#129 Felix Dennis (How to Get Rich)
04 Jun 2020
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What I learned from reading How to Get Rich: One of the World's Greatest Entrepreneurs Shares His Se...
#128 Henry Leland (Cadillac)
31 May 2020
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What I learned from reading Master of Precision: Henry Leland by Ottilie Leland and Minnie Dubbs Mil...
#127 Larry Ellison (Oracle)
25 May 2020
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What I learned from reading The Difference Between God and Larry Ellison: God Doesn't Think He's Lar...
#126: Larry Ellison (The Billionaire and the Mechanic)
20 May 2020
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What I learned from reading The Billionaire and the Mechanic: How Larry Ellison and a Car Mechanic T...
#125 Charles Kettering (inventor, engineer, founder)
15 May 2020
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What I learned from reading Professional Amateur: The Biography of Charles Franklin Kettering by Tho...
#124 Larry Ellison and Oracle
09 May 2020
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What I learned from reading Softwar: An Intimate Portrait of Larry Ellison and Oracle by Matthew Sym...
#123 Albert Champion (Record-Setting Racer to Dashing Tycoon)
01 May 2020
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What I learned from reading The Fast Times of Albert Champion: From Record-Setting Racer to Dashing...
#122 Alfred Sloan (General Motors)
26 Apr 2020
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What I learned from reading My Years with General Motors by Alfred Sloan. ---- [2:40] There are idea...
#121 Billy Durant and Alfred Sloan (General Motors)
19 Apr 2020
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What I learned from reading Billy, Alfred, and General Motors: The Story of Two Unique Men, A Legend...
#120 Billy Durant (Creator of General Motors)
11 Apr 2020
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What I learned from reading Billy Durant Creator of General Motors: The Story of the Flamboyant Geni...
#119 The Dodge Brothers
05 Apr 2020
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What I learned from reading The Dodge Brothers: The Men, the Motor Cars, and the Legacy by Charles H...
#118 Forty Years With Henry Ford
31 Mar 2020
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What I learned by reading My Forty Years With Ford by Charles Sorensen. ---- Henry Ford’s greatest...
#117 : Chung Ju-yung founder of Hyundai (the most inspiring autobiography I've read)
26 Mar 2020
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What I learned from reading Born of This Land: My Life Story by Chung Ju-yung. --- For a long time I...
#116 Sam Bronfman (Seagram's and the Bronfman family dynasty)
21 Mar 2020
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What I learned from reading Samuel Bronfman: The Life and Times of Seagram’s Mr. Sam by Michael R....
#115 Ben Franklin: An American Life
16 Mar 2020
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What I learned from reading Benjamin Franklin: An American Life by Walter Isaacson. ---- He was, d...
#114 The Professor, the Banker, and the Suicide King: Inside the Richest Poker Game of All Time
09 Mar 2020
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What I learned from reading The Professor, the Banker, and the Suicide King: Inside the Richest Poke...
#113 A.G. Gaston (Black Titan and the Making of a Black American Millionaire)
05 Mar 2020
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What I learned from reading Black Titan: A.G. Gaston and the Making of a Black American Millionaire ...
#112 Frank Lloyd Wright
24 Feb 2020
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What I learned from reading Plagued by Fire: The Dreams and Furies of Frank Lloyd Wright by Paul Hen...
#111 David Geffen
16 Feb 2020
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What I learned from reading The Operator: David Geffen Builds, Buys, and Sells the New Hollywood by ...
#110 Henry Singleton (Teledyne)
10 Feb 2020
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What I learned from reading Distant Force: A Memoir of the Teledyne Corporation and the Man Who Crea...
#109 Adi Dassler (Adidas)
03 Feb 2020
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What I learned from reading Sneaker Wars: The Enemy Brothers Who Founded Adidas and Puma and The Fa...
#108 Jim Simons (Money Printer)
26 Jan 2020
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What I learned from reading The Man Who Solved The Market: How Jim Simons Launched The Quant Revolu...
#107 Sol Price (Costco)
20 Jan 2020
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What I learned from reading Sol Price: Retail Revolutionary & Social Innovator by Robert E. Price. -...
#106 Bill Walsh (The Score Takes Care of Itself)
12 Jan 2020
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What I learned from reading The Score Takes Care of Itself: My Philosophy of Leadership by Bill Wals...
#105 Les Schwab (Charlie Munger recommended this book)
05 Jan 2020
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What I learned from reading Les Schwab Pride In Performance: Keep It Going! by Les Schwab. ---- ...
