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  1. #409 The Creative Genius of Rick Rubin

    "I set out to write a book about what to do to make a great work of art. Instead, it revealed itself to be a book on how to be.” —Rick Rubin. This episode is what I learned from reading The Creative Act: A Way of Being (https://amzn.to/4puw

  2. #408 How to Make a Few MORE Billion Dollars: Brad Jacobs

    In 2024 Brad Jacobs wrote the book How to Make a Few Billion Dollars (https://amzn.to/3LbNYUX). In the book Brad explains how he built 8 separate billion dollar companies and other lessons from his 40+ year career as an elite entrepreneur.

  3. The Life of Jesus

    The Life of Jesus as told in the book Jesus: A Biography of a Believer (https://amzn.to/49ra0fw) by Paul Johnson. This episode was originally published on Christmas Eve 2023.

  4. #407 Bruce Springsteen Repairs the Hole in Himself

    A viciously unhappy childhood causes Bruce Springsteen to retreat into work in an extreme way as he searches for success (and control). He channels his pain into focus and drive and gets everything he thought he wanted. He didn’t yet know h

  5. #406 Christian von Koenigsegg

    Christian von Koenigsegg is unapologetically in the pursuit of greatness. Koenigsegg builds some of the fastest and most expensive cars on Earth, has a cult-like following, and relentlessly seeks out challenges he can innovate on. After bui

  6. Red Bull's Billionaire Maniac Founder

    I'm reposting one of my favorite founder stories. If you listened to this first time I recommend listening again. If you missed this before, you're about to hear one of the wildest founder stories of all time. A few surprising things I lear

  7. #405 How Rockefeller Worked

    This episode covers the insanely valuable company-building principles of John D. Rockefeller—and nothing else. I spent over 40 hours reading (and rereading) this obscure biography of Rockefeller that costs $1,000 (https://amzn.to/44d122s) I

  8. My conversation with Todd Graves

    Todd Graves is one of my favorite living founders. He owns over 90% of Raising Canes — a business that is worth at least $20 billion. Todd's maxim is "Do one thing and do it better than anyone else." It is impossible not to be inspired by h

  9. #404 How Larry Ellison Thinks

    This episode covers the unique way Larry Ellison thinks. I spent over 40 hours reading (and rereading) this book on Ellison written by Matthew Symonds (https://amzn.to/49zqoes). ⁠ (https://amzn.to/4owIPVB) I then spent several days editing

  10. My Conversation with Brad Jacobs

    I’ve started a new show where I have conversations with the greatest living Founders. The show is called David Senra. It will be on a separate podcast feed from Founders. So it is very important that you follow David Senra on ⁠Spotify⁠ (htt

  11. #403 How Jensen Works

    This episode covers the insanely valuable company-building principles of Jensen Huang—and nothing else. I spent over 40 hours reading (and rereading) this book on Jensen and Nvidia written by Tae Kim (https://amzn.to/4owIPVB) I then spent s

  12. My Conversation with Michael Dell

    I’ve started a new show where I have conversations with the greatest living Founders. The show is called David Senra. It will be on a separate podcast feed from Founders. So it is very important that you follow David Senra on Spotify (https

  13. #402 Thomas Peterffy: The $80 Billion Founder Who Automates Everything

    I didn’t know who Thomas Peterffy was. I was shocked to learn that he is 81 years old, worth $80 billion dollars, and has built his $120 billion company, Interactive Brokers, into one of the most efficient companies in the world. I discover

  14. My conversation with Daniel Ek: Founder of Spotify

    I started a new show so I can have long-form conversations with the greatest living founders. You can watch on Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/episode/6KPvfGAPcAU9Noktky5pau?si=61449d43a27c4369), Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com

  15. #401 How Bill Gates Works

    This episode is about Bill Gates' obsessive drive and hardcore work ethic. Bill Gates had the rarest entrepreneurial talent—the ability to see the leverage point in a new industry, seize it with relentless intensity, and *will* Microsoft in

