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Episode · Invest Like the Best · 2025-05-06

Patrick O'Shaughnessy & David Senra: books mentioned on Invest Like the Best #422

David Senra - The Focused Few - [Invest Like the Best, EP.422]

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My guest today is David Senra. David is the host of Founders podcast and a dear friend.

David Senra recommended Zero to One by Peter Thiel and others, and discussed Insanely Simple by Ken Segall, Against the Odds by James Dyson, and Pappyland by Wright Thompson. Patrick O'Shaughnessy recommended Let my people go surfing by Yvon Chouinard.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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  1. Zero to One

    Peter Thiel; Blake Masters · at 11:20

    Zero to One by Peter Thiel and Blake Masters is a prominent business and technology book that argues true progress comes from building entirely new things rather than copying existing models.

    Recommended
    “It's fascinating that everybody in technology has read zero to one, right? If you're only going to read one book, probably that would be the one to read. I think it's excellent.”
    David Senra David Senra - The Focused Few - [Invest Like the Best, EP.422] 2025-05-06
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  2. Insanely Simple

    Ken Segall · at 21:41

    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 a guy that wrote the book called, I think it's called Insanely Simple. I think his name is Ken Siegel, if I'm, if I'm correct, if I'm correct about that. He was running, he was working, he was the ad executive”
    David Senra David Senra - The Focused Few - [Invest Like the Best, EP.422] 2025-05-06
    Where to get it
    Listen free with an Audible trialAmazon

  3. Let my people go surfing

    Yvon Chouinard · at 22:50

    Let My People Go Surfing by Yvon Chouinard is the celebrated memoir and business philosophy of the founder of Patagonia, detailing the creation of the iconic outdoor apparel brand.

    Recommended
    “Yvonne Chouinard is the founder of Patagonia comes most immediately to mind. I love that book of his, uh, let my people go surfing. So talk a little bit more, dig deeper on this idea”
    Patrick O'Shaughnessy David Senra - The Focused Few - [Invest Like the Best, EP.422] 2025-05-06
    Where to get it
    Listen free with an Audible trialAmazon

  4. Against the Odds

    James Dyson · at 42:06

    Against the Odds by James Dyson is an autobiography detailing the inventor's relentless fourteen-year struggle to create the dual-cyclone bagless vacuum cleaner and build his enterprise.

    Discussed
    “The reason I say, and I do this same book over and over again. So I've done an episode 25, episode 200, episode 300, and it'll be episode 400. It's James Dyson's first autobiography called Against the Odds.”
    David Senra David Senra - The Focused Few - [Invest Like the Best, EP.422] 2025-05-06
    Where to get it
    Listen free with an Audible trialAmazon

  5. Pappyland

    Wright Thompson · at 43:01

    Discussed
    “And then I read a fabulous book that me and you both read, Pappy Land by Wright Thompson. Excellent writing. Great writer too. Unbelievable. But I don't know, I couldn't figure out how to make an episode on it”
    David Senra David Senra - The Focused Few - [Invest Like the Best, EP.422] 2025-05-06
    Where to get it
    Listen free with an Audible trialAmazon
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