other / likes
Jeff Bezos
“I like reading obscure books because go back to what Jeff Bezos said, differentiation is survival.”
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David Senra
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book / likes
Harry Potter
“Then 28 minutes, and then they're telling me about the books they love. They're like, oh, I like Harry Potter, I like this, I like travel.”
other / likes
Dan Carlin
“If I press play on an Acquired episode, this is why I like Dan Carlin, if I read one book an episode.”
app / owns
Kindle
“I own the hardcover, the Kindle, and the audiobook. That should tell you that it's worth it.”
book / uses
Creative Selection: Inside Apple's Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs
“He has this excellent book that I've read three times called Creative Selection: Inside Apple's Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs might be the subtitle.”
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What David said.
39 transcript-backed records
01 / recommendation
Recommends Les Schwab's autobiography.
“The best thing, and this relates to what all we do for a living now which I could have never predicted, is there was a guy that—Charlie Munger says, you should read if you want to learn about incentives in a really difficult business, read Les Schwab's autobiography, which I did because Charlie told me to.”
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- David Senra
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- Acquired
02 / recommendation
Mentions personal use of Creative Selection: Inside Apple's Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs.
“He has this excellent book that I've read three times called Creative Selection: Inside Apple's Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs might be the subtitle.”
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- David Senra
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- Acquired
03 / recommendation
Likes Harry Potter.
“Then 28 minutes, and then they're telling me about the books they love. They're like, oh, I like Harry Potter, I like this, I like travel.”
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- David Senra
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04 / recommendation
Owns Kindle.
“I own the hardcover, the Kindle, and the audiobook. That should tell you that it's worth it.”
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- David Senra
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- Acquired
05 / recommendation
Likes Dan Carlin.
“If I press play on an Acquired episode, this is why I like Dan Carlin, if I read one book an episode.”
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- David Senra
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- Acquired
06 / belief
A TikToker has 10 million followers, yet they can't even get 3000 people to show up somewhere. I think that is the way to think about it.
“A TikToker has 10 million followers, yet they can't even get 3000 people to show up somewhere. I think that is the way to think about it.”
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07 / belief
Once he sold his advertising, I think he gave away a token of $100,000 to the people working there, and then they released it.
“Once he sold his advertising, I think he gave away a token of $100,000 to the people working there, and then they released it.”
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- David Senra
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08 / belief
The reason that popped in my mind when I was asking him these questions—let me actually get the exact note because I don't want to mess up the way he said it, because his lines were just excellent.
“The reason that popped in my mind when I was asking him these questions—let me actually get the exact note because I don't want to mess up the way he said it, because his lines were just excellent.”
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09 / belief
Being a nut job and completely crazy is, I think, makes you harder to compete with.
“Being a nut job and completely crazy is, I think, makes you harder to compete with.”
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10 / commitment
I will literally get on calls with media company founders who are selling ads or building companies.
“I will literally get on calls with media company founders who are selling ads or building companies.”
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- David Senra
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11 / belief
Like you'll say, okay, this is what he said in inflation, and then you see what year he said it. That's where I found that.
“Like you'll say, okay, this is what he said in inflation, and then you see what year he said it. That's where I found that.”
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12 / belief
I think the game tape analysis of that is helpful to realize that a lot of this stuff is impossible to plan in advance.
“I think the game tape analysis of that is helpful to realize that a lot of this stuff is impossible to plan in advance.”
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- David Senra
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13 / belief
What I realized is all my heroes, what they have in common is the unbelievable clarity of thought like Steve Jobs, Charlie Munger.
“What I realized is all my heroes, what they have in common is the unbelievable clarity of thought like Steve Jobs, Charlie Munger.”
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14 / belief
I think he says the video game industry is bigger than music, movies, and books combined, or whatever.
“I think he says the video game industry is bigger than music, movies, and books combined, or whatever.”
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- David Senra
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- Acquired
15 / belief
I think in the book, he increases market share by 25% or 28% using this over and over again because human nature is, oh, crap, things are small.
“I think in the book, he increases market share by 25% or 28% using this over and over again because human nature is, oh, crap, things are small.”
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- Acquired
16 / uncertainty
I was watching this video. I don't know if it's true, but Jeff Bezos' private jet has its own private jet.
“I was watching this video. I don't know if it's true, but Jeff Bezos' private jet has its own private jet.”
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17 / belief
One of the most interesting ideas I've heard, and it comes from our mutual friend Jeremy, who I think we mentioned earlier in the podcast, hopefully we did give him credit, I actually was talking to him and David Purow.
“One of the most interesting ideas I've heard, and it comes from our mutual friend Jeremy, who I think we mentioned earlier in the podcast, hopefully we did give him credit, I actually was talking to him and David Purow.”
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- David Senra
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18 / observation
The problem is you don't make the announcement to everybody. It's like, hey, tomorrow we're leaving on a raft because you'll get caught, imprisoned, killed, or whatever the case is.
“The problem is you don't make the announcement to everybody. It's like, hey, tomorrow we're leaving on a raft because you'll get caught, imprisoned, killed, or whatever the case is.”
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19 / uncertainty
I don't pay attention to the venture industry. I don't know anything about it. I just have a bunch of founder friends.
“I don't pay attention to the venture industry. I don't know anything about it. I just have a bunch of founder friends.”
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20 / uncertainty
Let's see if I'm right. I could be wrong, I could be full of crap. It's 288. Before that, I had watched a documentary on him years ago.
“Let's see if I'm right. I could be wrong, I could be full of crap. It's 288. Before that, I had watched a documentary on him years ago.”
