Finding Value in Unexpected Places
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What I learned from reading How To Make A Few Billio...
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Jan 23 2024 1h 12m
Chapter 1 1 min
I'm what's called a moneymaker. I've started five companies from scratch—seven if you include two spin-offs and turned them all into billion dollar or multibillion-dollar enterprisesChapter 2 2 mins
I love working with outrageously talented people to deliver outsized returns for shareholders in public stock marketsChapter 3 2 mins
The single most powerful pattern I have noticed is that successful people find value in unexpected places and they do this by thinking about business from first principles. Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel (Founders So much of success in business comes from keeping your head in a good placeChapter 4 59 sec
I'm an ambitious person by nature and a dealmaker by inclinationChapter 5 3 mins
Episode I Had Dinner With Charlie MungerChapter 6 59 sec
Listen to Think Big and Move Fast: Brad Jacobs on Invest Like the BestChapter 7 5 mins
Setting the Table: The Transforming Power of Hospitality in Business by Danny Meyer. (Founders If you want to make money in the business world, you need to get used to problems, because that's what business isChapter 8 59 sec
I am not surprised when things don’t go perfectly. That is the nature of the universeChapter 9 6 mins
Listen to this incredible conversation between Charlie Munger and John Collison on Invest Like The BestChapter 10 2 mins
Invest in technology. The savings compound, it gives you an advantage over a slower moving competitor, and can be the difference between a profit and a loss. (Lesson from Andrew Carnegie)Chapter 11 8 mins
How Larry Gagosian Reshaped The Art World by Patrick Radden Keefe. (Founders While the rental industry overall was slow to computerize, the larger regional players were more tech-savvy. By 1997, nearly all of them were running on software developed by a company called Wynne SystemsChapter 12 1 min
The deals I've avoided have contributed more to my success than the deals I've doneChapter 13 4 mins
I love these questions for a business and a familyChapter 14 25 mins
There are few mistakes costlier than hiring the wrong person. An empty seat is less damaging than a poor fit