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Learn from history's greatest entrepreneurs. Every week David reads a biography of an entrepreneur to find ideas you can use in your work.

David is the founder of Founders podcast, which he launched in 2016. He is often referred to as a maniac on a mission.
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Ep.333
#333 Red Bull’s Billionaire Maniac Founder: Dietrich Mateschitz
David Senra is the host of Founders, where he studies history's greatest entrepreneurs. This is what he learned from reading The Red Bull Story by Wolfgang Fürweger.
01.08.2024

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Ep.326
#326 Anna Wintour
David Senra is the host of Founders, where he studies history's greatest entrepreneurs. This is what he learned from reading Anna: The Biography by Amy Odell.
11.06.2023

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Ep.295
#295 I had dinner with Charlie Munger
David Senra is the host of Founders, where he studies history's greatest entrepreneurs. This is what he learned from having dinner with Charlie Munger and rereading The Tao of Charlie Munger.
03.21.2023
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Ep.387
#387: Jim Simons Built The World’s Greatest Money-Making Machine
David Senra is the host of Founders, where he studies history's greatest entrepreneurs. This is what he learned from rereading The Man Who Solved the Market: How Jim Simons Launched the Quant Revolution by Gregory Zuckerman.
05.01.2025

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Ep.386
#386: Akio Morita: Founder of Sony
David Senra is the host of Founders, where he studies history's greatest entrepreneurs. This is what he learned from reading Made In Japan by Akio Morita
04.22.2025

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Ep.385
#385: Michael Dell
David Senra is the host of Founders, where he studies history's greatest entrepreneurs. This is what he learned from reading Play Nice But Win: A CEO's Journey From Founder to Leader by Michael Dell and Direct From Dell: Strategies That Revolutionized an Industry by Michael Dell.
04.14.2025

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Ep.384
#384: Ken Griffin: Founder of Citadel and Citadel Securities
David Senra is the host of Founders, where he studies history's greatest entrepreneurs. This is what he learned from the interviews and talks of Ken Griffin: Founder of Citadel and Citadel Securities.
04.01.2025

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Ep.383
#383: Todd Graves and his $10 Billion Chicken Finger Dream
David Senra is the host of Founders, where he studies history's greatest entrepreneurs. This is what he learned from reading the transcript of two interviews with Raising Cane's Founder Todd Graves.
03.17.2025

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Ep.382
#382: Who Is Michael Ovitz? The Rise and Fall (and Rise) of the Most Powerful Man in Hollywood
David Senra is the host of Founders, where he studies history's greatest entrepreneurs. This is what he learned from reading Who Is Michael Ovitz? by Michael Ovitz.
03.07.2025

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Ep.381
#381: I Had Dinner With Michael Ovitz
David Senra is the host of Founders, where he studies history's greatest entrepreneurs. This is what he learned from having an intense and fun 3 hour dinner with Michael Ovitz.
03.07.2025

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Ep.380
#380: Four Hundred Pages of Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger In Their Own Words
David Senra is the host of Founders, where he studies history's greatest entrepreneurs. This is what he learned from reading Buffett and Munger Unscripted: Three Decades of Investment and Business Insights from the Berkshire Hathaway Shareholder Meetings by Alex Morris.
02.25.2025

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Ep.379
#379: Jerry Jones (Dallas Cowboys)
David Senra is the host of Founders, where he studies history's greatest entrepreneurs. This is what he learned from reading King of the Cowboys: The Life and Times of Jerry Jones by Jim Dent.
02.18.2025

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Ep.378
#378: The Last Oil Baron: Leon Hess
David Senra is the host of Founders, where he studies history's greatest entrepreneurs. This is what he learned from reading Hess: The Last Oil Baron by Tina Davis and Jessica Resnick-Ault.
02.10.2025