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The Merchant Bankers
- ▶ 9:03 David Senra Most of these merchant bankers are European.
Joseph Pulitzer: The Inventor of Mass Media
- ▶ 4:16 David Senra They wagered that there were thousands of young men in Europe who would join the American military provided their passage could be paid.
Steve Jobs in Exile
- ▶ 7:38 David Senra They called us and said, you've got to get on the next plane to Europe and see what we've come up with. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 16:13 David Senra You fly to Europe, go to the factory, and buy it there.
The Relentless Missionary Creating AGI: Demis Hassabis
- ▶ 16:37 David Senra And so he's going to work out the best gaming studio in Europe.
How SpaceX Works
- ▶ 1:54 David Senra Every payload from China, Russia, Europe, and all American launchers wasn't even a fifth of what SpaceX put into orbit.
How To Run Down A Dream
- ▶ 18:16 David Senra Then he goes to Europe and works in a restaurant there for free.
How Roger Federer Works.
- ▶ 14:33 David Senra So a lot of these European, I've been reading a lot about European tennis players.
Red Bull's Billionaire Maniac Founder
- ▶ 17:43 David Senra And the few times he's done interviews, he's done some with like these European publications.
- ▶ 24:37 David Senra And so he had to, he applied for what was going to be the first ever Europe wide approval of a new type of indulgence, which is the energy drink.
- ▶ 33:47 David Senra And then they start adding market after market after market in Europe.
- ▶ 39:19 David Senra He's like, well, I think it's working in Europe.
How Rockefeller Worked
- ▶ 37:27 David Senra So one example is a refinery that specialized in canned oil for export to Europe.
How Larry Ellison Thinks
- ▶ 25:16 David Senra The salespeople we hired in Europe were very professional and service oriented. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 47:35 David Senra We were organized like medieval Europe. 3 times in the scene
Steve Jobs In His Own Words (Make Something Wonderful)
- ▶ 19:52 David Senra He's going to travel to Europe, spends a bunch of time in India, comes back, and then eventually they start what's going to wind up being the beginning of Apple.
The Obsession of Enzo Ferrari
- ▶ 24:59 David Senra It took Ferrari nearly two years to build the first car in post-war Europe.
The Outsiders Who Changed F1 Forever
- ▶ 31:11 David Senra Considering what the British and European TV landscape for sports looked like in those days, no one realized that they had surrendered a potential cash cow. 6 times in the scene
This Orphan Built a $116 Billion Empire Without You Noticing
- ▶ 21:32 David Senra Guy goes on to build one of the largest publishing houses in Europe.
The Greatest Marketer of All Time and The Cofounder of the Michelin Family Dynasty Andre Michel
- ▶ 26:55 David Senra They build their own car called the lightning and they drove it themselves in one of the longest car races in Europe.
- ▶ 46:11 David Senra For nearly a century, Europe's most secretive company had set its rhythm, calibrated its clock, and adjusted its ambitions according to this passion that borders on mysticism. 2 times in the scene
Michele Ferrero's $40 Billion Privately Owned Chocolate Empire
- ▶ 16:05 David Senra During the 19 sixties and seventies, he methodically expanded for his reach across Europe and beyond.
- ▶ 45:05 David Senra He says, if we are nobody in Europe, we will be nothing even in Italy.
The Rise and Fall (and Rise) of the Most Powerful Man in Hollywood: Michael Ovitz
- ▶ 1:03:41 David Senra I was waking up at 5:45 a.m. 15 minutes later, I'd be riding the bike in the gym and making calls to Europe, skimming five newspapers, marking articles for my assistants to strip out and distribute to the firm.
- ▶ 1:21:08 David Senra I was tired of getting up at six a.m. and squeezing in a workout while on the phone with Europe.
The Last Oil Baron: Leon Hess
- ▶ 15:45 David Senra This winds up becoming excessively important because he's going to go to Europe.
