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Peter Thiel on How to Build a Creative Monopoly
- ▶ 36:18 David Senra I think the best quote I've ever come across about, uh, about this, at least for entrepreneurs comes from the founder of Ikea.
The Life Story of Jerry Jones: Owner of The Dallas Cowboys
- ▶ 0:18 David Senra A few weeks ago, I was telling you about Ingvar Kamprad, who's the founder of IKEA, starts IKEA when he's 17, uh, works on it until he dies at 91 years old. 4 times in the scene
Amancio Ortega: The Genius Behind The Inditex Group
- ▶ 35:19 David Senra This is very similar to, if you listen to my episode on the founder of IKEA a few weeks ago, for a few decades, people kept trying to approach him to write books.
James J. Hill: The Empire Builder
- ▶ 36:54 David Senra That's exactly how Ingvar Kamprad did Ikea, how you and I talked about this last week.
- ▶ 52:54 David Senra There's a line in the biography of the founder of IKEA that you and I talked about last week that I think could also be a description of Hill. 2 times in the scene
The Founder of IKEA: Ingvar Kamprad
- ▶ 0:47 David Senra It was here that the dream of Ikea first grew. 4 times in the scene
- ▶ 2:11 David Senra I want to talk to you about today, which is leading by design the Ikea story and is written by Bertil 5 times in the scene
- ▶ 3:32 David Senra I actually want to start with what is considered like the, the Ikea Bible. 6 times in the scene
- ▶ 7:21 David Senra That part is important because fast forward to present day, Ikea is the largest 6 times in the scene
- ▶ 9:14 David Senra And so in the next section, he starts talking about the Ikea spirit, what he calls 6 times in the scene
- ▶ 11:30 David Senra So the financial performance of Ikea, I don't think I've ever seen anything, any other business like this. 4 times in the scene
- ▶ 13:10 David Senra Wasting resources is a mortal sin at Ikea. 4 times in the scene
- ▶ 15:20 David Senra Almhart, I think is how you say it, but it says if we had asked experts about whether this tiny little community in Sweden could support a company like IKEA, they would have undoubtedly advised against it.
- ▶ 21:40 David Senra He had extreme levels of dedication and obsession with building Ikea.
- ▶ 27:11 David Senra So this country store no longer exists as a business, but by sheer chance, Ikea took it over.
- ▶ 29:20 David Senra The media says the founder of IKEA is a Nazi. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 30:08 David Senra And so let's go to the founding of Ikea. 7 times in the scene
- ▶ 32:40 David Senra And at the time, Ikea was a one man business, but the demand was so great. 6 times in the scene
- ▶ 35:16 David Senra He says at that moment, the basis of the modern IKEA concept was created. 6 times in the scene
- ▶ 38:50 David Senra And clear everything out to make room for the growing IKEA headquarters. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 40:53 David Senra And so then he goes into just how difficult it was, uh, to build Ikea. 6 times in the scene
- ▶ 44:19 David Senra So as I've already mentioned throughout the book and throughout his career, he's constantly repeating these virtues that he used to build Ikea, the ones that he wants to, to infuse the company spirit with the one he wants to essentially… 10 times in the scene
- ▶ 46:46 David Senra They told all their suppliers, listen, you can sell to one firm like Ikea or, you know, all of us, but if you sell to Ikea, we will no longer buy from you. 10 times in the scene
- ▶ 50:10 David Senra And one of their employees muttered something that changed the trajectory of Ikea forever. 5 times in the scene
- ▶ 53:14 David Senra And so we should get into why Ingvar was adamant about Ikea never being a public company. 10 times in the scene
- ▶ 56:42 David Senra He says over and over again, that Ikea is a concept company. 6 times in the scene
- ▶ 59:43 David Senra How much of IKEA consists of Ingvar Kamprad and how much of Kamprad is IKEA? 6 times in the scene
Red Bull's Billionaire Maniac Founder: Dietrich Mateschitz
- ▶ 1:01:12 David Senra Ikea.
I had dinner with Charlie Munger
- ▶ 58:02 David Senra And so one of my favorite quotes on this actually came from the founder of a Kia.
Paul Graham's Essays Part II
- ▶ 44:18 David Senra And in many cases, I'm thinking of Ingvar Kamprad, founder of IKEA as one example, but in many cases, they do so.
The Biography of Kobe Bryant
- ▶ 33:38 David Senra And so I want to read his immediate reaction to this unbelievable disappointment that he had to endure, and how it compares to Michael Jordan and the founder of IKEA. 2 times in the scene
Sam Zell's Autobiography
- ▶ 5:11 David Senra In Sam's case, he changed his perspective on this, but of course, you know, child, like, uh, the, the founder of IKEA had the best quote on this ever, because he talks about sacrificing, he, he missed seeing his three sons growing up as he… 2 times in the scene