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How Henry Singleton Worked
- ▶ 18:39 David Senra He was a student, an observer of the history of manufacturing, of the progress and growth of corporations from the days of Henry Ford, the growth of General Motors, and the manner of successful corporations and growing by acquisitions.
The Practical Genius of Honda
- ▶ 43:06 David Senra Honda also feels his company's unique and should go it alone, so most of his competitors at the time are merging or doing joint ventures with larger American car manufacturers, so like Mitsubishi goes and partners with Chrysler, Isuzu…
How Elon Thinks
- ▶ 41:58 David Senra Trying to raise money for a startup electric car company in 2008 while GM was going bankrupt was difficult.
How Rick Rubin Works
- ▶ 30:41 David Senra And GM had done an electric car and they, they made maybe like, I don't know, like a 1002 thousand, some small number like that. 4 times in the scene
How Larry Ellison Thinks
- ▶ 5:32 David Senra Maybe you'd grab a Honda engine, a Ford transmission, a BMW chassis, a GM electrical system, and buy them and try to assemble them into a working car.
The Obsession of Enzo Ferrari
- ▶ 8:29 David Senra He tried to join Fiat, which is the General Motors of Italy, but was turned down.
The Outsiders Who Changed F1 Forever
- ▶ 11:02 David Senra DeLorean was a smooth talking former General Motors executive.
400 Pages of Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger In Their Own Words
- ▶ 53:14 David Senra And I think the proper response to this is to be like Billy Durant, the founder of General Motors. 3 times in the scene
Breakfast with Brad Jacobs + How To Make A Few Billion Dollars
- ▶ 20:52 David Senra Billy Durant was the founder of General Motors, one of the most talented entrepreneurs to ever live. 3 times in the scene
The Founder of IKEA: Ingvar Kamprad
- ▶ 5:41 David Senra If you go back and study the creation of the American automobile industry, I would argue the two most important figures are Henry Ford, obviously founder of Ford Motor Company, and then Billy Durant, founder of General Motors.
I had dinner with John Mackey: Founder of Whole Foods
- ▶ 19:59 David Senra He says, my dad also gave me Alfred Sloan's memoir about his years with General Motors.
The Founder of Rolex: Hans Wilsdorf
- ▶ 24:09 David Senra And I go, oh, Hans was GM General Motors before focusing in on Ferrari.
Napoleon's Maxims and Strategy
- ▶ 55:18 David Senra So it pulls things from like Aristotle Onassis, Henry Ford, Mozart, Bernard Arnault, David Ogilvie, Elon Musk, Billy Durant, the founder of General Motors, Larry Ellison, and of course, Alexander the Great.
Ed Catmull (Founder of Pixar)
- ▶ 19:19 David Senra At the last minute, General Motors comes in, like, ok, we'll take it off your hands, and then one week before that deal was supposed to be signed, they back out, and that deal falls apart, and this is what
Paul Graham's Essays
- ▶ 46:05 David Senra Henry Leland sells to Cadillac, sells Cadillac to the founder of GM and then leaves to start Lincoln Motors and then sells to Henry Ford.
Henry Ford's Autobiography
- ▶ 17:32 David Senra Billy Durant is everybody knows the company General Motors.
- ▶ 24:19 David Senra Like, Ford took the lead, was the dominant player, had over 50% market share, but this, he, that's how good his one idea was, but that one idea led to the giant gap, because Billy Durant of GM's, like, I'm not going to just make one car, 5 times in the scene