Breakfast with Brad Jacobs + How To Make A Few Billion Dollars
- ▶ 1:07:00 David Senra And so he talks about, he's like, listen, we're making verbal handshakes with clients in Europe and Asia for 50 and seventy-five million dollars over the phone with nothing on paper for days.
Amancio Ortega: The Genius Behind The Inditex Group
- ▶ 32:01 David Senra Ortega's company renews its clothes in stores around the world every week and twice weekly in Europe.
James J. Hill: The Empire Builder
- ▶ 43:01 David Senra He recruited farmers from Europe to immigrate to the United States. 2 times in the scene
Elon Musk and The Early Days of SpaceX
- ▶ 36:43 David Senra And so he starts listing ones in Europe and the Russians and the American program.
- ▶ 45:44 David Senra And SpaceX's point was that neither company's new rockets could compete on price with rivals in Russia and Europe for commercial satellite launches.
Estée Lauder
- ▶ 45:45 David Senra And then when Estee wants to expand into Europe, the way she does, I think is really smart. 3 times in the scene
The Nobel Family Dynasty
- ▶ 1:12 David Senra Ludwig's son, Emmanuel was not only one of the wealthiest men in Europe, but the peer and occasional adversary of some of the most powerful figures in international business circles.
- ▶ 5:05 David Senra He installed Europe's first pipelines. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 21:46 David Senra And another phenomenon that he is surfing is the fact that the entire continent, the entire European continent, was engaged in a giant arms race.
- ▶ 46:22 David Senra And so this war between them is going to be known as Europe's second thirty-year war between Standard, it's going to be Dutch Royal Shell, the Rothschilds, and then the Nobel family. 2 times in the scene
Rare Bernard Arnault Interview
- ▶ 6:23 David Senra So it says the past 40 years, Arnaud has assembled the world's largest luxury conglomerate and globalized a sector once constrained by the limited ambitions of family owned European companies encrusted in tradition. 3 times in the scene
J. Paul Getty: The Richest Private Citizen in America
- ▶ 26:45 David Senra He sets up because, uh, he has to be in Europe, even though he loved many parts of this book is like a love letter to California and he'd much rather be there, but he's willing to do things that he doesn't want to do that. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 58:56 David Senra He knew essentially every single U.S. president, nearly all the leaders of the countries in Europe and Middle East, but he did this intentionally.
How To Sell Like Steve Jobs
- ▶ 6:36 David Senra Ivar Kroger comes from Europe, comes to America to pitch on American investors, and he explains in very clear language, what am I going to do with your money? 2 times in the scene
The Financial Genius Behind A Century of Wall Street Scandals: Ivar Kreuger
- ▶ 1:12 David Senra He had helped Europe avert a financial crisis.
- ▶ 6:22 David Senra And so as I was reading this part of the book, it's talking about, he's on a boat, he's sailing from Europe, going to America. 4 times in the scene
- ▶ 20:07 David Senra These government granted monopolies are very, very common in Europe. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 25:43 David Senra Kroger and toll became the first firm in Europe to commit to finish projects by a fixed date. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 32:27 David Senra Kruger and Toll built landmark buildings throughout Europe.
- ▶ 39:54 David Senra European governments had granted monopolies of all kinds of production and trade. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 47:43 David Senra Why don't you come, you and your wife come to Europe on an all expense paid vacation and you should go at this specific time. 2 times in the scene
How Cornelius Vanderbilt Invaded a Country to Overthrow America's Most Famous Military Adventurer
- ▶ 7:19 David Senra In many cases, previously, they come from Europe to the East Coast of the United States, and then they want to get to where the gold is delivered, right?
- ▶ 23:02 David Senra Now, there is something that's, that's also interesting, is Cornelius Vanderbilt had never taken a vacation in his life, and so he builds this, I think it's the largest ship in the world at the time, his largest personal ship, and he's…
The Robber Baron's Art Dealer: Joseph Duveen
- ▶ 0:00 David Senra Joseph Devine noticed that Europe had plenty of art, and America had plenty of money, and his entire astonishing career was the product of that one simple observation. 4 times in the scene
- ▶ 5:38 David Senra It's like, this guy just noticed, hey, uh, Europe has plenty of art at the time he's living this late 1800, early 1900, right? 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 11:07 David Senra These are people that he deployed all over Europe to hunt out noblemen on the verge of settling for solvency and a bit of loose change at the sacrifice of some of their family portraits.
