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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
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#438 James Garfield's Extraordinary Rise
What I learned from reading Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President (https://link.amazon/B02TnUwmh) by Candice Millard Made possible by: Ramp: https://ramp.com AppLovin: https://applovin.com Vant
#437 The Tycoons: Carnegie, Rockefeller, Gould & Morgan
What I learned from reading The Tycoons: How Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Jay Gould, and J. P. Morgan Invented the American Supereconomy (https://link.amazon/B0goaC120) by Charles R. Morris. Made possible by: Ramp: https://ramp.co
#436 Ari Emanuel's Autobiography
What I learned from reading Ari Emanuel's incredible autobiography Roll The Calls (https://link.amazon/B0eythQGu). Made possible by: Ramp: https://ramp.com Applovin: https://applovin.com Vanta: https://vanta.com/founders
#435 Mark Zuckerberg's Empire
What I learned from reading Mark: A journey to the heart of history's largest nonterritorial empire (https://colossus.com/article/mark-zuckerberg-profile/) by Jeremy Stern. Made possible by: Ramp: https://ramp.com Applovin: https://applo
#434 Sam Walton
What I learned from reading Sam Walton: The Inside Story of America's Richest Man (https://link.amazon/B0dsOmQ77) by Vance Trimble. Made possible by: Ramp: https://ramp.com Applovin: https://applovin.com Vanta: https://vanta.com/founders 0:
#433 How Michael Bloomberg Works
What I learned from reading Bloomberg (https://link.amazon/B052jEu9G) by Michael Bloomberg. Made possible by: Ramp: https://ramp.com (https://ramp.com) AppLovin: https://www.applovin.com (https://www.applovin.com) Vanta: http
#432 The Mind of Napoleon
What I learned from reading The Mind of Napoleon by Napoleon. Made possible by: Ramp: https://ramp.com AppLovin: https://www.applovin.com Vanta: https://vanta.com/founders Sage: https://founderspodcast.com/sage Some of my favorite q
#431 How Henry Singleton Worked
What I learned from reading Distant Force: A Memoir of the Teledyne Corporation and The Man Who Created It (https://amzn.to/3SBuflk) by George Roberts and The Outsiders (https://amzn.to/4ybmt0n) by William Thorndike. Made possible by: Ramp:
#430 How to Write Ads That Sell
Claude Hopkins was the greatest copywriter of all time. His ideas were so valuable that when he wrote them down in a book the founder of his advertising firm locked the manuscript in a safe for 20 years. When the book was finally published
#429 Bob Dylan's Autobiography
What I learned from rereading Bob Dylan's autobiography (https://amzn.to/4gyadB7). Made possible by: Ramp: https://ramp.com Applovin: https://www.applovin.com Vanta: https://vanta.com/founders
#428 How Claude Shannon Worked
Claude Shannon changed your life and you probably don't even know it. Claude is the father of information theory. He transformed information into bits and created the intellectual foundation for computers, the Internet, digital media, high-
#427 How Raymond Plank Built a $50 Billion Oil Company
Raymond Plank founded Apache Corporation with just $250,000 in 1954. 50 years later his company was worth $50 billion. This episode examines the life and entrepreneurial philosophy of Raymond Plank through his memoir A Small Difference (htt
#426 How Obsession Built Christopher Nolan
Obsession is the engine of Nolan’s career. This episode examines Christopher Nolan’s life, working methods, and philosophy through The Nolan Variations (https://amzn.to/4wnsLcP)by Tom Shone. Made possible by: Ramp: https://ramp.com%20
#425 The Merchant Bankers
This episode discusses Joseph Wechsberg’s 1966 book, The Merchant Bankers (https://amzn.to/4waaTlz). Rather than recounting the histories of families like the Rothschilds, Barings, Hambros, Warburgs, and Lehman Brothers, I wanted to extract
#424 Peter Thiel on How to Build a Creative Monopoly
What I learned from reading Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future (https://amzn.to/4yhebFh) by Peter Thiel and Blake Masters (for the 3rd or 4th time) Made possible by: • Ramp: https://ramp.com (https://www.ramp.com/)
