
37Oct 28, '2530 ideas from my conversation with Brad Jacobs:4.8×25k106486
38Sep 28, '25Daniel has a first class mind. He is one of the wisest people I know. Listen to our conversation. It’s packed with great ideas:4.8×25k269749
39Oct 19, '25View post on X4.7×24k3841593
40Nov 13, '25This 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 oper4.7×24k2311368
41Nov 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 Jesselson4.6×24k51969219
42Oct 2, '25Highest endorsement of the episode with Daniel Ek:4.2×22k111110
43Oct 12, '25"Wake up every day and go do the thing." —@MichaelDell3.9×20k6154190
44Oct 8, '25"This is how greatness gets evaporated: you lose focus." —Daniel Ek3.8×20k63966136
45Nov 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 3.6×18k2952078
46Oct 30, '25Excellent 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 frien3.4×18k32615158
47Nov 1, '25"Anything can be turned into positivity and success, even if it starts in a bad place." —Brad Jacobs3.2×17k3273096
49Sep 25, '25Insane 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.3.0×15k13417
51Nov 2, '25Incredible 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:2.9×15k154228
52Oct 26, '25View post on X2.8×14k75119
53Oct 12, '25Michael 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:2.7×14k160213
54Aug 28, '25New written interview on focus, leverage, obsession, and podcasting:2.5×13k125750
55Oct 6, '25These are the notes I took (for myself) after the first time I had dinner with Daniel Ek:2.5×13k30320111
57Oct 4, '25Daniel Ek’s insight about energy management over time management is genius!2.4×12k113626
58Oct 13, '25"I never imagined myself doing anything else other than starting a business." —@MichaelDell2.4×12k252826
59Nov 9, '25“Nothing ever happens unless someone pursues a vision fanatically.” —Todd Graves2.4×12k3162492
60Oct 30, '25"Most problems really don't matter." —Brad Jacobs2.3×12k32929116
61Nov 8, '25View post on X2.3×12k3182665
62Oct 13, '25🐐2.2×12k129319
63Oct 23, '25Charlie 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!2.2×11k130534
64Oct 1, '25From my conversation with Daniel: "I'd like to be the best coach there ever was, the best entrepreneur coach, maybe that's my archetype."2.1×11k95317
65Oct 19, '25Michael Dell on the necessity of reinvention:2.1×11k2682676
66Oct 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 2.1×11k94916
67Oct 25, '25View post on X2.0×10k3102129
68Nov 12, '25Love 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.”2.0×10k1181033
69Oct 9, '25"Quality is less. Quality is focus. Quality is improving day by day. Quality is rare." —Daniel Ek (@eldsjal)1.9×9.8k2552457
70Oct 17, '25"Was I a little full of myself at 19? Sure, I was. I think you have to be to do anything important." —@MichaelDell1.9×9.7k231634
71Oct 3, '25"There's not one path to greatness. There's many." —@eldsjal1.9×9.7k223950
72Oct 30, '25Excellent note I received on my conversation with Brad Jacobs:1.8×9.5k176970
73Nov 9, '25Todd Graves. Raising Cane's. Tomorrow. November 9, 2025. Available everywhere you get podcasts. @ToddGraves @raisingcanes1.8×9.4k2841258
74Oct 30, '25"The most important thing that a CEO does is recruit superlative people. There's no substitute for smarts." —Brad Jacobs1.8×9.3k194823
75Oct 8, '25This idea from the Daniel Ek conversation has really resonated. Worth taking time to think about:1.7×9k75213
76Nov 3, '25“We have it in our own hands to either make life meaningful or just pass time until we die.” —Brad Jacobs1.7×8.8k2842635
77Oct 9, '25“If I have one superpower, it’s that I have super patience.” —Daniel Ek (@eldsjal)1.7×8.8k170616
78Oct 13, '25"You can learn from just about anybody, whether they succeeded or failed." —@MichaelDell1.7×8.7k2641526
79Oct 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." —@MichaelDell1.4×7.4k2001350
80Nov 3, '25Problems are just opportunities in work clothes1.4×7.2k119831
81Nov 11, '25“All of the most successful people I know are never satisfied.”1.4×7k2461867
82Oct 27, '25"We are imperfection. We're the children of imperfection. Expecting perfection will cause you stress and strain." —Brad Jacobs1.3×6.6k148625
83Oct 29, '25"Every day, you're either raising your brand or lowering your brand." —Brad Jacobs1.3×6.5k2101046
84Oct 30, '25The Brad Jacobs episode is special:1.2×6.4k149214
85Sep 20, '25Time goes fast:1.2×6.1k4301
86Oct 20, '25.@MichaelDell: Most entrepreneurs were not taken out by competition, but by self-sabotage1.1×5.8k1721041
87Oct 19, '25"You can learn from just about anybody, whether they succeeded or failed." —@MichaelDell1.1×5.7k1651123
88Nov 14, '25.@ToddGraves' equation: Fanaticism + passion + dream = purpose.1.1×5.6k79418
89Nov 13, '25“The best thing for an aspiring entrepreneur to be told is ‘I don’t think that’s a good idea.’” —@ToddGraves1.0×5.3k1641639
90Nov 5, '25Photos from my conversation with Brad Jacobs1.0×5.2k11525
91Oct 10, '25Daniel Ek's sage advice to Dara Khosrowshahi (@dkhos) when he was contemplating whether to take over as Uber CEO:1.0×5.1k64413
93Nov 5, '25"You got to get the long-term trend right." —Brad Jacobs0.9×4.6k130826
94Nov 14, '25Todd Graves on FOCUS:0.9×4.6k130529
95Nov 5, '25Brad Jacobs' approach to combating negative thoughts.0.8×4.2k70332

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