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David is fanatical about podcasting. It was evident from the first time I had dinner with him and @R_Mohr in Malibu a few years back.
This is how David keeps winning:
Senra = [(Curiosity × Obsession × Repetition)^Time / (Distraction + Dilution)] × Love of the Craft
Hard to compete with someone who's truly all-in on their craft.
What a wild ride and we're just getting started.
This is how David keeps winning:
Senra = [(Curiosity × Obsession × Repetition)^Time / (Distraction + Dilution)] × Love of the Craft
Hard to compete with someone who's truly all-in on their craft.
What a wild ride and we're just getting started.
I started this podcast a year ago. It’s been the best year of my life.
Thanks to everyone for watching and to every guest for the incredible conversations 🫡
In order by appearance:
Daniel Ek
Michael Dell
Brad Jacobs
Todd Graves
Michael Ovitz
James Dyson
Patrick O’Shaughnessy
John Mackey
Tobi Lutke
Jimmy Iovine
Jason Fried
Brian Armstrong
Marc Andreessen
Eric Jorgenson
Tony Xu
Evan Spiegel
David Baszucki
Adam Foroughi
Dana White
Strauss Zelnick
Rick Rubin
Ivanka Trump
Gustav Söderström
Ed Catmull
Steve Stoute
Scott Wu
Jonathan Ross
Eric Glyman
Jeff Zalaznick
DHH
Micky Malka
Lulu Meservey
Travis Kalanick
Sam Altman
Torsten Reil
Doug Leone
Zach Dell
Mati Staniszewski
Luca Ferrari
Peter Rahal
Ronnie Fieg
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My conversation with @dougleone, partner at @sequoia.
0:00 How to Dominate for Decades
3:17 Turning Fear Into a Tailwind
5:40 Immigrant Drive, Hard Work & the Beach Club
12:19 Simplifying Life & Choosing Discomfort
14:37 The Homeless Sequoia Partner With No Plan B
16:49 Stepping Down, Coming Back & Starting Over
20:04 Why AI Is Different From Every Previous Technology Shift
22:13 Doug's Three Investment Heuristics
23:52 The Cost of Selling Great Companies Too Early
25:39 Helping Founders Turn Products Into Businesses
28:28 David Vélez, Nubank & the Psychology of Founder Support
32:25 Why Founders Must Remain the Soul of the Company
36:13 Torturing Yourself Into Greatness
39:57 Don Valentine, Succession & the Sequoia School of Hard Knocks
44:28 Staying Grounded & Developing a Sniffer for People
47:46 Hypercompetitive With a Heart of Gold
50:13 Fred Luddy, Israeli Founders & Radical Directness
52:28 Trust Is the Accelerant of Business
59:57 Starting From Zero & Hunting for the Next Great Founder
1:05:59 Architect Your Board Like Your Product
1:10:24 Truth, Disagreement & the Art of Difficult Feedback
1:13:43 Humanity, Introversion & the Value of Relationships
1:18:18 What Doug Learned From Michael Moritz
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Now live for each of the episodes and a full directory here: davidsenra.com/books
www.davidsenra.com Books mentioned on David Senra Covers and titles of books mentioned in episodes. View quoted post on X
“Every business or product exists to serve customers. This is priority number one.” — David Senra
“The one who serves the customer best gets all the customers.”
.@travisk on becoming a monopoly by being "so competitive" versus "anti-competitive":
“Sometimes the monopoly emerges because the company is so competitive. Sometimes the monopoly emerges because the company is anti-competitive. They’re different.”
“Our motto was the one who serves the customer best gets all the customers.”
“At Uber, we never got a regulation passed that would hurt a competitor. We never would do that. That's not how we rolled.”
“We never donated to a campaign ever to try to get something passed.”
“You wanted to win because you built the best service.”View quoted post on X