- ▶ 16:32 David Senra I'm taking European art and selling it to you rich Americans. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 33:34 David Senra So he would, the way that most people are getting back and forth between Europe and America at this point, 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 42:47 David Senra On the deck of the boat, going back and forth between Europe and America.
Texas Oil Billionaire Monty Moncrief
- ▶ 21:51 David Senra And so when Monty is a young man, he serves in, he goes to Europe to fight in World War I.
How To Lose A Few Billion Dollars: The Life Story of Samuel Insull
- ▶ 14:37 David Senra Because Colonel George, it was the European representative of Thomas Edison. 4 times in the scene
- ▶ 19:23 David Senra He reread every one of Edison's European contracts and then took it upon himself to write weekly letters to Johnson summarizing
How To Make A Few Billion Dollars by Brad Jacobs
- ▶ 32:14 David Senra And so he talks about, he's like, listen, we're making verbal handshakes with clients in Europe and Asia for 50 and seventy-five million dollars over the phone with nothing on paper for days.
Red Bull's Billionaire Maniac Founder: Dietrich Mateschitz
- ▶ 8:32 David Senra Did he really anticipate that a combination of rumor and public outcry would play such a big part in driving early sales or talking about the fact that Red Bull was forbidden to be sold in several European countries that he, uh, initially…
- ▶ 22:57 David Senra And so he had to, he applied for what was going to be the first ever Europe wide approval of a new type of indulgence, which is the energy drink.
- ▶ 29:58 David Senra And then they start adding market after market, after market in Europe.
- ▶ 35:30 David Senra He's like, well, I think it's working in Europe.
The Autobiography of Christian Dior
- ▶ 12:26 David Senra He's, his great-great-grandfather, I think, in 1832, is, was the first person in France to import bat shit from Chile and use it as fertilizer in Europe.
- ▶ 23:17 David Senra They were not the Europeans.
Billionaire Art Dealer Larry Gagosian
- ▶ 30:17 David Senra So it says Duveen often supplied his nouveau rich clients by obtaining old master paintings from noble European families that had fallen on hard times.
The Biography of Jimmy Buffett
- ▶ 4:20 David Senra His grandfather ran oil and ammunition to Europe during World War I.
Listen to this when you’re stressed: The Life of Alistair Urquhart
- ▶ 9:22 David Senra The British soldiers took what worked in Europe and tried to transport it into a completely different environment, thinking that would win a war against the Native Americans, and the Native Americans were just destroying them, which…
- ▶ 43:50 David Senra He was killed on his first mission over Europe.
The Biography of Bugatti
- ▶ 11:15 David Senra It was still true in the late 1800, just like it was true in the 19 fifties and 19 sixties in Europe.
The Biography of Balenciaga
- ▶ 6:54 David Senra This is way before he was regarded as the best designer in Europe.
Paul Graham (How To Do Great Work)
- ▶ 14:22 David Senra That scoop leads him to his lecture career, which further enhances his public profile, which then leads him to this 23 week trip in Europe, which in turn is going to lead to the source material for his first great book, the first…
Mark Twain's Biography
- ▶ 34:31 David Senra Ward offered to bring train along on his tour of Europe and encouraged his newfound protege to write for more sophisticated Eastern publications.
- ▶ 42:47 David Senra And so Hawaii is going to change everything because his greatest scoop, he gets his greatest scoop in Hawaii, which actually leads him to his public lecture career, which then leads into Europe, which then leads him to his, his wife that…
- ▶ 52:29 David Senra That leads him to his lecture career, which further enhances his public profile, which leads him to this 23 week trip in Europe, which is in turn going to lead to the source material for his first great publishing success in book form,… 2 times in the scene
Arnold Schwarzenegger (Before He Was Successful)
- ▶ 2:30 David Senra He dispossessed himself of all current norms to become the reg park of Europe.