#104 Ingvar Kamprad (IKEA)
30 Dec 2019
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What I learned from reading Leading By Design: The Ikea Story by Ingvar Kamprad and Bertil Torekull....
#103 Hetty Green (The Richest Woman in America)
22 Dec 2019
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What I learned from reading The Richest Woman in America: Hetty Green in the Gilded Age by Janet Wal...
#102 Akio Morita (Sony)
15 Dec 2019
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What I learned from reading Made in Japan: Akio Morita and Sony by Akio Morita. --- [0:01] Forty ...
#101 Warren Buffett (The Tao of Warren Buffett)
08 Dec 2019
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What I learned from reading The Tao of Warren Buffett by David Clark and Mary Buffett. --- [0:01]T...
#100 Warren Buffett (The Snowball)
01 Dec 2019
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What I learned from reading The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life by Alice Schroeder...
#99 Carroll Shelby (My name is Carroll Shelby and performance is my business)
24 Nov 2019
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What I learned from reading Carroll Shelby: The Authorized Biography by Rinsey Mills. --- [3:27] I...
#98 Enzo Ferrari (the making of an automobile empire)
18 Nov 2019
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What I learned from reading Enzo Ferrari: Power, Politics, and the Making of an Automobile Empire ...
#97 Enzo Ferrari (Ferrari vs Ford)
10 Nov 2019
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What I learned from reading Go Like Hell: Ford, Ferrari, and Their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le ...
#96 James J. Hill (Empire Builder of the Northwest)
04 Nov 2019
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What I learned from reading James J. Hill: Empire Builder of the Northwest by Michael P. Malone. -...
#95 Claude Shannon
27 Oct 2019
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What I learned from reading A Mind at Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age by Jimm...
#94 Henry Singleton (The Outsiders)
20 Oct 2019
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What I learned from reading The Outsiders: Eight Unconventional CEOs and Their Radically Rational Bl...
#93 Ed Thorp (A Man for All Markets)
13 Oct 2019
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What I learned from reading A Man for All Markets: From Las Vegas to Wall Street, How I Beat the Dea...
#92 Ed Thorp and Claude Shannon
07 Oct 2019
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What I learned from reading Fortune's Formula: The Untold Story of the Scientific Betting System Th...
#91 Jim Clayton (Sold to Warren Buffett)
29 Sep 2019
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What I learned from reading First A Dream by Jim Clayton. ---- Founders Notes gives you the a...
#90 Charlie Munger (Poor Charlie's Almanack)
22 Sep 2019
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What I learned from reading Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger. ---- C...
#89 David Ogilvy (Confessions of an Advertising Man)
15 Sep 2019
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What I learned by reading Confessions of an Advertising Man by David Ogilvy. ---- Founders...
#88 Warren Buffett's Shareholder Letters— All of them!
08 Sep 2019
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What I learned from reading Berkshire Hathaway Letters to Shareholders by Warren Buffett. ---- ...
#87 Thomas Watson (IBM)
01 Sep 2019
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What I learned from reading The Maverick and His Machine: Thomas Watson Sr. and The Making of IBM ...
#86 Carl Bosch and Fritz Haber (A Genius and a Doomed Tycoon)
25 Aug 2019
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What I learned from reading The Alchemy of Air: A Jewish Genius, a Doomed Tycoon, and the Scientifi...
#85 Walter and Olive Ann Beech (Aviation Legends)
18 Aug 2019
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What I learned from reading The Barnstormer and The Lady: Aviation Legends Walter and Olive Ann Bee...
#84 Aristotle Onassis
11 Aug 2019
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What I learned from reading Onassis: The Definitive Biography by Willi Frischauer. ---- Founders...
#83 Thomas Edison, Nikola Tesla, George Westinghouse, and the Race to Electrify the World
04 Aug 2019
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What I learned from reading Empires of Light: Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, and the Race to Electrif...
#82 David Ogilvy (Ogilvy on Advertising)
28 Jul 2019
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What I learned from reading Ogilvy on Advertising by David Ogilvy. --- In my Confessions of an Adver...
#81 Henry Royce (Founder of Rolls-Royce)
22 Jul 2019
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What I learned from reading Rolls-Royce: The First Forty Years of Britain's Most Prestigious Company...
#80 Henry Ford (Today and Tomorrow)
14 Jul 2019
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What I learned from reading Today and Tomorrow by Henry Ford. ---- Founders Notes gives you th...
