Podcast Episodes

#386 Akio Morita: Founder of Sony

Akio Morita was a visionary entrepreneur and co-founder of Sony. Born as the first son and fifteenth-generation heir to a 300-year-old sake-brewing family in Japan, Akio eschewed the traditional path…

Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago

#385 Michael Dell

This is one of the most extraordinary founder stories you will ever hear. Michael Dell started his company with $1000 when he was 19 years old. The revenues for the first 16 years of Dell look like t…

Published on 5 months, 4 weeks ago

#384 Ken Griffin: Founder of Citadel and Citadel Securities

Because of the podcast I get to meet a lot of super successful people. I'm always asking them "Who is the smartest person you know" and "Who do you think has the best business?". "Ken Griffin" is a v…

Published on 6 months, 1 week ago

The Invisible Billionaire: Daniel Ludwig

Daniel Ludwig was the richest man in the world and no one knew his name. I've read almost 400 biographies of history's greatest founders and this book is one of my all time favorites. Daniel Ludwig s…

Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago

#383 Todd Graves and his $10 Billion Chicken Finger Dream

Todd Graves is one of my favorite living entrepreneurs. He's a great example of Charlie Munger's maxim: Find a simple idea and take it seriously. Todd wanted to create a quick service restaurant that…

Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago

#382 Who Is Michael Ovitz?: The Rise and Fall (and Rise) of the Most Powerful Man in Hollywood

At the core of Michael Ovitz's success is his relentless work ethic and commitment to mastering his craft. 50 years ago he founded Creative Artists Agency. CAA starts out as just five young guys in a…

Published on 7 months ago

#381 I Had Dinner With Michael Ovitz

What I learned from having an intense and fun 3 hour dinner with Michael Ovitz. 

1: Mediocrity is always invisible until passion shows up and exposes it.

2: There's no ceiling on where you can push you…

Published on 7 months ago

#380 Four Hundred Pages of Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger In Their Own Words

For over 30 years the Berkshire Hathaway Annual meetings were recorded. Munger and Buffett answered over 1700 questions from shareholders during that period. Alex Morris watched hundreds of hours of …

Published on 7 months, 2 weeks ago

#379 Jerry Jones (Dallas Cowboys)

Jerry Jones rolled the dice until his knuckles bled. He started working at 7 years old. Jerry could sell, sell, sell. He sold fruit at his father’s grocery store in grade school and sold shoes out of…

Published on 7 months, 3 weeks ago

#378 The Last Oil Baron: Leon Hess

Your father goes bankrupt. You work for 50 cents a day to try to help your family survive the Great Depression. At 19 you see an opportunity where others see nothing. You start “a little fuel deliver…

Published on 8 months ago