Book · 2024 · Business & Economics
How to Make a Few Billion Dollars
How to Make a Few Billion Dollars by Brad Jacobs has been mentioned in 3 episodes across 2 podcasts (2 episodes recommend it and 1 episode discusses it), through . Most frequently brought up by Patrick O'Shaughnessy (2 episodes), Brad Jacobs (1 episode) and David Senra (1 episode) on Invest Like the Best (2 episodes) and David Senra (1 episode).
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The book is to help people dream big, have people get out of their ruts of thinking and explore bigger newer important ways, and increase their desire, increase their goals, and to help them at least show them what's worked for me.
Questions about How to Make a Few Billion Dollars by Brad Jacobs
Who recommends How to Make a Few Billion Dollars by Brad Jacobs on podcasts?
Patrick O'Shaughnessy (2 episodes) has recommended How to Make a Few Billion Dollars by Brad Jacobs on podcasts. In all, 3 people brought it up across 2 podcasts (1 person recommended it).
Which podcasts mention How to Make a Few Billion Dollars the most?
Invest Like the Best (2 episodes) and David Senra (1 episode).
Is How to Make a Few Billion Dollars recommended, or only discussed?
How to Make a Few Billion Dollars by Brad Jacobs was recommended in 2 episodes and discussed without a recommendation in 1 episode, as of 2026-10-07.
What do people say about How to Make a Few Billion Dollars?
Brad Jacobs on Invest Like the Best (2025-07-25): "The book is to help people dream big, have people get out of their ruts of thinking and explore bigger newer important ways, and increase their desire, increase their goals, and to help them at least show them what's worked for me."
When was How to Make a Few Billion Dollars last mentioned on a podcast?
How to Make a Few Billion Dollars by Brad Jacobs was last discussed on David Senra by David Senra on 2026-10-07.
What they say about it
- Discussing book details“when I was reading the tech chronology”2
- Praising the book“the book is fantastic”2
The best things said about it
The book is fantastic.
The book is fantastic.
Brad Jacobs who wrote this book called How to Make a Few Billion Dollars.
The purpose of the book also is to help people achieve whatever they want to achieve in their personal life in their business life in relationships but anything important something that's big.
When I was reading the tech chronology in your book it gave me flashbacks to reading Ray Kurzweil's work back in my 20s or something.
Why people recommend it
How to Make a Few Billion Dollars by Brad Jacobs is a candid entrepreneurial memoir and masterclass in scaling massive enterprises through disciplined mergers, acquisitions, and bold trend identification. On Invest Like the Best, Patrick O'Shaughnessy praised the book as fantastic during two separate interviews with the author, comparing its technological chronologies to the futurist work of Ray Kurzweil. David Senra also discussed the book on his eponymous podcast, noting the clever ways Jacobs leveraged podcast appearances to help raise capital. Throughout his appearances, Brad Jacobs unpacked several core lessons featured in the book, explaining how sudden business sales can deeply unsettle people and detailing a four-quadrant M&A chart used to evaluate potential deals. He underscored the importance of listening to employees at all levels, sharing how asking frontline and management staff for their best ideas can radically improve corporate performance. Connecting his philosophy back to his early mentorship under Mr. Jesselson, Jacobs emphasized that leaders can afford to make minor missteps as long as they accurately capture major macroeconomic trends. The book stands out as a pragmatic blueprint for ambitious operators looking to think big, move fast, and build enduring economic value across massive scale.
Every mention
Patrick O'Shaughnessy it's really cool the book is fantastic I have one final question for you and I ask everyone the same question 2
“when I was reading the tech chronology in your book it gave me flashbacks to reading Ray Kurzweil's work back in my 20s or something the singularity is near what do you think of that notion”
“it's really cool the book is fantastic I have one final question for you and I ask everyone the same question”
“When I was reading the tech chronology in your book, it gave me flashbacks to reading Ray Kurzweil's work back in my twenties or something. The singularity is near.”
“And so I've just really enjoyed your affect. It's really cool. The book is fantastic. I have one final question for you.”