#79 Charlie Munger (The Complete Investor)
07 Jul 2019
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What I learned from reading Charlie Munger: The Complete Investor by Tren Griffin ---- Founders ...
#78 Charlie Munger (the Tao of Charlie Munger)
30 Jun 2019
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What I learned from reading Tao of Charlie Munger: A Compilation of Quotes from Berkshire Hathaway'...
#77 Steve Jobs (The NeXT Years)
23 Jun 2019
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What I learned from reading Steve Jobs & The NeXT Big Thing by Randall Stross. ---- Founders Not...
#76 Steve Jobs: The Early Years of Apple
16 Jun 2019
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What I learned from reading Return to the Little Kingdom: Steve Jobs and the Creation of Appleby Mi...
#75 Henry Clay Frick: Andrew Carnegie's Partner
09 Jun 2019
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What I learned from reading Henry Clay Frick: The Life of the Perfect Capitalist by Quentin Skrabe...
#74 The Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie
02 Jun 2019
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What I learned from reading The Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie by Andrew Carnegie. ---- Founde...
#73 Andrew Carnegie and Henry Clay Frick: The Bitter Partnership That Changed America
26 May 2019
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What I learned from reading Meet You in Hell: Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, and the Bitter Part...
#72 Stan Lee: Founder of Marvel
19 May 2019
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What I learned from reading Excelsior! The Amazing Life of Stan Lee by Stan Lee and George Mair. ...
#71 Jeff Bezos' Shareholder Letters
12 May 2019
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"To read Bezos’ shareholder letters is to get a crash course in running a high-growth internet bus...
#70 Mark Spitznagel: The Dao of Capital
06 May 2019
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What I learned from reading The Dao of Capital: Austrian Investing in a Distorted World by Mark Sp...
#69 Charles Goodyear: An Inventor's Obsession and the Struggle for a Rubber Monopoly
28 Apr 2019
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What I learned from reading The Goodyear Story: An Inventor's Obsession and The Struggle For A Rubb...
#68 Daniel Ludwig: The Invisible Billionaire
21 Apr 2019
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What I learned from reading The Invisible Billionaire: Daniel Ludwig by Jerry Shields. The cameraman...
#67 Conrad Hilton: Hilton Hotel Dynasty
14 Apr 2019
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What I learned from reading The Hiltons: The True Story of an American Dynasty by J. Randy Tarabor...
#66 Henry Kaiser: Builder in the Modern American West
07 Apr 2019
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What I learned from reading Henry J. Kaiser: Builder in the Modern American West by Mark Foster. ...
#65 Kirk Kerkorian: Penniless Dropout became the Greatest Deal Maker in Capitalist History
31 Mar 2019
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What I learned from reading The Gambler: How Penniless Dropout Kirk Kerkorian Became the Greatest De...
#64 Coco Chanel: Her Life and Secrets
24 Mar 2019
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What I learned from reading Coco Chanel: Her Life, Her Secrets. ---- It is my work I am congratulat...
#63 The King of Oil: The Secret Lives of Marc Rich
10 Mar 2019
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What I learned by from reading The King of Oil: The Secret Lives of Marc Rich by Daniel Ammann. --...
#62 The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
04 Mar 2019
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What I learned from reading The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin. ---- [0...
#61 Malcom McLean: The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger
25 Feb 2019
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What I learned from reading The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the Worl...
#60 Yvon Chouinard: What We've Learned from Patagonia's First 40 Years
18 Feb 2019
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What I learned from reading The Responsible Company: What We've Learned From Patagonia's First 40 Ye...
#59 Howard Hughes: The Definitive Biography of the First American Billionaire
11 Feb 2019
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What I learned from reading Hughes: The Private Diaries, Memos and Letters; The Definitive Biograph...
#58 John Bogle: Enough: True Measures of Money, Business, and Life
04 Feb 2019
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What I learned from reading Enough: True Measures of Money, Business, and Life by John Bogle ---...
#57 John Bogle: Stay the Course: The Story of Vanguard and the Index Revolution
28 Jan 2019
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What I learned from reading Stay the Course: The Story of Vanguard and the Index Revolution. ---- T...
#56 The Biography of Herb Kelleher
22 Jan 2019
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What I learned from reading Nuts!: Southwest Airlines' Crazy Recipe for Business and Personal Succe...
#55 Tycoon's War: How Cornelius Vanderbilt Invaded a Country to Overthrow America's Most Famous Military Adventurer
14 Jan 2019
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What I learned from reading Tycoon's War: How Cornelius Vanderbilt Invaded a Country to Overthrow A...
