Best David Senra Podcasts (2024)

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David Senra - Passion & Pain - [Invest Like the Best, Replay] 1:22:07

2h ago1:22:07

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Today, we are replaying what we call a forever episode, which are the few episodes of our show that we think will be as popular a decade from now as they are today. Every time I re-listen to this episode with David Senra, I leave wildly energized and wanting to share that feeling. So we are re-releasing it today for anyone who missed it the first t…

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#077 Alex Komoroske: Systems Thinking, Builders vs Gardeners, and Working In Large Organizations 1:20:53

1h ago1:20:53

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Topics: (00:00:00) - Intro (00:03:52) - The Gardener of Systems (00:07:43) - Builders vs. Gardeners (00:11:09) - Who are the best farmers of miracles? (00:16:52) - How did you become a “systems” person? (00:23:45) - What does Systems Thinking look like for you? (00:53:09) - Alex’s Slime Mold deck (00:55:12) - The iterative, adjacent possible (00:59…

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#356 How The Sun Rose On Silicon Valley: Bob Noyce (Founder of Intel) 58:05

22h ago58:05

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What I learned from reading The Tinkerings of Robert Noyce: How the Sun Rose on Silicon Valley by Tom Wolfe. Read The Intel Trinity: How Robert Noyce, Gordon Moore, and Andy Grove Built the World's Most Important Company by Michael Malone with me. ---- Founders Notes gives you the superpower to learn from history's greatest entrepreneurs on demand.…

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Semiconductors Industry: Going Deep with Mostly Borrowed Ideas (MBI) on TSMC, Texas Instruments, Nvidia, Intel, Hyperscalers, etc 1:14:28

1d ago1:14:28

1:14:28

On his eighth appearance on the podcast, MBI (🇧🇩🇺🇸) joins me to discuss one of humanity’s most impressive achievements: The semiconductor industry. Of course, we can’t talk about everything, and this isn’t meant to be a structured primer (for that, see below). It’s just a mostly unstructured conversation among friends, discussing whatever we find i…

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Martin Casado - Entering Uncharted AI Territory - [Invest Like the Best, EP.381] 1:06:33

9d ago1:06:33

1:06:33

My guest today is Martin Casado. Martin is a partner at Andreessen Horowitz and first joined me on Invest Like the Best in 2022. So much has changed since then, and it was awesome to have Martin back to discuss all of the different implications of this AI revolution. Before joining a16z, Martin pioneered software-defined networking and co-founded N…

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Acquired - From Obsession to Profession [Art of Investing, REPLAY] 1:38:27

5d ago1:38:27

1:38:27

Today we are replaying our classroom session with Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal, founders of Acquired, the podcasting sensation telling the stories and strategies of the world's great companies. In this episode, we turn the tables on Ben and David in order to discover their own stories and the fairy dust behind acquired success. We'll cover the h…

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#355 Rare Bernard Arnault Interview 44:02

9d ago44:02

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What I learned from reading The House of Arnault by Brad Stone and Angelina Rascouet. ---- Founders Notes gives you the superpower to learn from history's greatest entrepreneurs on demand. You can search all my notes and highlights from every book I've ever read for the podcast. Get access to Founders Notes here. ---- Build relationships with other…

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Modest Proposal - AI Commoditization and Capital Dynamics - [Invest Like the Best, EP.380] 56:17

11d ago56:17

56:17

My guest today is Modest Proposal, joining me for our third conversation and the first in a few years. Modest is anonymous online, but one of the more thoughtful investors I know, overseeing a large pool of capital in public and private markets. He offers insight into many different corners of today’s landscape, covering AI’s frontier models versus…

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#354 Sam Walton: The Inside Story of America's Richest Man 1:32:50

14d ago1:32:50

1:32:50

What I learned from reading Sam Walton: The Inside Story of America's Richest Man by Vance Trimble. ---- Founders Notes gives you the superpower to learn from history's greatest entrepreneurs on demand. You can search all my notes and highlights from every book I've ever read for the podcast. Get access to Founders Notes here. ---- Build relationsh…

