Episode · David Senra · 2026-11-01
David Senra & Rafael Vivas: books mentioned
High School Dropout to Multi-Billionaire: The Relentless Drive of Rafael Vivas
Rafael “Raf” Vivas is a founding team member of AppLovin, the digital advertising and marketing company led by Adam Foroughi, where he has worked since 2011 in roles spanning business development, eCommerce and growth marketing, and co-founded the game publisher Lion Studios.
David Senra discussed The Nvidia Way by Tae Kim and The Score Takes Care of Itself by Bill Walsh and others.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Nvidia Way
Discussed“It's like I don't like giving, in this biography called the NVIDIA way, Jensen has a line. He's like, I don't like giving up on people. I'd rather torture them into greatness.”
Where to get it
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The Score Takes Care of Itself
Discussed“And the score will take care of itself, which is a book about Bill Walsh and, you know, the 49ers. When he took over the team, it was a losing team. And then it won over three Super Bowls under his management.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Ad read Zero to One
“I found one of my all-time favorite quotes when I was reading the book Zero to One. The quote says, The single most powerful pattern I have noticed is that successful people find value in unexpected places.”