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Cameron

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Modern Wisdom
#878 - David Senra - 15 Harsh Truths From History’s Greatest Founders

And so what I think where people make mistakes, they're always like, I want to make X amount of money in my pocket, or I want to make, you know, my market cap of my company being this, it's like, well, the way to get wealthy is to solve a problem for somebody and then increase the amount of people that you're able to solve that problem for, assuming that is a widespread problem.

Modern Wisdom
#878 - David Senra - 15 Harsh Truths From History’s Greatest Founders

And so what I think where people make mistakes, they're always like, I want to make X amount of money in my pocket, or I want to make, you know, my market cap of my company being this, it's like, well, the way to get wealthy is to solve a problem for somebody and then increase the amount of people that you're able to solve that problem for, assuming that is a widespread problem.

Modern Wisdom
#878 - David Senra - 15 Harsh Truths From History’s Greatest Founders

And so what I think where people make mistakes, they're always like, I want to make X amount of money in my pocket, or I want to make, you know, my market cap of my company being this, it's like, well, the way to get wealthy is to solve a problem for somebody and then increase the amount of people that you're able to solve that problem for, assuming that is a widespread problem.

Modern Wisdom
#878 - David Senra - 15 Harsh Truths From History’s Greatest Founders

It turns out how many people would want a car that they could afford? Well, they're either on foot or they're being driven by horses. Probably a lot if you can solve that problem. And so the second line of that, after Henry Ford says money comes naturally as a result of service, the best definition of a business I've ever heard is that second line from, and that came from Richard Branson.

Modern Wisdom
#878 - David Senra - 15 Harsh Truths From History’s Greatest Founders

It turns out how many people would want a car that they could afford? Well, they're either on foot or they're being driven by horses. Probably a lot if you can solve that problem. And so the second line of that, after Henry Ford says money comes naturally as a result of service, the best definition of a business I've ever heard is that second line from, and that came from Richard Branson.

Modern Wisdom
#878 - David Senra - 15 Harsh Truths From History’s Greatest Founders

It turns out how many people would want a car that they could afford? Well, they're either on foot or they're being driven by horses. Probably a lot if you can solve that problem. And so the second line of that, after Henry Ford says money comes naturally as a result of service, the best definition of a business I've ever heard is that second line from, and that came from Richard Branson.

Modern Wisdom
#878 - David Senra - 15 Harsh Truths From History’s Greatest Founders

And the weird thing you're going to see, and he says that all businesses is an idea that makes somebody else's life better. The weird thing that happens, there's another maxim I repeat over and over again on the podcast, that history doesn't repeat, human nature does. Every generation thinks that there's no more opportunity. Like, oh, we missed it.

Modern Wisdom
#878 - David Senra - 15 Harsh Truths From History’s Greatest Founders

And the weird thing you're going to see, and he says that all businesses is an idea that makes somebody else's life better. The weird thing that happens, there's another maxim I repeat over and over again on the podcast, that history doesn't repeat, human nature does. Every generation thinks that there's no more opportunity. Like, oh, we missed it.

Modern Wisdom
#878 - David Senra - 15 Harsh Truths From History’s Greatest Founders

And the weird thing you're going to see, and he says that all businesses is an idea that makes somebody else's life better. The weird thing that happens, there's another maxim I repeat over and over again on the podcast, that history doesn't repeat, human nature does. Every generation thinks that there's no more opportunity. Like, oh, we missed it.

Modern Wisdom
#878 - David Senra - 15 Harsh Truths From History’s Greatest Founders

There's always, there will be limitless opportunity as long as humans are alive, because all a business is, is an idea that makes somebody else's life better. Podcasts can make somebody else's life better. The people that made the camera, that makes your somebody else's life better.

Modern Wisdom
#878 - David Senra - 15 Harsh Truths From History’s Greatest Founders

There's always, there will be limitless opportunity as long as humans are alive, because all a business is, is an idea that makes somebody else's life better. Podcasts can make somebody else's life better. The people that made the camera, that makes your somebody else's life better.

Modern Wisdom
#878 - David Senra - 15 Harsh Truths From History’s Greatest Founders

There's always, there will be limitless opportunity as long as humans are alive, because all a business is, is an idea that makes somebody else's life better. Podcasts can make somebody else's life better. The people that made the camera, that makes your somebody else's life better.

Modern Wisdom
#878 - David Senra - 15 Harsh Truths From History’s Greatest Founders

Whoever made the microphone, the iPad, your drink that I down, the orange sunrise when I'm doing my podcast, that makes somebody else's life better. There's an infinite way to make other people's lives better.

Modern Wisdom
#878 - David Senra - 15 Harsh Truths From History’s Greatest Founders

Whoever made the microphone, the iPad, your drink that I down, the orange sunrise when I'm doing my podcast, that makes somebody else's life better. There's an infinite way to make other people's lives better.

Modern Wisdom
#878 - David Senra - 15 Harsh Truths From History’s Greatest Founders

Whoever made the microphone, the iPad, your drink that I down, the orange sunrise when I'm doing my podcast, that makes somebody else's life better. There's an infinite way to make other people's lives better.

Modern Wisdom
#878 - David Senra - 15 Harsh Truths From History’s Greatest Founders

this is something that's fascinating. Cause like my dad is like a, he's a blue collar guy. He's got like an eighth grade education. And I realized you said how normal, normal people can be. And I told him like, like it was like a big deal to me because it was like the first like super famous and like wealthy person that I got to spend time with was Sam Zell.

Modern Wisdom
#878 - David Senra - 15 Harsh Truths From History’s Greatest Founders

this is something that's fascinating. Cause like my dad is like a, he's a blue collar guy. He's got like an eighth grade education. And I realized you said how normal, normal people can be. And I told him like, like it was like a big deal to me because it was like the first like super famous and like wealthy person that I got to spend time with was Sam Zell.

Modern Wisdom
#878 - David Senra - 15 Harsh Truths From History’s Greatest Founders

this is something that's fascinating. Cause like my dad is like a, he's a blue collar guy. He's got like an eighth grade education. And I realized you said how normal, normal people can be. And I told him like, like it was like a big deal to me because it was like the first like super famous and like wealthy person that I got to spend time with was Sam Zell.

Modern Wisdom
#878 - David Senra - 15 Harsh Truths From History’s Greatest Founders

And you know, at the time Sam Zell probably had like $10 billion or something. Like it was insane. He's 81 years old. He's working seven days a week. And he was, you know, I talked to him. He's like, I'm going to be doing deals till I die. He was like obsessed with this. And he was right. He was working on deals. Six months later, he was dead. Still working, you know, every day.

Modern Wisdom
#878 - David Senra - 15 Harsh Truths From History’s Greatest Founders

And you know, at the time Sam Zell probably had like $10 billion or something. Like it was insane. He's 81 years old. He's working seven days a week. And he was, you know, I talked to him. He's like, I'm going to be doing deals till I die. He was like obsessed with this. And he was right. He was working on deals. Six months later, he was dead. Still working, you know, every day.