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#076 The Alliance of Entrepreneurs and Scientists with Arkady Kulik of RPV 1:24:45

17d ago1:24:45

1:24:45

Topics: (00:00:00) - Intro (00:04:43) - Russian interpretations of friendship (00:09:28) - Thoughts on the state of society and its rate of technological adoption (00:13:22) - Creating alliances between entrepreneurs, capitalists, and scientists (00:17:17) - Rick Rubin on Creativity in Investing (00:20:55) - Does Taste exist in the world of VC? (00…

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Robert Greene - Optimizing Your Reality - [Invest Like the Best, EP.379] 1:01:33

18d ago1:01:33

1:01:33

My guest today is Robert Greene, author of many books but perhaps most famous for his books "48 Laws of Power" and "Mastery." He has spent his life studying why people behave like they do and why some go on to build great things. I love his idea of finding your life's purpose, which we explore in detail. Please enjoy my conversation with Robert Gre…

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#353 How To Be Rich by J. Paul Getty 1:04:01

20d ago1:04:01

1:04:01

What I learned from reading How To Be Rich by J. Paul Getty. ---- Build relationships with other founders, investors, and executives at a Founders Event ---- "Learning from history is a form of leverage." — Charlie Munger. Founders Notes gives you the superpower to learn from history's greatest entrepreneurs on demand. You can search all my notes a…

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Pat Grady - Relentless Application of Force - [Invest Like the Best, EP.378] 1:30:54

25d ago1:30:54

1:30:54

My guest today is Pat Grady, a longtime growth investor at Sequoia and one of the firms senior leaders. Pat has been a part of a long list of legendary investments, ranging from Snowflake, Zoom, ServiceNow, Qualtrics, Okta, Hubspot, Notion, and OpenAI, among many others. There aren't many investors who reference as well at Pat, both inside and outs…

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#352 J. Paul Getty: The Richest Private Citizen in America 1:29:55

28d ago1:29:55

1:29:55

What I learned from reading As I See it: The Autobiography of J. Paul Getty by J. Paul Getty. ---- Build relationships with other founders, investors, and executives at a Founders Event ---- "Learning from history is a form of leverage." — Charlie Munger. Founders Notes gives you the superpower to learn from history's greatest entrepreneurs on dema…

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Frank Blake - Leading By Example - [Invest Like the Best, EP.377] 1:02:44

1M ago1:02:44

1:02:44

My guest today is Frank Blake. Frank is the former chairman and CEO of Home Depot. I recently interviewed Home Depot co-founder Ken Langone and became fascinated by the business’s impressive lineup of leaders through the decades. Frank led the company from 2007 to 2014 and shares how he carried on the legacy of Ken and the others, upholding their c…

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Ho Nam - Lessons in Venturing Differently - [Art of Investing, REPLAY] 1:45:58

1M ago1:45:58

1:45:58

Today, we are replaying our conversation with Ho Nam, co-founder of Altos Ventures. As the numbers go, Altos is one of the greatest venture capital firms of the last quarter century. We unpack Ho's origin story and the values that shaped him most as a person and investor, and then we then turn to Altos itself. Altos has emerged as one of the most e…

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#351 The Founder of Rolex: Hans Wilsdorf 57:11

1M ago57:11

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What I learned from reading about Hans Wilsdorf and the founding of Rolex. ---- Build relationships at the Founders Conference on July 29th-July 31st in Scotts Valley, California ---- "Learning from history is a form of leverage." — Charlie Munger. Founders Notes gives you the superpower to learn from history's greatest entrepreneurs on demand. Get…

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Adam Sandow - The Power of Print Media - [Invest Like the Best, EP.376] 1:04:56

