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How Jensen Works Oct 19, 2025 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 0:45 David Senra The best description of this I ever heard actually comes from Jim Senegal, the founder of Costco. 2 times in the scene

This Orphan Built a $116 Billion Empire Without You Noticing Jul 14, 2025 · 2 mentions

Lessons from Jeff Bezos's Shareholder Letters May 21, 2025 · 12 mentions

  • ▶ 26:07 David Senra I think Jim Senegal, the founder of Costco is like two decades older than Jeff meets with Jeff when he's 37 years old.
  • ▶ 38:32 David Senra This is the result of Jeff's meeting with Jim Senegal. 9 times in the scene
  • ▶ 44:07 David Senra He took that meeting with Jim Senegal. 2 times in the scene

How Jensen Thinks Jan 14, 2025 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 30:10 David Senra In fact, Jim Senegal, the founder of Costco, who was a mentee of Sol Price has the best quote on this. 2 times in the scene

James J. Hill: The Empire Builder Nov 26, 2024 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 11:19 David Senra And so Munger is talking about how great Jim Senegal, the founder of Costco is. 2 times in the scene

Inside the Contrarian Mind of Sam Zell Oct 15, 2024 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 33:07 David Senra I've done multiple episodes on him, but you know, ideas, Sol's ideas were influential on Sam Walton, on Jim Senegal, on Bernie Marcus, on Jeff Bezos. 2 times in the scene

Nick Sleep's Letters: The Full Collection of the Nomad Investment Partnership Letters Oct 15, 2024 · 14 mentions

  • ▶ 3:53 David Senra It's their analysis of how Jim Senegal ran Costco.
  • ▶ 7:27 David Senra Common goal is that we are going to commit to this everyday low pricing strategy, and they commit to it every single minute of every single hour of every single day, as we're about to hear with this great Jim Senegal story in a minute, but… 6 times in the scene
  • ▶ 12:14 David Senra The principle behind what they're saying is very similar to the same principle that they identified with the way Jim Senegal ran Costco. 2 times in the scene
  • ▶ 47:23 David Senra Sounds a lot like what Jim Senegal did at the beginning. 5 times in the scene

Nick & Zak’s Excellent Adventure: How Nick Sleep & Qais Zakaria Built Their Partnership Sep 26, 2024 · 6 mentions

  • ▶ 14:06 David Senra When I went to dinner Charlie Munger's house, I asked him because I was obsessed with Costco and Jim Senegal. 4 times in the scene
  • ▶ 31:29 David Senra Sam Walton, Jim Sinegal, Herb Keller, Rose Blumpkin, done podcasts, multiple podcasts on all of them.
  • ▶ 32:57 David Senra Jim Sinegal, and the internet would enable him to turbocharge their classic strategy.

Robert Kierlin: Founder of Fastenal Sep 3, 2024 · 7 mentions

  • ▶ 13:35 David Senra An idea that's gonna sound a lot like one of Munger's favorite founders, which is Jim Senegal of Costco. 4 times in the scene
  • ▶ 33:18 David Senra Jim Senegal of Costco was Sol Price's, uh, mentee, and he started working for Sol Price when he's like, 19. 3 times in the scene

The Inside Story of America's Richest Man: Sam Walton Jul 11, 2024 · 1 mention

How Steve Jobs Kept Things Simple Jul 2, 2024 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 33:40 David Senra There's a great line from, uh, Jim Senegal, who's the founder and former CEO of Costco. 2 times in the scene

Working with Jeff Bezos Apr 8, 2024 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 46:55 David Senra The fact that Jeff met with Costco founder Jim Senegal and the meeting changed the trajectory of Amazon.

Sol Price: The Founder Who Taught Jim Sinegal, Sam Walton, Jeff Bezos, and Bernie Marcus Mar 22, 2024 · 46 mentions

  • ▶ 0:01 David Senra This is Jim Senegal, founder of Costco, writing in the foreword of this book. 7 times in the scene
  • ▶ 2:52 David Senra And so that was Jim Sinigal writing in the foreword of the book that I'm going to talk to you about today, which is Sol Price, Retail Revolutionary and Social Innovator, and it was written by his son, Robert Price. 6 times in the scene
  • ▶ 25:49 David Senra With Jim Senegal.
  • ▶ 27:52 David Senra And so I wrote on this page, because this, Jim Senegal says the same thing, that Seoul and Jim Senegal, Seoul Price and Jim Senegal are soulmates. 3 times in the scene
  • ▶ 31:18 David Senra And I think what Sol Price realized, what Jim Sinegal realizes, what Jeff Bezos realizes, what Mrs. 2 times in the scene
  • ▶ 34:01 David Senra So remember at the very beginning of the book, Jim was saying, Hey, there's this guy effect, positive affected thousands of people's lives. 10 times in the scene
  • ▶ 39:14 David Senra And once he realized, like, grows the idea for Price Club, he realizes, hey, we got to sell to Costco because Jim's just the best operator in the world.
  • ▶ 46:11 David Senra And if there's this, one of my favorite stories about Jim Senegal is what happened, uh, one of the guy that was working for Jim tried to, tried to convince Jim to increase 5 times in the scene
  • ▶ 49:41 David Senra Some of the greatest operators in history in Jim Senegal and in Sam Walton. 2 times in the scene
  • ▶ 50:52 David Senra And he says, I don't want to get, and this is the difference to me when, this is what came to my mind, because it's like, when I'm about to read for Patton, Patton's, uh, perspective is very similar to Sam, to Sam Walton and Jim Sinegal. 2 times in the scene
  • ▶ 54:41 David Senra And obviously, Sol, Sol tells Robert, you're gonna want, do all the negotiating, but do, do the deal with Jim. 7 times in the scene

I had dinner with Charlie Munger Mar 2, 2024 · 6 mentions

  • ▶ 47:19 David Senra It does, so now David Clark is giving us some commentary on, like, how extreme they are, and he's gonna tie into something I asked, something I got to ask Charlie about Jim Senegal, because he knows Jim Senegal, he loves Jim Senegal, and… 6 times in the scene

Warren Buffett & Charlie Munger In Their Own Words Feb 4, 2024 · 4 mentions

  • ▶ 33:10 David Senra Sam Walton, Trader Joe, Jim Senegal, Bernie Marcus from Home Depot, Jeff Bezos. 4 times in the scene

Jeff Bezos' Shareholder Letters Jan 17, 2024 · 14 mentions

  • ▶ 27:33 David Senra It is when Jim Senegal, the founder of Costco, met with Jeff for coffee. 12 times in the scene
  • ▶ 33:43 David Senra So this is a year after talking to Senegal, 2 times in the scene

Kobe Bryant (Mamba Mentality) Nov 10, 2023 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 16:03 David Senra Jim Sinegal, the founder of Costco, says, if you're not spending 90% of your job teaching, you're not doing your job.

The Biography of Kobe Bryant Nov 8, 2023 · 5 mentions

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