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David Senra's book list: the books mentioned on David Senra
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Zero to One
Discussed“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 and they do this by thinking about business from first principles instead of formulas”
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Scientific Advertising
Recommended“this is like i'm there's this very old book it's called scientific advertising it was written in the early 1900s it's now it was so valuable that the guy that made the most money as an advertising agency founder in the like like 1920s and 30s it was written by this guy named claude hopkins”
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Cable Cowboy
Discussed“Another thing, you know, I read in cable cowboy that he liked, he was a very first principles thinker”
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How to Make a Few Billion Dollars
Discussed“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.”
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How to Make a Few More Billion Dollars
Discussed“He wrote another book a year or two later called How to Make a Few More Billion.”
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The Aeneid
Discussed“courses he took in latin in high school where they had to read and memorize verses from virgil's a and ed he still remembers now at the age of 42 and can and can recite them”
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The Mind of Napoleon
Discussed“have you ever read this book called the mine in napoleon no okay so mine in napoleon published in 1957 um i found it because i saw this interview i think tyler cowen interviewed sam altman and uh i think this is 2019 and he asked him like what's the most important book that you read this year and he”
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The Talmud
Discussed“you know the old in the talmud there's a rabbi who basically says when you kill a person you destroy a world”
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Threshold Resistance
Discussed“There's a great book that you gave me about him called Threshold Resistance.”
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Recommended Scientific Advertising
“this is like i'm there's this very old book it's called scientific advertising it was written in the early 1900s it's now it was so valuable that the guy that made the most money as an advertising agency founder in the like like 1920s and 30s it was written by this guy named claude hopkins”
Discussed 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 and they do this by thinking about business from first principles instead of formulas”
Discussed The Mind of Napoleon
“have you ever read this book called the mine in napoleon no okay so mine in napoleon published in 1957 um i found it because i saw this interview i think tyler cowen interviewed sam altman and uh i think this is 2019 and he asked him like what's the most important book that you read this year and he”
Discussed Life after television
“Life After Television by George Gilder.”
Discussed How to Make a Few Billion Dollars
“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.”
Discussed How to Make a Few More Billion Dollars
“He wrote another book a year or two later called How to Make a Few More Billion.”
Discussed The Talmud
“you know the old in the talmud there's a rabbi who basically says when you kill a person you destroy a world”
Discussed The Aeneid
“courses he took in latin in high school where they had to read and memorize verses from virgil's a and ed he still remembers now at the age of 42 and can and can recite them”
Discussed Threshold Resistance
“There's a great book that you gave me about him called Threshold Resistance.”
Discussed Cable Cowboy
“Another thing, you know, I read in cable cowboy that he liked, he was a very first principles thinker”
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