David Senra

13 statements across 2 episodes · 5 bullish · 2 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Mar 29, 2023 by David Senra · said 8 times in 6 episodes since 2022 · across every show →

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2023 4 mentions in 3 episodes 1 per episode
2022 4 mentions in 3 episodes 1 per episode

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Mar 29, 2023 positive
Disclosure
David Senra: Reading Paul Graham's essay prompted him to pursue Founders full-time
“The full the reason to finally jump and dedicate my life to founders came, I was, my wife was sleeping in bed next to me. I'm up late at night. I read Paul Graham's essay, How to Do What You Love.”
David Senra Mar 29, 2023 ▶ 1:46:55 Sessions: David Senra (Founders Podcast) · Acquired
Mar 29, 2023 neutral
Opinion
Gilbert: Solo monologue podcasting is the hardest format in the medium
“You and him are like the only successful monologue podcasters. Like, I think it's the hardest thing to do in this medium, and I can't, I mean, there's, everyone else either has a guest on or a co-host.”
Ben Gilbert Mar 29, 2023 ▶ 35:02 Sessions: David Senra (Founders Podcast) · Acquired
Mar 29, 2023 neutral
Insight
Senra: World-Class Success Requires Sacrificing Balance in Other Areas of Life
“Most of these people are just so, they're like, best in class in this one dimension in the world, and of course, to get that, they had to be poured, they had to, they couldn't optimize all other areas of the life at the, at what they did for, like, their work.”
David Senra Mar 29, 2023 ▶ 1:15:21 Sessions: David Senra (Founders Podcast) · Acquired
Mar 29, 2023 neutral
Disclosure
Senra: Founders Podcast is completely a solo operation with no editors
“No, like, I pick the books, I record them, I edit, I'm still a one-person show.”
David Senra Mar 29, 2023 ▶ 46:49 Sessions: David Senra (Founders Podcast) · Acquired
Mar 29, 2023
Insight
Munger: Wealthy Parents Must Inherit Wealth or Children Will Hate Them
“And he's like, he definitely feels that some of them are going to be less motivated because they're born rich, but he said this was the most surprising thing. But he goes, you have to give them the money anyways or they're going to hate you for it.”
David Senra Mar 29, 2023 ▶ 1:09:52 Sessions: David Senra (Founders Podcast) · Acquired
Mar 29, 2023 positive
Insight
Senra: Munger approaches inevitable life problems with complete indifference
“Charlie has an almost complete indifference to problems. Troubles from time to time should be expected. This is inescapable, so why would you let it bother you?”
David Senra Mar 29, 2023 ▶ 1:12:29 Sessions: David Senra (Founders Podcast) · Acquired
Mar 29, 2023 negative
Insight
High-Value Business Podcasts Forfeit Massive Revenue by Paywalling Feeds
“For the type of podcast that we are, where you have lots of founders and CEOs and hedge fund managers and these sorts of people listening, You could never ask someone to pay you in membership what they are worth to the most valuable advertiser for that slot. A…”
Ben Gilbert Mar 29, 2023 ▶ 58:12 Sessions: David Senra (Founders Podcast) · Acquired
Mar 29, 2023 positive
Disclosure
David Senra: The Founders podcast format was adapted from Jocko Willink
“The format for our founders I got from Jocko. I found his podcast because he was on Tim Ferriss's. His podcast at the very beginning was just him reading books for an hour, hour and a half saying, oh, I like this section. Yeah, and he does it for autobiographi…”
David Senra Mar 29, 2023 ▶ 1:46:24 Sessions: David Senra (Founders Podcast) · Acquired
Mar 29, 2023 neutral
Opinion
Senra: Entrepreneurship is only for a very small percentage of people
“Like entrepreneurship is for a very small percentage. I, I'm not one of these people who think everybody could be an entrepreneur.”
David Senra Mar 29, 2023 ▶ 2:46:44 Sessions: David Senra (Founders Podcast) · Acquired
Mar 29, 2023 positive
Insight
Senra: 'Founders of families' break multi-generational dysfunction to shift family trajectory
“Sam Hinckley, our mutual friend, actually gave me the way to think about this, and it's called The Founder of Your Family. Right? And it's the person that, like, and I used to call them, and it was a terrible name, but generational inflection points, because y…”
David Senra Mar 29, 2023 ▶ 29:07 Sessions: David Senra (Founders Podcast) · Acquired
Mar 29, 2023
Disclosure
Senra: Founders Podcast has rejected about 15 acquisition and investment offers
“There's been like something like 15 acquisition or investment offers for founders. I've said no to every single one.”
David Senra Mar 29, 2023 ▶ 1:25:56 Sessions: David Senra (Founders Podcast) · Acquired
Mar 29, 2023 positive
Opinion
Senra: Steve Jobs is the clearest thinker of anyone I have studied
“Out of every single person I've ever studied, Steve Jobs is by far the clearest thinker I have Ever come across.”
David Senra Mar 29, 2023 ▶ 24:50 Sessions: David Senra (Founders Podcast) · Acquired
Dec 18, 2023 negative
Insight
Senra: Most studied founders over-optimized for business over personal life
“Out of, you know, the 330 entrepreneurs that I've studied for the podcast so far. It's shocking how many of them made the mistake of over-optimizing for their professional success at the detriment to their personal life, their relationships, and their happines…”
David Senra Dec 18, 2023 ▶ 1:50:50 Holiday Special 2023 (Audio) · Acquired
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