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How to Make a Few Billion Dollars

Book • 2024
In *How to Make a Few Billion Dollars*, Brad Jacobs shares his mindset and strategies that have driven his remarkable success in corporate America.

With over four decades of experience as a CEO and serial entrepreneur, Jacobs distills his business brilliance into a tactical road map.

The book covers topics such as rearranging your mindset to achieve enormous goals, turning a healthy fear of failure to your advantage, achieving high-quality M&A without imploding, building an outrageously talented team, catalyzing electric meetings, and transforming a company into a superorganism that outcompetes others.

Jacobs emphasizes the importance of humility, compassion, and accountability while pursuing the American Dream.

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Mentioned in 16 episodes

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David Senra
in relation to his philosophy on overpaying for top talent.
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David Senra
as a guide to making money and achieving success in various fields.
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David Senra
as one of his favorite books of the year, detailing Brad Jacobs' entrepreneurial journey and insights.
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Shane Parrish
as a playbook for creating outsized value.
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Sam Parr
as being written by Brad Jacobs, detailing how to build billion-dollar companies through research.
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David Senra
in relation to the concept of deliberately understaffed teams.
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#378 The Last Oil Baron: Leon Hess
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David Senra
, highlighting Jacobs' book on building a successful business and soliciting employee feedback.
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#360 Robert Kierlin: Founder of Fastenal
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Brad Jacobs
, detailing his strategies for M&A and building billion-dollar businesses.
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David Senra
as a book written by Brad Jacobs, detailing his entrepreneurial journey and insights.
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Shane Parrish
in the context of problem-solving and opportunity in business.
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David Senra
in relation to paying for talent.
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#339 Joseph Duveen: Robber Baron Art Dealer
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Brad Jacobs
to detail his business strategies and experiences.
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Brad Jacobs – Masterclass on Leadership and Management (EP.368)
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David Marcus
as an autobiography detailing his journey building billion-dollar companies.
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#69 David Marcus on How to Make a Few Billion Dollars
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Brad Jacobs
as the book containing his playbook for creating companies.
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How Brad Jacobs Will Invest $4.5 Billion to Reshape Building Supplies
Mentioned by Nick Page as a source of inspiration for considering future business trends.
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Business Scaling Workshop Live Q&A | Ep 827
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David Marcus
as an insightful read on building multi-billion dollar companies.
The Value Perspective with David Marcus – part 2
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Clay Hepler
, it's title caught his attention and he shared a quote from it.
Episode 43: The 0 to 500K Bottleneck, Why Land Investors Stall… and How to Break Through
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Lou Whiteman
as a source of lessons on handling short sellers and making capital allocation decisions.
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