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Danielle Newnham Podcast

David Senra: Why Founders Rule the World (REPLAY)

Oct 14, 2024
01:06:56

This week's guest is David Senra, ex-founder and host of  Founders podcast – one of my favourite podcasts where each week, David devours a biography of a founder and shares his favourite lessons with the world, whether it’s Charlie Munger, Steve Jobs, Jeff Bezos, Kobe Bryant, The Wright Brothers, Lucille Ball, Jay Z, Enzo Ferrari and many more!

But David has a really interesting story himself and one we dive into today. We talk about his tough childhood and how his escape came through his obsession with books because it was within those pages where he found the role models he wanted and needed to inspire him on his way.

We also discuss some key themes between the founders and innovators whose stories David has shared in over 300 episodes now from a self-styled delusion which helps them to ignore the naysayers and dream the impossible to the obsession which comes with a laser focus on what matters.

There are lots of great stories and anecdotes as you can imagine from David but there are also some great lessons that he has learned about success on his personal journey and why he wants to build something he’s younger self would be proud of.

Here is my conversation with David Senra.

Enjoy!

This episode was originally released April 2023 - S9:E73

David's podcast Founders podcast / Twitter / Instagram 

Danielle Twitter / Instagram / Substack Newsletter / YouTube

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Mentioned in this episode:

Tim Urban post that David mentions in this episode Taming the Mammoth: Why You Should Stop Caring What Other People Think

My episode with Jimmy Soni here

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