#423 Soichiro Honda
What I learned from reading Honda: The Man and His Machines (https://amzn.to/4xUdH7R) by Sol Sanders. Made possible by: • Ramp: https://ramp.com (https://www.ramp.com) • Applovin: https://www.applovin.com/ (https://www.applovin.com/) •
#422 Joseph Pulitzer
What I learned from reading Pulitzer: A Life in Politics, Print, and Power (https://amzn.to/3SflkWd) by James McGrath Morris. Made possible by: Ramp: https://ramp.com (https://www.ramp.com) Applovin: https://www.applovin.com/ (https://w
#421 Jony Ive
What I learned from reading Jony Ive: The Genius Behind Apple's Greatest Products (https://amzn.to/3QAuPi5) by Leander Kahney. Made possible by: Ramp: https://www.ramp.com Axon by Applovin: https://www.axon.ai/founders Vanta: https://www.va
#420 Steve Jobs In Exile
What I learned from reading Steve Jobs in Exile: The Untold Story of NeXT and the Remaking of an American Visionary (https://amzn.to/4o6mQpj) by Geoffrey Cain. Made possible by: Ramp: https://ramp.com Axon by Applovin: https://axon.ai/found
#419 Kelly Johnson: Skunk Works
Kelly Johnson’s “14 Points” read like a SpaceX operations manual — 60 years before SpaceX was founded. Kelly Johnson created Skunk Works, which he defined as: “A concentration of a few good people solving problems far in advance—and at a fr
#418 Phil Knight: Founder of Nike
What I learned from rereading Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike (https://amzn.to/3QMG2Mq) for the 3rd or 4th time. Made possible by: Ramp: https://ramp.com (https://%20https://ramp.com) Axon by Applovin: https://axon.ai/founders
#417 Arnold Schwarzenegger
What I learned from reading Arnold: The Education of a Bodybuilder (https://amzn.to/4tfMp9a) by Arnold Schwarzenegger. Made possible by: Ramp:https://ramp.com Axon by Applovin: https://axon.ai/founders Vanta: https://vanta.com/founders
#416 The Relentless Missionary Creating AGI: Demis Hassabis
This episode is about a once-in-a-generation mind working on what may be the most important problem in history. Based on the new book The Infinity Machine: Demis Hassabis, DeepMind, and the Quest for Superintelligence (https://amzn.to/3OfYG
#415 How Elon Thinks
My friend Eric Jorgenson spent years—and thousands of hours—studying Elon Musk. Eric read everything Elon has written, read everything written about Elon, and watched every interview Elon's given. He distilled all of Elon's insights into hi
#414 How SpaceX Works
SpaceX is one of the most dominant companies on the planet and their performance gap just keeps getting bigger. In 2025, SpaceX launched more mass to orbit than every other provider on Earth combined. MUCH MORE: every payload from China, Ru
#413 How To Run Down A Dream
Running Down A Dream: How to Succeed and Thrive in a Career You Love by Bill Gurley has been one of the most valuable talks I've heard. For years I have been using ideas from that talk to build this podcast. Bill has written a new book base
#412 How Roger Federer Works
What I learned from reading The Master: The Long Run and Beautiful Game of Roger Federer (https://amzn.to/4kKLome) by Chris Clarey. Episode sponsors: Ramp (https://ramp.com) gives you everything you need to control spend, watch your
#411 Tortured Into Greatness: The Life of Andre Agassi
Andre Agassi's autobiography is a brutally honest story about a tennis legend who hated the game that made him famous. Agassi traces his journey from a harsh, obsessive childhood training regimen to superstardom, burnout, rebellion, and eve
#410 Excellent Advice for Living
On his 68th birthday, Kevin Kelly began to write down for his young adult children some things he had learned about life that he wished he had known earlier. Kelly’s timeless advice covers an astonishing range, from right living to setting
The Singular Life of Rick Rubin
There's no one like Rick Rubin. He's a legendary music producer known for his minimalist approach and relentless pursuit of greatness. This episode is what I learned from reading Rick Rubin: In The Studio (https://amzn.to/4qp3njW) by Jake