1M ago1:04:56

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My guest today is Adam Sandow. Adam is the chairman and CEO of SANDOW Companies and the executive chairman and founder of Material Bank. He has built an entire ecosystem of businesses and brands that have brought him into the game of media, materials, and beyond. From creating the beauty product subscription model to getting magazines in the hands …

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#075 Flywheel Masterclass, Flying Planes, and Building For Creators with Nathan Barry of Convertkit 1:31:02

1M ago1:31:02

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Topics: (00:00:00) - Intro (00:05:10) - The decision to live in Idaho (00:08:21) - Nathan’s flying hobby (00:15:09) - Building Flywheels (00:46:07) - Incentive compensation and giving people ownership (01:06:39) - Inflection points in building ConverKit (01:14:16) - How to work on a ton of things (01:23:15) - What are the rules of thumb you use the…

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Starbucks (with Howard Schultz) 3:15:14

1M ago3:15:14

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Starbucks. You’d be hard pressed to name any brand that’s more ubiquitous in the world today. With nearly half a billion global customer purchases per week across its stores and 3rd party retail channels, a significant portion of the human population gets their daily fix in the green and white paper cup. (Including our own Ben Gilbert who famously …

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Howie Liu - Building Airtable - [Invest Like the Best, EP.375] 1:09:02

2M ago1:09:02

1:09:02

My guest today is Howie Liu. Howie is the co-founder and CEO of Airtable, a no-code app platform that allows teams to build on top of their shared data and create productive workflows. The business began in 2013 and now has use cases built out for over 300,000 organizations. As Airtable begins to integrate AI and the latest LLMs into its product, H…

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#350 How To Sell Like Steve Jobs 47:06

2M ago47:06

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What I learned from reading The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs: How to Be Insanely Great in Front of Any Audience by Carmine Gallo ---- Come build relationships at the Founders Conference on July 29th-July 31st in Scotts Valley, California ---- Learning from history is a form of leverage. —Charlie Munger. Founders Notes gives you the super powe…

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#74 Rolling Fun #8: New LPs, Mark-ups, Giant Guns for Space Cargo, How to Find a Lead Investor, Software for Manufacturing, AI for Ecomm. 56:09

2M ago56:09

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Links: Join us in Rolling Fun! Hear our other Rolling Fun eps! Rolling Fun GPs: Al Doan - Founder of Creativity Inc., a $100m+ collection of e-commerce brands. Founder of Pretzel. BS from BYU Hawaii, OPM at HBS. Makes one hell of a peach cobbler. (Twitter, LinkedIn) Bo Fishback - Founder of Lightspeed Genomics (acq 2008), Orbis Biosciences (acq 202…

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Mark Groden - The Future of Flying - [Invest Like the Best, EP.374] 1:06:06

2M ago1:06:06

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My guest today is Mark Groden. Mark is the Founder and CEO of Skyryse, a company on a mission to make general aviation as safe as commercial aviation and change the future of flying. As you may know, helicopter accidents are far more likely than airplane accidents, and Skyryse is revolutionizing helicopter flight through a safer and simpler univers…

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David Senra: Lessons from the Founder Historian - [Art of Investing, REPLAY] 1:25:06

2M ago1:25:06

1:25:06

Today, we are revisiting our class with David Senra in honor of our upcoming event together. David is an absolute force of nature who is taking the world by storm with his podcast "Founders." In this class, we enjoy access to the full spectrum of learnings from his decade-long study of history's greatest entrepreneurs, artists, athletes, and leader…

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#349 How Steve Jobs Kept Things Simple 52:29

2M ago52:29

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What I learned from reading Insanely Simple: The Obsession That Drives Apple's Success by Ken Segall. ---- Come build relationships at the Founders Conference on July 29th-July 31st in Scotts Valley, California ---- Learning from history is a form of leverage. —Charlie Munger. Founders Notes gives you the super power to learn from history's greates…

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Dev Ittycheria - The Database Evolution - [Invest Like the Best, EP.373] 1:09:10