  16. #400 The Stubborn Genius of James Dyson

    This episode covers the extreme perseverance and the stubborn genius of James Dyson. Dyson has a business philosophy which is very different from anything you might have encountered before. A philosophy which demands difference from what ex

  17. #399 How Elon Works

    This episode covers the insanely valuable company-building principles of Elon Musk—and nothing else. I spent well over 60 hours reading (and rereading) the biography of Elon Musk written by Walter Isaacson (https://amzn.to/3VhFVqZ). I then

  18. #398 Steve Jobs In His Own Words (Make Something Wonderful)

    A curated collection of Steve’s speeches, interviews, and correspondence, Make Something Wonderful offers a window into how one of the world’s most creative entrepreneurs approached his life and work. In these pages, Steve shares his perspe

  19. #397 Jiro Ono: Simplicity Is The Ultimate Advantage

    Jiro Ono is the greatest living sushi chef. He was kicked out his house when he was 9. He started working in a restaurant so he wouldn't have to sleep under a bridge. He never stopped. Over his 75 year career he rose to the very top of his

  20. #396 The Obsession of Enzo Ferrari

    I've read hundreds of thousands of words about Enzo Ferrari. For this episode I distilled down his most important ideas into 1 hour. Ferrari was truly one of history's greatest obsessives. Episode sponsors: ⁠⁠⁠Ramp⁠⁠⁠ (https://ramp.com)give

  21. #395 How Geniuses and Speed Freaks Reengineered F1 into the World's Fastest-Growing Sport

    Those on the margins often come to control the center. That maxim ties together the three remarkable people profiled in this episode: Colin Chapman, known as “the mad scientist of F1”, did more to influence F1 design than any other person i

  22. #394 An Orphan Who Built An Empire: Leonardo Del Vecchio and The Founding of Luxottica

    Your dad dies before you’re born. Your mom can’t afford to take care of you. You grow up without a family and in an institution. You learn a trade and start working full time at the age of 14. You work all day and go to school at night. You

  23. #393 The Marketing Genius of the Michelin Brothers

    Your family asks you to take over a failing factory in a remote part of France. This “family business” comes with a stack of unpaid bills, a small team of workers who haven’t been paid in months, and a banker refusing to extend any more cre

  24. #392 Michele Ferrero and His $40 Billion Privately Owned Chocolate Empire

    You take over the family pastry shop and transform it into one of the most valuable privately held businesses in the world. Your father dies young. Your uncle does too. Everyone is relying on you and this keeps you up at night. You insist o

  25. #391 Jimmy Iovine

    You grow up in a rough neighborhood in Brooklyn. You drop out of college. Your dad is your best friend but you don’t want to work the docks like him. You’re determined to “do something special.” You get a job sweeping the floor at recording

  26. #390 Rare Steve Jobs Interview

    I've read this interview probably 10 times. It's that good. Steve Jobs was 29 when this interview was published, and with remarkable clarity of thought Steve explains the upcoming technological revolution, why the personal computer is the g

  27. #389 The Founder of Jimmy Choo: Tamara Mellon

    When Tamara Mellon’s father lent her the seed money to start a high-end shoe company, he cautioned her: “Don’t let the accountants run your business.” Little did he know that over the next fifteen years, the struggle between “financial” and

  28. #388 Jeff Bezos's Shareholder Letters: All of Them!

    (I fixed the audio and uploaded a new episode!) "To read Jeff Bezos’s shareholder letters is to get a crash course in running a high-growth internet business from someone who mastered it before any of the playbooks were written." That is th

  29. A conversation on focus and finding your life's work

    My friend Patrick O’Shaughnessy asked me to come to New York and record a conversation. Patrick had just finished listening to episode #383 "Todd Graves and his $10 Billion Chicken Finger Dream" and he believed there was an important conver

  30. #387 Jim Simons Built The World’s Greatest Money-Making Machine

    Jim Simons never took a single class on finance, wasn’t interested in business, and didn’t start trading full time until he was 40. The company he founded — Renaissance Technologies — has made over $100 billion in profits. Starting out with

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