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How Raymond Plank Made a Fortune in Big Oil's Scraps
- ▶ 35:00 David Senra One of my favorite ideas from Ray Kroc, the founder of McDonald, in his autobiography, he was talking about, like, why was he so successful compared to the other fast food restaurants that are selling hamburgers, too? 2 times in the scene
Ken Griffin: Founder of Citadel and Citadel Securities
- ▶ 50:04 David Senra So Estee Lauder, Sam Walton, Ray Kroc. 2 times in the scene
I had dinner with John Mackey: Founder of Whole Foods
- ▶ 14:52 David Senra And as he was explaining this, he goes to compete, we would have to feel about service the way Ray Kroc, head of McDonald's felt about hamburgers, explaining why his company led competitors around the world. 2 times in the scene
The Biography of Walt Disney
- ▶ 15:25 David Senra It is Ray Kroc's autobiography. 4 times in the scene
The Eternal Pursuit of Unhappiness by David Ogilvy
- ▶ 14:50 David Senra Ray Kroc, founder of McDonald's. 5 times in the scene
Les Schwab (Charlie Munger recommended this book)
- ▶ 45:08 David Senra I'm gonna read this whole thing to you and explain to you what's gonna happen, but it, it, there, when I'm reading it this time, I couldn't help but think about the, the falling out that Ray Kroc had with the McDonald's brothers.
- ▶ 49:17 David Senra That's very reminiscent of this disagreement that Ray Kroc had with the McDonald brothers. 5 times in the scene
The Biography of Tiger Woods
- ▶ 15:29 David Senra A few weeks ago, I did, uh, Ray Kroc's, uh, autobiography, and same thing, he would drive around. 2 times in the scene
I had dinner with Charlie Munger
- ▶ 37:56 David Senra Sam Walton, Steve Jobs, Jeff Bezos, Rockefeller, Edwin Land, Coco Chanel, Andrew Carnegie, Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, Larry Ellison, Ray Kroc, John Malone, Henry Ford, George Lucas, the Wright brothers.
The Making of McDonald's: The Biography of Ray Kroc
- ▶ 3:53 David Senra That was an excerpt from the book I'm going to talk to you about today, which is Grinding It Out, The Making of McDonald's, which is the autobiography of Ray Kroc. 7 times in the scene
- ▶ 5:49 David Senra Uh, even from a very young age, he was trying to start his own businesses and make a lot of money. 30 times in the scene
- ▶ 8:46 David Senra And so Ray starts the book saying, Hey, every person is responsible for their own opportunity. 19 times in the scene
- ▶ 11:23 David Senra And so when he gets back to Chicago, he does something smart. 10 times in the scene
- ▶ 13:47 David Senra And so, as I mentioned earlier, Ray's going to sell paper cups for 17 years. 22 times in the scene
- ▶ 19:47 David Senra And so from the very beginning, Ray makes two crucial mistakes. 16 times in the scene
- ▶ 22:45 David Senra And so the fact that Ray goes all in on McDonald's is what kills his marriage. 10 times in the scene
- ▶ 27:35 David Senra And so this is the part where the most important person in the McDonald's story, not named Ray Kroc appears. 10 times in the scene
- ▶ 32:41 David Senra We see Harry thinks about this opportunity, the size of the opportunity, just like Ray does. 10 times in the scene
- ▶ 38:37 David Senra And so this is something that Ray's going to repeat us several times throughout the book. 18 times in the scene
- ▶ 44:58 David Senra So if Ray says we're going to spend advertising money, they're going to spend advertising money. 6 times in the scene
- ▶ 48:58 David Senra Ray Kroc is unbelievably wealthy. 17 times in the scene