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- Acquired
21 / belief
The NFL episode is what I meant if it's a crazy story, but even there is like a lesson, where I texted this to you. It totally changed the way I think about things, or maybe we were talking on Zoom about this.
“The NFL episode is what I meant if it's a crazy story, but even there is like a lesson, where I texted this to you. It totally changed the way I think about things, or maybe we were talking on Zoom about this.”
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22 / belief
I think what you're doing here with the sessions is you can't increase the amount of episodes that you can do because they take so much work to do.
“I think what you're doing here with the sessions is you can't increase the amount of episodes that you can do because they take so much work to do.”
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23 / belief
When I sat down, the first thing me and Sam Zell talked about and I think helped bond us to the point where at the end, he said he liked my energy and everything.
“When I sat down, the first thing me and Sam Zell talked about and I think helped bond us to the point where at the end, he said he liked my energy and everything.”
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- David Senra
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- Acquired
24 / belief
I think you're getting to a good point. It's like because the business model didn't support that.
“I think you're getting to a good point. It's like because the business model didn't support that.”
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- David Senra
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25 / uncertainty
Their follow up question is going to be why. Eventually, you're going to get to a level where like, I don't know.
“Their follow up question is going to be why. Eventually, you're going to get to a level where like, I don't know.”
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- David Senra
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- Acquired
26 / uncertainty
You see he's grasping and I don't know if he's going to feel, but he leans forward.
“You see he's grasping and I don't know if he's going to feel, but he leans forward.”
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- David Senra
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- Acquired
27 / belief
My interpretation of that on the podcast, what I said is, if you feel your product can improve people's lives, I think you guys already know, because you get thousands of messages just like I do, that yes, listening to Acquired, listening to Founders will improve people's lives and work, then you have a moral obligation to get good at marketing.
“My interpretation of that on the podcast, what I said is, if you feel your product can improve people's lives, I think you guys already know, because you get thousands of messages just like I do, that yes, listening to Acquired, listening to Founders will improve people's lives and work, then you have a moral obligation to get good at marketing.”
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- David Senra
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- Acquired
28 / commitment
The same thing is you're going to have to compete on my level, or else I will literally destroy you.
“The same thing is you're going to have to compete on my level, or else I will literally destroy you.”
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- David Senra
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- Acquired
29 / belief
Now with podcasting, I don't ever look at analytics, but I think the last time I looked was 50% of my audience was in the United States, but then everywhere.
“Now with podcasting, I don't ever look at analytics, but I think the last time I looked was 50% of my audience was in the United States, but then everywhere.”
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- David Senra
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- Acquired
30 / belief
I think that's what we're listening to Acquired and founders is, is you're watching game tape of history's great entrepreneurs.
“I think that's what we're listening to Acquired and founders is, is you're watching game tape of history's great entrepreneurs.”
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31 / belief
I was like, I just want you to amplify my audience and then connect me with first rate advertisers because I think Acquired is a luxury podcast.
“I was like, I just want you to amplify my audience and then connect me with first rate advertisers because I think Acquired is a luxury podcast.”
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- David Senra
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- Acquired
32 / belief
I think part of the fact that I have now over 20,000 highlights from hundreds of books, and I still have 50, 60, or maybe 80 books I haven't put in there yet that are in my library—my Readwise account is an unfair advantage because anytime somebody is talking, it's like, oh, you said something, I search for that term, and it pulls up.
“I think part of the fact that I have now over 20,000 highlights from hundreds of books, and I still have 50, 60, or maybe 80 books I haven't put in there yet that are in my library—my Readwise account is an unfair advantage because anytime somebody is talking, it's like, oh, you said something, I search for that term, and it pulls up.”
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- David Senra
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- Acquired
33 / belief
I've learned that because in Ogilvy and advertising at the very end of the book, David's like, here, these are the six giants that I learned from.
“I've learned that because in Ogilvy and advertising at the very end of the book, David's like, here, these are the six giants that I learned from.”
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- David Senra
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- Acquired
34 / evaluation
Those people who are eventually going to make deals, and then I have this huge advantage that you couldn't even do 10 years ago or 15 years ago because there's no such thing as a podcast.
“Those people who are eventually going to make deals, and then I have this huge advantage that you couldn't even do 10 years ago or 15 years ago because there's no such thing as a podcast.”
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- David Senra
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- Acquired
35 / preference
I identify a lot with what Charlie Munger says because he essentially observes by behavior and then tries to do the opposite.
“I identify a lot with what Charlie Munger says because he essentially observes by behavior and then tries to do the opposite.”
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- David Senra
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- Acquired
36 / preference
I like reading obscure books because go back to what Jeff Bezos said, differentiation is survival.
“I like reading obscure books because go back to what Jeff Bezos said, differentiation is survival.”
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- David Senra
- Publisher
- Acquired
37 / prediction
If I focus on this seven days a week, I'll figure out the business model. I don't think I'll ever get rich from it, but I will at least pay my bills.
“If I focus on this seven days a week, I'll figure out the business model. I don't think I'll ever get rich from it, but I will at least pay my bills.”
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- David Senra
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- Acquired
38 / preference
I like going to these bookstores, I think of my interpretation of you guys in my mind, and I just know if this book is good for that person.
“I like going to these bookstores, I think of my interpretation of you guys in my mind, and I just know if this book is good for that person.”
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- David Senra
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- Acquired
39 / commitment
I bought him this special edition, the Centennial edition version of Henry Flagler's biography.
“I bought him this special edition, the Centennial edition version of Henry Flagler's biography.”
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- David Senra
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- Acquired