The Best of David Senra.
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
"Repetition is persuasive... nearly all the founders have a handful of ideas and principles and repeat them forever."
"Try to be a big fish in the biggest pond possible... and that should definitely be kind of the goal."
"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."
"You have to listen very carefully... go hide away with people that really understand the technology but also really care about the customers."
"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."
"Is it idea or execution? You need both... I can't think of anybody that didn't have to execute relentlessly... for a long period of time."
“Humans desire authenticity. The words... are not coming from words that somebody else wrote on a teleprompter... I think humans crave authenticity."