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Introduction
"Orville's first teacher in grade school would remember him at his desk tinkering with bits of wood. Asked what he was up to, he told her he was making a machine of a kind that he and his brother were going to fly someday."
I'm David Senra, and you're listening to Founders, my podcast about the biographies of founders. I got the idea for this podcast from listening to another podcast years ago. Elon Musk was being interviewed and said something that stuck with me. He was asked, "When starting a company, who did you look to for advice?" Elon said he looked for feedback in a historical context, books basically. He continued, "I didn't read many general business books. I liked biographies and autobiographies. I think those are pretty helpful." So that made me think, if Elon found biographies useful, why not start reading them all the time. Then I decided to share what I learned from reading these books and create this podcast. So with that said, I'm going to tell you some of the ideas I learned from reading The Wright Brothers by David McCullough.