- ▶ 13:27 David Senra I think he's in, or she might have been in Europe, or he's in Europe or something, and because he's getting ready for a contest, right, and he's got blinders on focus, so she's like,
The World's Great Family Dynasties: Rockefeller, Rothschild, Morgan, & Toyada
- ▶ 7:34 David Senra I think it's the world's actually first Jewish ghetto in Europe. 5 times in the scene
- ▶ 31:55 David Senra This frontier nation was a different world, different world than Europe.
- ▶ 34:58 David Senra JP felt burned out and prepared to take one of his European yacht trips that had always done so much to revive him.
- ▶ 42:43 David Senra Have been established, automobile companies have been established in Europe and America. 2 times in the scene
Sol Price: The Founder Who Taught Jim Sinegal, Sam Walton, Jeff Bezos, and Bernie Marcus
- ▶ 39:49 David Senra Uh, some investment bankers hook him up with some, some, uh, retailers over in Europe. 2 times in the scene
Napoleon (The Mind of Napoleon)
- ▶ 32:06 David Senra He is, beyond any doubt, the greatest of European soldiers.
Steve Jobs (Make Something Wonderful)
- ▶ 17:34 David Senra Uh, he's going to get a job at Atari, he's gonna travel, uh, to Europe, spends a bunch of time in India, comes back.
What I learned from having lunch with Sam Zell
- ▶ 35:59 David Senra By the time the uncle returned from a European trip, Zeckendorf filled all but two small offices. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 54:32 David Senra This is post Hitler controlled Europe, a number of refugees who had come to Hitler or come to the United States from Hitler controlled Europe. 2 times in the scene
The Biography of Napoleon
- ▶ 1:36 David Senra That's where he had the advantage over the monarchs of Europe to begin with. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 4:24 David Senra By his late twenties, he was already one of the greatest generals in European history. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 8:40 David Senra He is, after all, the man who, born in obscurity, acquired the greatest military reputation of any European military commander in centuries, while still in his twenties. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 26:34 David Senra It is worth remembering that even more than a decade after the French Revolution, Europe remained dominated by conservative monarchies.
- ▶ 30:26 David Senra And Washington's like, you guys can't do that, you're going to die, this is a completely different game over here, you can't just say, hey, I'm good at European land warfare, and I'm gonna export it to the frontier of America at this point. 2 times in the scene
The Invisible Billionaire: Daniel Ludwig
- ▶ 12:13 David Senra Much of Europe was engaged in a world war.
- ▶ 21:22 David Senra And that is exactly what happens in the late 19 thirties when Europe breaks out in war.
- ▶ 32:37 David Senra They had virtually cornered the Mideast to Europe oil hauling trade, taking business away from Ludwig and other American shippers by cutting their charter rates. 2 times in the scene
The Biography of Ralph Lauren
- ▶ 0:09 David Senra When he describes his work, he insists that it does not constitute trendy fashion and that his customers care more about well-made clothes than the latest party dresses from Europe.
- ▶ 19:06 David Senra Uh, they were making ties like that in Europe.
The Biography of The Founder of Rolls-Royce
- ▶ 20:28 David Senra Essentially, the only way you could get this guy to stop working is if you put him in a car and just drove him around Europe, which is exactly what Claude did.
- ▶ 27:50 David Senra On an extended trip through Europe, which almost certainly saved Royce's life.
How Jay Gould Built Wall Street's Biggest Fortune
- ▶ 45:32 David Senra In March, uh, in court, Gordon Gordon gave the names of the Europeans whom he claimed to represent, and he was granted bail while the references were checked.
Andrew Carnegie and Henry Clay Frick's Bitter Partnership
- ▶ 6:58 David Senra By the time Carnegie is done, the United States goes from being behind most of Europe to actually turning out more steel than Great Britain, France, and Germany combined.
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