David Senra
@FoundersPodcast
Learn from history's greatest entrepreneurs. Every week I read a biography of an entrepreneur and find ideas you can use in your work.
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’re precise, meticulous, restless, and…
I’ve been thinking a lot about how the best founders approach cost. If you listen to the fantastic @FoundersPodcast, you’ll notice a recurring theme in the stories of people like Carnegie, Rockefeller, and the guy behind Costco: they were absolutely obsessed with keeping costs…
Just finished listening to the new episode on this book and I loved how many times you can hear me laughing to myself during the recording. I really love making the podcast and I hope that resonates with you. Episode will be live in a few hours
“I was on a mission. A very, very intense mission.”
Favorite quotes from this episode: 1. I didn't want to be rich. I didn't want to be famous. I didn't even want to be happy. I wanted to be great. 2. I told David Geffen I wanted to start a record label. He said: Do it. There are a lot of record people a lot dumber than you. 3.…
“All technological advances are merely new means of achieving old ends.”
This 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 manage the men who can manage only things, and the men who can manage money manage all. 3.…
1/ “I want to be the best at everything I do. That’s all.” Those words define Leonardo Del Vecchio, the man who started out as a medal engraver and built the world’s largest eyewear empire—@Luxoticca. Born into post-war poverty and placed in an orphanage when his mother couldn't…
Great thread on the founder of Luxottica! Listen to the latest episode of Founders for his remarkable life story:
1/ “I want to be the best at everything I do. That’s all.” Those words define Leonardo Del Vecchio, the man who started out as a medal engraver and built the world’s largest eyewear empire—@Luxoticca. Born into post-war poverty and placed in an orphanage when his mother couldn't…
This book is awesome and so is @MichaelDell
@FoundersPodcast is my favorite influencer.
He viewed Red Bull as a “marketing conglomerate” and tried to outsource everything else:
He didn’t start his first company until he was 41! Before he died he was paying himself $500 to $800 million a year! Everybody should know his story:
I just updated my top 10 highlights from ~175 books: world.hey.com/davidsenra
My top 10 highlights from this book and episode: 1. In the end his strategy has always been one: "I want to be the best at everything I do. That’s all." 2. I asked him how a man who started with a small factory, in a remote village, had come to rule the global eyewear…
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’re precise, meticulous, restless, and…