ACQ Sessions returns with David Senra of the Founders Podcast. David is one of our very favorite people in the world — it’s impossible to spend an hour (or 3!) with him and not come away inspired to go take over the world. This conversation is an “extended, IRL version” of monthly calls that we do together where we share stories, swap life and podcast advice, and just genuinely enjoy sharing time with someone who shares our outlook and enthusiasm for the history of entrepreneurship. Pull up a chair, grab a beverage (or energy drink in David’s case) and join us!Links:Go subscribe to Founders! Some of our favorite episodes: Bernard Arnault, Brunello Cucinelli, Edwin Land, Kobe BryantSponsors:WorkOS: https://bit.ly/workos25Sentry: https://bit.ly/acquiredsentryServiceNow: https://bit.ly/acquiredsnMore Acquired!:Get email updates with hints on next episode and follow-ups from recent episodesJoin the SlackSubscribe to ACQ2Merch Store!© Copyright 2015-2025 ACQ, LLCTopics:Note: Acquired hosts and guests may hold assets discussed in this episode. This podcast is not investment advice, and is intended for informational and entertainment purposes only. You should do your own research and make your own independent decisions when considering any financial transactions.
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I found this guy tweeted something a couple days ago whenever it was hilarious. He goes, most people's alarm clock is David Goggins telling them to wake up and get after it. My alarm clock is David Senra yelling at me, telling me to be like Edwin Land. It's like, all right, repetition works.
Who got the truth? Is it you, is it you, is it you? Who got the truth now? Is it you, is it you, is it you? Sit me down, say it straight. Another story on the way.
David Rosenthal a video format on YouTube that we started playing with last year. Our guest today is David Senra of the Founders Podcast. David is quite possibly the only person we know who is more obsessed than us with business history and the lessons that great founders teach us. David, David Senra, that is, has read hundreds of founder biographies and done deep episodes on them all.
I don't know that I'm at hundreds yet as me, David, but I'm definitely in dozens. I aspire to be at hundreds. But David Senra is just one of our closest podcaster friends and friends period out there. His show is awesome. Here on this episode, we had him out to my living room here in San Francisco, and we had just a
Awesome, really fun, multi-multi-hour conversation, just like the ones that he and I have scheduled every month on Zoom when the mics are off. And it was super organic, super unstructured. We covered a ton of ground, including that I think two nights before we recorded that David was just coming up from LA where he had dinner with Charlie Munger.
And so we spent a lot of time talking about that, Charlie's influence on David, his and Warren's influence on all three of us, a bunch of thoughts on advice generally. And as you can imagine, David just sprinkled dozens and dozens of historical examples and founder stories throughout the episode.
It is crazy. Every time someone's making a point, he'll dive in. This is just like that thing Edwin Land said that one time. Yeah. Or David Ogilvie or Coco Chanel or who have you. David is definitely close with the eminent dead. I will say after editing this episode, I had one enormous takeaway. David Senra is really, really into podcasting. So get fired up to meet him on his level.
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