2M ago1:09:10

1:09:10

My guest today is Dev Ittycheria. Dev is the CEO of MongoDB, the developer data platform with tens of thousands of customers in 100 different countries. He joined the company as CEO in 2014, taking it public in 2017, and is now approaching a decade of leading MongoDB to become a go-to choice for the most sophisticated organizations around the world…

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Marcus Freeman: Choose Hard, Choose Love - [Art of Investing, EP.19] 44:10

2M ago44:10

44:10

Today’s teacher is Marcus Freeman, Head Football Coach at the University of Notre Dame. We discuss the power of relationships and how he talks with his players about the concepts of hard work and love, and we delve into what it takes to focus on inputs rather than outputs, especially as the college sports world is changing in unprecedented ways. Fo…

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Michael Jordan In His Own Words 1:35:48

2M ago1:35:48

1:35:48

What I learned from reading Driven From Within by Michael Jordan and Mark Vancil. ---- Relationships run the world: Build relationships at Founders events ---- Get access to the World’s Most Valuable Notebook for Founders You can read, reread, and search all my notes and highlights from every book I've ever read for the podcast. You can also ask SA…

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#348 The Financial Genius Behind A Century of Wall Street Scandals: Ivar Kreuger 1:15:30

2M ago1:15:30

1:15:30

What I learned from reading The Match King: Ivar Kreuger, The Financial Genius Behind a Century of Wall Street Scandals by Frank Partnoy. ---- Relationships run the world: Build relationships at Founders events ---- Get access to the World’s Most Valuable Notebook for Founders You can read, reread, and search all my notes and highlights from every …

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Nico Wittenborn - Finding the Adjacent Possible - [Invest Like the Best, EP.372] 1:22:04

2M ago1:22:04

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My guest today is Nico Wittenborn. Nico is the founder of Adjacent, a venture firm that looks for what he describes as the “adjacent possible” for their next investment. Nico has zoned in on the consumer subscription market as his ideal candidate, making early investments in Calm App, Photoroom, and Oura Ring. Nico does virtually all steps of the i…

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Mitch Rales: The Art of Compounding - [Art of Investing, Forever Episode] 2:06:59

3M ago2:06:59

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We are excited to share a great conversation with Mitch Rales, the co-founder of Danaher and one of the living legends in the world of business and investing. Consider that Danaher has annualized at over 21% for four decades, resulting in an 1800-times multiple on invested capital! This is Mitch's first long-form interview of any kind, and he cover…

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#073 Rolling Fun #7: Q4 Updates: Nuclear Fusion, AI for Kids, AI Manufacturing — and how founders can find lead investors 50:23

2M ago50:23

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Links: Join us in Rolling Fun! Hear our other Rolling Fun eps! Rolling Fun GPs: Al Doan - Founder of Creativity Inc., a $100m+ collection of e-commerce brands. Founder of Pretzel. BS from BYU Hawaii, OPM at HBS. Makes one hell of a peach cobbler. (Twitter, LinkedIn) Bo Fishback - Founder of Lightspeed Genomics (acq 2008), Orbis Biosciences (acq 202…

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Marc Lasry - Making Bucks in Credit and Sports - [Invest Like the Best, EP.371] 1:07:34

3M ago1:07:34

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My guest this week is Marc Lasry. Marc is a pioneer of distressed debt investing and the CEO of Avenue Capital Group, which he co-founded with his sister in 1995. Avenue manages $13 billion today. More recently, Marc and Avenue have become active investors in sport. He owned the Milwaukee Bucks when they won the NBA championship in 2021, and has si…

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Mitch Rales: The Art of Compounding - [Art of Investing, EP.18] 2:07:31

3M ago2:07:31

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Today’s teacher is Mitch Rales, one of the most iconic business builders and philanthropists of our time. Consider that Danaher has annualized at over 21% for four decades, resulting in an 1800-times multiple on invested capital! You’ll learn from Mitch about the key inputs to his outlier success: why greatness is a journey that takes an unusual ti…

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