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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.178
#178 Jony Ive: The Genius Behind Apple’s Greatest Products
David Senra is the host of Founders, where he studies history's greatest entrepreneurs. This is what he learned from reading Jony Ive: The Genius Behind Apple's Greatest Products by Leander Kahney.
05.03.2021

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Ep.177
#177 Robert Campeau (Junk Bonds and Retail Bankruptcy)
David Senra is the host of Founders, where he studies history's greatest entrepreneurs. This is what he learned from reading Going for Broke: How Robert Campeau Bankrupted the Retail Industry, Jolted the Junk Bond Market, and Brought the Booming Eighties to a Crashing Halt by John Rothchild.
04.26.2021

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Ep.176
#176 Linus Torvalds
David Senra is the host of Founders, where he studies history's greatest entrepreneurs. This is what he learned from reading Just for Fun: The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary by Linus Torvalds and David Diamond.
04.18.2021

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Ep.175
#175 Theodore Roosevelt’s Darkest Journey
David Senra is the host of Founders, where he studies history's greatest entrepreneurs. This is what he learned from reading The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey by Candice Millard.
04.11.2021

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Ep.174
#174 Bill Gates (Overdrive)
David Senra is the host of Founders, where he studies history's greatest entrepreneurs. This is what he learned from reading Overdrive: Bill Gates and the Race to Control Cyberspace by James Wallace.
04.05.2021

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Ep.173
#173 Louis B. Mayer (Movie mogul)
David Senra is the host of Founders, where he studies history's greatest entrepreneurs. This is what he learned from reading Hollywood Rajah: The Life and Times of Louis B. Mayer by Bosley Crowther.
03.28.2021

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Ep.172
#172 Elon Musk (Early Days of SpaceX)
David Senra is the host of Founders, where he studies history's greatest entrepreneurs. This is what he learned from reading Liftoff: Elon Musk and the Desperate Early Days That Launched SpaceX by Eric Berger.
03.21.2021

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Ep.171
#171: Chuck Feeney (The Billionaire Who Wasn’t)
David Senra is the host of Founders, where he studies history's greatest entrepreneurs. This is what he learned from reading The Billionaire Who Wasn't: How Chuck Feeney Secretly Made and Gave Away a Fortune by Conor O'Clery.
03.15.2021

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Ep.170
#170 Claude Hopkins (A Life in Advertising)
David Senra is the host of Founders, where he studies history's greatest entrepreneurs. This is what he learned from reading My Life in Advertising by Claude Hopkins.
03.08.2021

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Ep.169
#169 David Ogilvy (The King of Madison Avenue)
David Senra is the host of Founders, where he studies history's greatest entrepreneurs. This is what he learned from reading The King of Madison Avenue: David Ogilvy and the Making of Modern Advertising by Kenneth Roman.
03.01.2021