#432 The Mind of Napoleon
What I learned from reading The Mind of Napoleon by Napoleon. Made possible by: Ramp: https://ramp.com AppLovin: https://www.applovin....
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20 of 457 episodes#431 How Henry Singleton Worked
What I learned from reading Distant Force: A Memoir of the Teledyne Corporation and The Man Who Created It by George Roberts and The Outside...
#430 How to Write Ads That Sell
Claude Hopkins was the greatest copywriter of all time. His ideas were so valuable that when he wrote them down in a book the founder of his...
#429 Bob Dylan's Autobiography
What I learned from rereading Bob Dylan's autobiography. Made possible by: Ramp: https://ramp.com Applovin: https://www.applovin.com V...
#428 How Claude Shannon Worked
Claude Shannon changed your life and you probably don't even know it. Claude is the father of information theory. He transformed information...
#427 How Raymond Plank Built a $50 Billion Oil Company
Raymond Plank founded Apache Corporation with just $250,000 in 1954. 50 years later his company was worth $50 billion. This episode examines...
#426 How Obsession Built Christopher Nolan
Obsession is the engine of Nolan’s career. This episode examines Christopher Nolan’s life, working methods, and philosophy through The Nolan...
#425 The Merchant Bankers
This episode discusses Joseph Wechsberg’s 1966 book, The Merchant Bankers. Rather than recounting the histories of families like the Rothsch...
#424 Peter Thiel on How to Build a Creative Monopoly
What I learned from reading Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel and Blake Masters (for the 3rd or 4th...
#423 Soichiro Honda
What I learned from reading Honda: The Man and His Machines by Sol Sanders. Made possible by: Ramp: https://ramp.com Applovin: https://ww...
#422 Joseph Pulitzer
What I learned from reading Pulitzer: A Life in Politics, Print, and Power by James McGrath Morris. Made possible by: Ramp: https://ramp.co...
#421 Jony Ive
What I learned from reading Jony Ive: The Genius Behind Apple's Greatest Products by Leander Kahney. Made possible by: Ramp: https://ramp.co...
#420 Steve Jobs In Exile
What I learned from reading Steve Jobs in Exile: The Untold Story of NeXT and the Remaking of an American Visionary by Geoffrey Cain. Made p...
#419 Kelly Johnson: Skunk Works
Kelly Johnson’s “14 Points” read like a SpaceX operations manual — 60 years before SpaceX was founded. Kelly Johnson created Skunk Works, wh...
#418 Phil Knight: Founder of Nike
What I learned from rereading Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike for the 3rd or 4th time. Made possible by: Ramp: https://ramp.com...
#417 Arnold Schwarzenegger
What I learned from reading Arnold: The Education of a Bodybuilder by Arnold Schwarzenegger. Made possible by: Ramp: https://ramp.com Axon b...
#416 The Relentless Missionary Creating AGI: Demis Hassabis
This episode is about a once-in-a-generation mind working on what may be the most important problem in history. Based on the new book The In...
#415 How Elon Thinks
My friend Eric Jorgenson spent years—and thousands of hours—studying Elon Musk. Eric read everything Elon has written, read everything writt...
#414 How SpaceX Works
SpaceX is one of the most dominant companies on the planet and their performance gap just keeps getting bigger. In 2025, SpaceX launched mor...
#413 How To Run Down A Dream
Running Down A Dream: How to Succeed and Thrive in a Career You Love by Bill Gurley has been one of the most valuable talks I've heard. For...