The Best of David Senra.

"You have to listen very carefully... go hide away with people that really understand the technology but also really care about the customers."

“Humans desire authenticity. The words... are not coming from words that somebody else wrote on a teleprompter... I think humans crave authenticity."

"The value of a mission statement can sort of be measured in the quality of decisions it helps you make."

David Senra highlights how historical founders like Steve Jobs spent substantial time learning from previous great company builders, using their insights to shape their ventures. He emphasizes the value of downloading the best ideas and avoiding the worst mistakes from history's greatest entrepreneurs by listening to the podcast

"Jordan and Kobe would talk about over and over again that they sought advice from the great players that came before them. I really do believe that reading founders' notes gives you the ability to do that exact same thing for history's greatest founders."

"Look at consumer products... you can arrive at very elegant and simple solutions... most people don't put in the time or energy."

"It's really about the people... we were in the right place at the right time, as the rest of the world was beginning to understand that alternative assets needed to play a bigger role."

"The culture of a company should be like 80 or 90% just the personality of the founder... otherwise, there's no progress; inertia dominates."

"A large part of your life is actually searching for your life's work. A lot of them [founders] are looking for something that is uniquely them that they can do forever."

"Edwin Land started working on become Polaroid when he's 19 and worked on it till he's 70. Who the hell works on something from 19 to 70? That's incredible."