#54 The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt
08 Jan 2019
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What I learned by reading The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt by TJ Stiles. ...
#53 Who Is Michael Ovitz?
01 Jan 2019
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What I learned from reading Who Is Michael Ovitz? by Michael Ovitz. ---- Those whom the gods wish...
#52 The Republic of Tea: The Story of the Creation of a Business, as Told Through the Personal Letters of Its Founders
25 Dec 2018
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What I learned from reading The Republic of Tea: The Story of the Creation of a Business, as Told T...
#51 Wild Company: The Untold Story of Banana Republic
17 Dec 2018
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What I learned from reading Wild Company: The Untold Story of Banana Republic by Mel and Patricia ...
#50 Marc Andreessen's Blog Archive
11 Dec 2018
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What I learned from reading The Pmarca Blog Archive Ebook by Marc Andreessen. ---- [0:01] In this...
#49 Screw It, Let's Do It: Lessons in Life by Richard Branson
03 Dec 2018
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What I learned from reading Screw It, Let's Do It: Lessons in Life by Richard Branson. --- Subscri...
#48 Finding My Virginity: The New Autobiography by Richard Branson
26 Nov 2018
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What I learned from reading Finding My Virginity: The New Autobiography by Richard Branson. -...
#47 Losing My Virginity: How I Survived, Had Fun, and Made a Fortune Doing Business My Way
19 Nov 2018
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What I learned from reading Losing My Virginity: How I Survived, Had Fun, and Made a Fortune Doing ...
#46 I Love Capitalism: An American Story
13 Nov 2018
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What I learned from reading I Love Capitalism: An American Story by Ken Langone. --- His early l...
#45 Built From Scratch: How A Couple of Regular Guys Grew The Home Depot from Nothing to $30 Billion
05 Nov 2018
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What I learned from reading Built From Scratch: How A Couple of Regular Guys Grew The Home Depot fr...
#44 A Memoir by the Cofounder of Microsoft
30 Oct 2018
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What I learned from reading Idea Man: A Memoir by the Cofounder of Microsoft by Paul Allen --- I...
#43 Ray Dalio: Principles: Life and Work
22 Oct 2018
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What I learned from reading Principles: Life and Work by Ray Dalio --- Whatever success I've had i...
#42 One From Many: VISA and the Rise of Chaordic Organization
16 Oct 2018
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What I learned from reading One From Many: VISA and the Rise of Chaordic Organization by Dee Hock ...
#41 The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers
08 Oct 2018
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What I learned from reading The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No...
#40 Insisting On The Impossible: The Life of Edwin Land and Instant: The Story of Polaroid
02 Oct 2018
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What I learned from reading Insisting On The Impossible: The Life of Edwin Land and Instant: The S...
#39 Walt Disney: An American Original
24 Sep 2018
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What I learned from reading Walt Disney: An American Original by Bob Thomas --- He seemed eager to...
#38 The Space Barons: Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and the Quest to Colonize the Cosmos
17 Sep 2018
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What I learned from reading The Space Barons: Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and the Quest to Colonize the C...
#37 The Fish That Ate The Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King
09 Sep 2018
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What I learned from reading The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana Kin...
#36 Finding The Next Steve Jobs: How to Find, Keep, and Nurture Talent
03 Sep 2018
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What I learned from reading Finding The Next Steve Jobs: How to Find, Keep, and Nurture Talent by ...
#35 George Lucas: A Life
26 Aug 2018
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What I learned from reading George Lucas: A Life by Brian Jay Jones. --- Lucas unapologetically in...
#34 Creativity Inc: The Autobiography of the founder of Pixar
20 Aug 2018
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What I learned from reading Creativity Inc: Overcoming The Unseen Forces That Stand In The Way of T...
#33 Levi Strauss: The Man Who Gave Blue Jeans to the World
12 Aug 2018
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What I learned from reading Levi Strauss: The Man Who Gave Blue Jeans to the World by Lynn Downey ...
#32 Alibaba: The House That Jack Ma Built
09 Aug 2018
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What I learned from reading Alibaba: The House That Jack Ma Built by Duncan Clark. --- Crazy Jac...
#31 Conspiracy: Peter Thiel, Hulk Hogan, Gawker, and the Anatomy of Intrigue and Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
02 Aug 2018
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What I learned from reading Conspiracy: Peter Thiel, Hulk Hogan, Gawker, and the Anatomy of Intrigu...
#30 Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
09 Jul 2018
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What I learned from reading Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future by Ashl...