Episode · This Week in Startups · 2023-12-29
Books mentioned on Business Breakdowns: "The Founder" Ray Kroc and the Story of McDonalds | E1872
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Jason Calacanis discussed Grinding it Out by Ray Kroc and others.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Grinding it Out
Grinding it Out by Ray Kroc and Robert Anderson is the candid autobiography of the man who built McDonald's into a global fast-food empire through relentless persistence and operational discipline.
Discussed“and then I found out Mark Nola had read grinding it out the autobiography of Ray Croc I guess Mark no had read it then wrote this song”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“a lot of these movies about ambitious people or people are down on their luck but they're they're go-getters they're driven they're ambitious they're going to win”
Passing Grinding it Out
“and that is the criticism of the franchise business model and it's all the the great part about it is you know the franchisees have to do all the work uh but they may get this incredible formula now this is something that's hotly debated”