Brad Jacobs and I often find and I write about this in the book that I often find that employees at all levels whether… 1
“But I'm going to add a third to that as I write in the book. Thank you for reading it. Which is when people sell a business.”
“And I write in the book about a friend of mine, who's done a lot of M&A, once showed me a four-quadrant chart of M&A.”
“and I often find and I write about this in the book that I often find that employees at all levels whether they're front line middle management senior management have never been asked what's your best idea to improve the company”
“so one of the things I learned from Mr. Jesselson and I write about this in the book is you can mess up a lot of things if you get the major trend right”
“for me that was a learning of an electric experience how to run an electric meeting which fast forward to today is the title of one of the chapters in my book is how to run an electric meeting”
“but that's not the only purpose of the book the purpose of the book also is to help people achieve whatever they want to achieve in their personal life in their business life in relationships but anything important something that's big”
“I think the book is to help people dream big have people get out of their ruts of thinking and explore bigger newer important ways and increase their desire increase their goals and to help them at least show them what's worked for me”
“I don't have another book in me this is my only book I'm not writing another book at least that's not my plan because I don't think I could come up with another hundred things that are unique and special and different”
David Senra Because you, you, you rep Mark Wahlberg... like there's getting Brad Jacobs who wrote this book called How… 1
“Because you, you, you rep Mark Wahlberg... like there's getting Brad Jacobs who wrote this book called How to Make a Few Billion Dollars.”
Other mentions (19: passing, ad reads, own books)
“And he wrote this book called How to Make a Few Billion Dollars.”
“He's also written a book that will be out in January titled, How to Make a Few Billion Dollars. What a title.”
“He's also written a book that will be out in January titled, How to Make a Few Billion Dollars. What a title.”
“But I'm going to add a third to that as I write in the book. Thank you for reading it. Which is when people sell a business.”
“And I write in the book about a friend of mine who's done a lot of M&A once showed me a four-quadrant chart of M&A.”
“And I often find, and I write about this in the book, that I often find that employees at all levels, whether they're frontline, middle management, senior management, have never been asked, what's your best idea to improve the company?”
“So one of the things I learned from Mr. Jesselson, and I write about this in the book, is you can mess up a lot of things if you get the major trend right.”
“which fast forward to today is the title of one of the chapters of my book is how to run an electric meeting. And one of the keys to that is to make sure that people in the room, they have the right people in the room.”
“The book is called How to Make a Few Billion Dollars. It's a little bit of a misnomer because it's not just about how to make money. It is. It's designed particularly with aspiring CEOs in mind, but that's not the only purpose of the book.”
“I think the book is to help people dream big, have people get out of their ruts of thinking and explore bigger, newer, important ways and increase their desire, increase their goals and to help them at least show them what's worked for me.”
“He's also written a book that will be out in January titled, How to Make a Few Billion Dollars. What a title.”
“But I'm going to add a third to that as I write in the book, thank you for reading it, which is when people sell a business.”
“And I write in the book about a friend of mine who's done a lot of M&A once showed me a four quadrant chart of M&A.”
“And I often find, and I write about this in the book, that I often find that employees at all levels, whether they're frontline, middle management, senior management, have never been asked, what's your best idea to improve the company?”
“The biggest trend of them all is technology. So in the book, I have a two million year synopsis. I think it's a really interesting chronology of technology and inventions starting from over two million years ago”
“And I said, I don't want to waste the reader's time, do some boring thing. I tried not to put anything silly in the book. I tried to be snappy. I tried to make it substantive”
“And that teacher bringing out a lively conversation. For me, that was a learning of an electric experience, how to run an electric meeting, which fast forward to today is the title of one of the chapters of my book is how to run an electric meeting.”
“The book is called How to Make a Few Billion Dollars. It's a little bit of a misnomer because it's not just about how to make money. It is. It's designed particularly with aspiring CEOs in mind”
“I have some things that are proprietary and idiosyncratic to how I've built these beautiful businesses that I put in the book. One thing I learned from writing this book is I have a few dozen, maybe a hundred unique ideas”