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Breakfast with Brad Jacobs + How To Make A Few Billion Dollars
- ▶ 22:08 David Senra There's a line in zero to one from Peter Thiel, I think is accurate.
- ▶ 39:58 David Senra I want to read one more sentence, and I'm going to read to you this quote from Peter Thiel that popped in my mind when I got to this section of the book. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 1:01:03 David Senra The way Peter Thiel says is, hey, successful people find value in unexpected places, and they do so by thinking about business
Rockefeller's Autobiography
- ▶ 31:30 David Senra And so then Rockefeller starts to go back in time, and he talks about what was occurring before he starts Standard Oil, and he actually had an oil company, a small oil company with a bunch of partners, and they weren't getting along, and…
Nick Sleep's Letters: The Full Collection of the Nomad Investment Partnership Letters
- ▶ 13:08 David Senra It talks about what he learned from working with Peter Thiel, and this part of the post I have saved on my phone, and I think it applies to exactly what's taking place here.
How To Sell Like Steve Jobs
- ▶ 29:30 David Senra The greatest definition of technology I've ever come across was actually in Peter Thiel's book, Sarah to one where Peter says properly understood any new and better way of doing things is technology.
The Biography of George Lucas
- ▶ 1:45:10 David Senra One thing that is consistent, whether it's jobs, Buffett, Bezos, uh, Peter Thiel, this just pops up over and over again.
- ▶ 1:56:06 David Senra Uh, this comes from Peter Thiel.
The Eternal Pursuit of Unhappiness by David Ogilvy
- ▶ 7:01 David Senra When I read that, it made me immediately think of something I read in Peter Thiel's book, Zero to One, episode two 78. 2 times in the scene
The Robber Baron's Art Dealer: Joseph Duveen
- ▶ 29:04 David Senra Uh, there's a great line where it says, uh, monopoly by Peter Thiel and zero to one where he says monopoly businesses capture more value than millions of undifferentiated competitors.
Napoleon's Maxims and Strategy
- ▶ 35:49 David Senra Peter Thiel says there is no formula for success.
- ▶ 47:01 David Senra Uh, there's a lesson from Peter Thiel that I love, and he says, do not divide your attention.
How To Make A Few Billion Dollars by Brad Jacobs
- ▶ 5:12 David Senra I want to read one more sentence, and I'm going to read to you this quote from Peter Thiel that popped in my mind when I got to this section of the book. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 26:17 David Senra The way Peter Thiel says is, hey, successful people find value in unexpected places, and they do so by thinking about business from first principles instead of formulas.
The Autobiography of Christian Dior
- ▶ 43:31 David Senra One thing that is consistent, whether it's Jobs, Buffett, Bezos, uh, Peter Thiel, this just pops up over and over again.
- ▶ 54:25 David Senra One thing that's going to be helpful in recruiting, this comes from Peter Thiel. 3 times in the scene
Les Schwab (Charlie Munger recommended this book)
- ▶ 1:20:03 David Senra One thing that is consistent, whether it's Jobs, Buffett, Bezos, uh, Peter Thiel, this just pops up over and over again. 2 times in the scene
Charlie Munger (the NEW Poor Charlie's Almanack)
- ▶ 1:38:58 David Senra One thing that is consistent, whether it's Jobs, Buffett, Bezos, uh, Peter Thiel, this just pops up over and over again.
- ▶ 1:49:52 David Senra One thing that's going to be helpful in recruiting, uh, this comes from Peter Thiel.
The Autobiography of Ted Turner
- ▶ 1:08:26 David Senra One thing that is consistent, whether it's Jobs, Buffett, Bezos, uh, Peter Thiel, this just pops up over and over again. 2 times in the scene
Billionaire Art Dealer Larry Gagosian
- ▶ 43:29 David Senra One of my favorite lines in Peter Thiel's book, zero to one, he says the single most powerful pattern I have noticed is that successful people find value in unexpected places.
John D Rockefeller: 38 Letters Rockefeller Wrote to His Son
- ▶ 32:38 David Senra One of my favorite quotes came from, um, I forgot who said it, but it was in Peter Thiel's book Zero to One.
The Biography of Jimmy Buffett
- ▶ 18:57 David Senra Decades before Peter Thiel said in zero to one that if you want to create and capture lasting value, don't build an undifferentiated commodity business.
Working with Jeff Bezos
- ▶ 7:59 David Senra I saw a very similar idea in Peter Thiel's book zero to one. 3 times in the scene
The World's Great Family Dynasties: Rockefeller, Rothschild, Morgan, & Toyada
- ▶ 37:41 David Senra So when I read that paragraph, the first thing I wrote down is one of my favorite quotes from the book Zero to One by Peter Thiel, which I covered on episode two 78 for the second time.
I had dinner with Charlie Munger
- ▶ 6:35 David Senra One of my favorite quotes that I've ever heard Peter Thiel say is he says, most people systematically undervalue their time.
- ▶ 46:22 David Senra Um, I just had, uh, lunch with somebody that was in town to have dinner, uh, with, with Peter Thiel, and he said something that was fascinating, that, uh, Peter had mentioned at dinner 2 times in the scene
David Packard (Founder of HP)
- ▶ 11:24 David Senra This was front of mind because a few weeks ago, I think on episode two, I just reread Peter Thiel's book zero to one.
The Biography of Ralph Lauren
- ▶ 51:19 David Senra With somebody that has dinner regularly with Peter Thiel, um, and he said something that was very fascinating, that, uh, Peter had mentioned at dinner, you know, an idea that he found through the seventh reading of some book, and that just… 2 times in the scene
How Jay Gould Built Wall Street's Biggest Fortune
- ▶ 26:17 David Senra I actually should reread it because it really gives you an insight into how Peter Thiel thinks.
The Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie
- ▶ 40:23 David Senra Peter Thiel spotted the opportunity for Palantir based on solving payment fraud at PayPal.
Jeff Bezos' Shareholder Letters
- ▶ 41:17 David Senra Because I just read Peter Thiel's book.
- ▶ 52:06 David Senra This is the beginning of Peter's.
The Biography of Jimi Hendrix
- ▶ 3:59 David Senra And the reason I'm reading this section to you is because one main theme, uh, I'm going to tie it together, uh, with what we just learned last week, uh, with Peter Thiel's book Zero to One.
- ▶ 6:54 David Senra What did Peter Thiel say, tell us last, last week, if you want to create and capture lasting value, you cannot build an undifferentiated commodity business. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 30:04 David Senra Bob Dylan, Peter Thiel, unique product.
- ▶ 46:37 David Senra I think Peter Thiel talked about the importance of having, like, co-founders having some kind of prehistory together.
What I Learned Before I Sold to Warren Buffett
- ▶ 20:31 David Senra Peter Thiel says, like, there is no formula for entrepreneurship.
- ▶ 47:48 David Senra This is going to remind, uh, this reminded me actually, I think we talked about this, uh, I'm pretty sure it was in the Peter Thiel's book, Zero to One.