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David Senra

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David Senra

@FoundersPodcast

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

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David Senra
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May 9
I read Shoe Dog for the third or fourth time. This episode will make you want to run through walls. My favorite quotes from the new episode: 1. Somebody may beat me, but they’re going to have to bleed to do it. 2. It was us against the world, and we felt damn sorry for the
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David Senra
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Aug 21, 2023
Steve Jobs was the single largest individual shareholder in Disney and it all started with this $5 million check. The year was 1986 and Steve Jobs was in exile from Apple. The company that would one day become Pixar was called Graphics Group. Graphics Group was owned by Star
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David Senra
@FoundersPodcast
Oct 2, 2024
Charlie Munger: Don’t be surprised when you lose to people like this
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David Senra
@FoundersPodcast
Aug 25, 2025
New episode: "How Elon Works" This episode covers the insanely valuable company-building principles of Elon Musk A few notes from the episode: 1. The mission comes first. 2. Retreat is not an option. 3. A maniacal sense of urgency is our operating principle. 4. Product
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David Senra
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Mar 29, 2025
David Senra
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Mar 28, 2025
“I did not succeed in life by intelligence. I succeeded because I have a long attention span.” —Charlie Munger
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David Senra
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Nov 27, 2023
Jony Ive on what Steve Jobs taught him about focus: “This sounds really simplistic but it still shocks me how few people actually practice this. It’s a struggle to practice this. Steve was the most remarkably focused person I ever met in my life. Focus is not something
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David Senra
@FoundersPodcast
Aug 19, 2023
My notes from Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charlie Munger turned into maxims: 1. Find a simple idea and take it seriously. 2. Good ideas are rare. When you find one bet heavily. 3. Humans have been writing down their best ideas for 5,000 years. Read them.
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David Senra
@FoundersPodcast
Apr 5, 2023
Charlie Munger: Don’t be surprised when you lose to people like this
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David Senra
@FoundersPodcast
Oct 25, 2025
Sage advice from Elon:
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David Senra
@FoundersPodcast
Jan 13, 2023
Warren Buffett on interest rates: “They power everything in the economic universe.”
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David Senra
@FoundersPodcast
Feb 16, 2025
Excellent insight from @naval
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David Senra
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Jul 16, 2023
Steve Jobs on money: “I never worried about money. I grew up in a middle-class family, so I never thought I would starve. And I learned at Atari that I could be an okay engineer, so I always knew I could get by. I was voluntarily poor when I was in college and India, and I
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David Senra
@FoundersPodcast
Jul 19, 2025
Sage advice from Munger:
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David Senra
@FoundersPodcast
Oct 1, 2023
One of the best ideas I learned from Kobe Bryant: “Don’t copy the what. Copy the how” Kobe would study greatness in any domain. Sports, music, business, art, whatever. This is why: “No matter what discipline you are in, there’s a common denominator in how we approach our
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