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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. This quote explains why: "There are thousands of years of history in which lots and lots of very smart people worked very hard and ran all types of experiments on how to create new businesses, invent new technology, new ways to manage etc. They ran these experiments throughout their entire lives. At some point, somebody put these lessons down in a book. For very little money and a few hours of time, you can learn from someone’s accumulated experience. There is so much more to learn from the past than we often realize. You could productively spend your time reading experiences of great people who have come before and you learn every time." —Marc Andreessen

Founders David Senra

    • Business
    • 4.8 • 6 Ratings

Learn from history's greatest entrepreneurs. Every week I read a biography of an entrepreneur and find ideas you can use in your work. This quote explains why: "There are thousands of years of history in which lots and lots of very smart people worked very hard and ran all types of experiments on how to create new businesses, invent new technology, new ways to manage etc. They ran these experiments throughout their entire lives. At some point, somebody put these lessons down in a book. For very little money and a few hours of time, you can learn from someone’s accumulated experience. There is so much more to learn from the past than we often realize. You could productively spend your time reading experiences of great people who have come before and you learn every time." —Marc Andreessen

    #306 Confessions of an Advertising Man: David Ogilvy

    #306 Confessions of an Advertising Man: David Ogilvy

    What I learned from reading Confessions of an Advertising Man by David Ogilvy.

    • 50 min
    #305 Robert Caro on the relationship with your father, power, poverty, ruthlessness, obsession and running.

    #305 Robert Caro on the relationship with your father, power, poverty, ruthlessness, obsession and running.

    What I learned from reading Working by Robert Caro.

    • 57 min
    #304: Sol Price: The Founder Who Taught Jim Sinegal, Sam Walton, Jeff Bezos, Bernie Marcus, and more

    #304: Sol Price: The Founder Who Taught Jim Sinegal, Sam Walton, Jeff Bezos, Bernie Marcus, and more

    What I learned from reading Sol Price: Retail Revolutionary by Robert Price. 

    • 1 hr 4 min
    #303 Warren Buffett's Favorite Founder: Rose Blumkin

    #303 Warren Buffett's Favorite Founder: Rose Blumkin

    What I learned from reading The Women of Berkshire Hathaway: Lessons from Warren Buffett's Female CEOs and Directors by Karen Linder.

    • 35 min
    #302 Napoleon speaking directly to you

    #302 Napoleon speaking directly to you

    What I learned from reading The Mind of Napoleon: A Selection of His Written and Spoken Words edited by J. Christopher Herold.

    • 53 min
    #301 Tiger Woods

    #301 Tiger Woods

    What I learned from reading Tiger Woods by Jeff Benedict and Armen Keteyian.

    • 1 hr 6 min

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