Episode · Founders · 2026-11-04
Books mentioned on #439 How Eiichiro Oda Works
Eiichiro Oda is a relentlessly obsessive creative genius who has devoted nearly every waking hour of his adult life to building one of the most extraordinary fictional universes ever imagined. Made possible by: Ramp: https://ramp.
David Senra discussed One Piece by Eiichiro Oda, Zero to One by Peter Thiel and others, Insanely Simple by Ken Segall, Working Backwards by Colin Bryar and others, and 40 years.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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One Piece
Discussed“It's the best-selling manga and comic book series in history also, with over 600 million copies in circulation worldwide.”
Where to get it
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Zero to One
Zero to One by Peter Thiel and Blake Masters is a prominent business and technology book that challenges conventional thinking on startup growth, monopoly, and innovation from first principles.
Discussed“I thought of Peter Thiel's book Zero to One, which, again, if you can summarize it, essentially differentiation is the whole game.”
Where to get it
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Insanely Simple
Insanely Simple by Ken Segall is a business book written by an ad executive who worked closely with Apple, detailing how Steve Jobs used simplicity as a guiding philosophy to drive innovation and marketing.
Discussed“There's this great book on Steve Jobs called Insanely Simple. There's a great line from Insanely Simple that I thought of when I read this.”
Where to get it
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Working Backwards
Working Backwards by Colin Bryar and Bill Carr is a management book detailing the internal leadership principles, writing culture, and operational strategies that drove Amazon's massive success.
Discussed“So there's this great book called Working Backwards. It's on the way, basically how Jeff Bezos works.”
Where to get it
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40 years
Discussed“One of my favorite books on Henry Ford, and I've read, I don't know what, 10 books on Henry Ford. There's this guy that worked with him for 40 years, and he wrote this book called My 40 Years with Ford.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“Earlier in this episode, I mentioned how Peter Thiel wrote about the importance of differentiation in his book, Zero to One. Also in the book, he wrote one of my all-time favorite quotes, which is,”