David Senra
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Learn from history's greatest entrepreneurs. Every week I read a biography of an entrepreneur and find ideas you can use in your work.
Joined January 2016
A few surprising things I learned from reading about the founder of Red Bull: 1. He started the company when he was 41 years old. 2. He was making $500 to $800 million a year and his 49% stake was worth $20 to $30 billion. 3. The company was started with just $500,000
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This is like the Super Bowl for @FoundersPodcast listeners:
Here's my conversation with James Dyson, founder of @Dyson. 0:00 Introduction: A Love for History and Technology 0:48 The Inspiration Behind Writing a History of Great Inventions 2:01 The Importance of Learning from History 2:38 The Struggles and Triumphs of Starting Founders
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Here's my conversation with James Dyson, founder of @Dyson. 0:00 Introduction: A Love for History and Technology 0:48 The Inspiration Behind Writing a History of Great Inventions 2:01 The Importance of Learning from History 2:38 The Struggles and Triumphs of Starting Founders
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Available on @davidsenra Watch on Spotify: https://t.co/MCpUAYXiR2 Listen on Apple:
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One of the best days of my life. Conversation with James Dyson is out now!
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Meet your heroes, then ask them everything. https://t.co/XNeC4RrWsm
@FoundersPodcast @davidsenra - this is fire.
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Make sure you’re following my new show so you don’t miss it @davidsenra Spotify: https://t.co/5j7NNTYirw Apple: https://t.co/nAbIRdRnI8 YouTube:
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“He was paying himself $500,000,000 to $800,000,000 a year.”
When he’s 41 he quits his job and starts his first company. He puts all of his money in it. To not go into debt there were no dividend payments for the first 13 years. All the profits flowed back into expansion. “We are advancing constantly.” As the brand got more and more
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The full episode of the Red Bull founder’s life and career is incredible:
A few surprising things I learned from reading about the founder of Red Bull: 1. He started the company when he was 41 years old. 2. He was making $500 to $800 million a year and his 49% stake was worth $20 to $30 billion. 3. The company was started with just $500,000
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When he’s 41 he quits his job and starts his first company. He puts all of his money in it. To not go into debt there were no dividend payments for the first 13 years. All the profits flowed back into expansion. “We are advancing constantly.” As the brand got more and more
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“Red Bull’s founder never tires of emphasizing that money was never his main motivation for starting his company. Rather it was finding joy in the work. This is why you don’t retire. If you love what you do, and you have complete independence to control what you work on,
A few surprising things I learned from reading about the founder of Red Bull: 1. He started the company when he was 41 years old. 2. He was making $500 to $800 million a year and his 49% stake was worth $20 to $30 billion. 3. The company was started with just $500,000
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“I lived in a building in New York. Living above me was Martin Scorsese. I would go visit him at night. Every night Scorsese watched a movie. Every single night. I’d bring take out and listen and ask him questions. It was like taking a master’s degree in film. He knew
Here's my conversation with @MichaelOvitz, co-founder of Creative Artists Agency (CAA). 0:00 Introduction 0:09 The Genius of Marc Andreessen 3:03 The Art of Conversation and Adaptability 4:00 The Evolution of Cloud Computing 5:38 The Power of Co-Founder Relationships 9:01 The
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Watch my conversation with Michael Ovitz Spotify: https://t.co/bKBUZjUDhx Apple: https://t.co/Gbba6T5adm YouTube:
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“Learning from history is a form of leverage.” —Charlie Munger
“I lived in a building in New York. Living above me was Martin Scorsese. I would go visit him at night. Every night Scorsese watched a movie. Every single night. I’d bring take out and listen and ask him questions. It was like taking a master’s degree in film. He knew
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From the episode “How Larry Ellison Thinks” Apple: https://t.co/YJWbLeWzOQ Spotify: https://t.co/CROK0QFQ5w YouTube:
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“Larry Ellison is the most focused person I’ve ever seen when he has something to beat. Larry has to have an enemy. One of the biggest enemies he ever picks is Bill Gates. This was brilliant positioning. This is how he got Oracle in the media: Everybody at the time was
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Incredibly proud of @MichaelDell and @SusanDell and the example they continue to set. Grateful for their generous investment into our country's future and the hope this will create for so many. Excited to see the impact this gift unlocks for communities everywhere.
$6.25 billion. 25 million children. $250 each. Susan and I believe the smartest investment we can make is in children. That’s why we’re so excited to contribute $6.25 billion from our charitable funds to help 25 million children start building a strong financial foundation
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Michael Dell is awesome:
$6.25 billion. 25 million children. $250 each. Susan and I believe the smartest investment we can make is in children. That’s why we’re so excited to contribute $6.25 billion from our charitable funds to help 25 million children start building a strong financial foundation
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I read a 600 page biography on Kobe to make this episode on his life and career Spotify: https://t.co/Y4HpPm9MNu Apple:
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