#041 Devouring Founder’s Biographies, Self-Belief, and the Power of Podcasting with David Senra of Founders Podcast

Topics:   (3:48) - David Hijacks the podcast: Eric’s Heroes, Munger as a copywriter and “Jeffisms”   (8:31) - How did you start Founders Pod and build it into a business?   (27:39) - How did you engrain this level of discipline in your craft?   (34:41) - Emulating Ed Thorpe   (43:59) - The power of podcasting   (50:43) - Eric and David discuss career goals   (57:46) - Thoughts on the ‘serial entrepreneur’   (1:08:18) - Deep dive into David’s approach to reading   (1:19:17) - Is this just a chapter of your life, or is this the business to dedicate your life to?   (1:25:24) - Do you think more people should do what you’re doing?   (1:28:20) - How to get the most value from what David is doing   (1:36:06) - How have you changed pre-Founders vs. today?   (1:38:29) - What does the best version of this podcast look like?   (1:53:48) - Compounding & Leverage   (1:59:38) - Books are the original links   (2:04:45) - Final thoughts   Links:   FoundersPodcast.com   Kevin Rose interviewing Elon Musk on the Tesla Factory Floor   Jocko Podcast   Paul Graham’s “How to Do what You Love”   Masters of Doom by David Kushner   Chapo Trap House   Edwin Land   Founders Podcast: Founder of Hyundai   Neckar’s Minds of the Market   Readwise   The Kanye West Genius documentary   The Great Books Program   Biographics on YouTube   Graphtreon.com     To support this costs of producing this podcast:  >> Buy a copy of the Navalmanak: www.navalmanack.com/  >> Sign up for my online course and community about building your Personal Leverage: https://www.ejorgenson.com/leverage  >> Invest in early-stage companies alongside Eric and his partners at Rolling Fun: https://angel.co/v/back/rolling-fun >> Join the free weekly email list at ejorgenson.com/newsletter >> Text the podcast to a friend >> Give the podcast a positive review to help us reach new listeners  >> Name-your-price subscription monthly, annual, or one-time: https://app.omella.com/o/9Bufa  >> Follow me on Twitter: @ericjorgenson >> Get in touch about sponsoring this podcast by replying to an email or DMing me on Twitter.

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