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FoundersDecember 6, 2024

#373 Breakfast with Brad Jacobs + How To Make A Few Billion Dollars

About This Episode
Brad Jacobs is one of the most talented living entrepreneurs. Brad has started 8 different billion dollar or multi-billion dollar businesses. He has done over 500 acquisitions and has raised over $30 billion. He started his first company at 23, has over 40 years of experience as an entrepreneur, and is the most energetic person I have ever been around. Earlier this year he published his life story: How to Make a Few Billion Dollars. How to Make a Few Billion Dollars was one of my favorite books that I've read this year and the episode I made about the book was one of the most popular episodes of Founders. This episode is what I learned from having breakfast with Brad Jacobs and reading his book How to Make a Few Billion Dollars ---- Ramp gives you everything you need to control spend, watch your costs, and optimize your financial operations —all on a single platform. Make history's greatest entrepreneurs proud by going to Ramp and learning how they can help your business control your costs and save more. ---- Join my free email newsletter to get my top 10 highlights from every book ---- “I have listened to every episode released and look forward to every episode that comes out. The only criticism I would have is that after each podcast I usually want to buy the book because I am interested so my poor wallet suffers. ” — Gareth Be like Gareth. Buy a book: All the books featured on Founders Podcast ---- Founders Notes gives you the ability to tap into the collective knowledge of history's greatest entrepreneurs on demand. Use it to supplement the decisions you make in your work. Get access to Founders Notes here. ---- “I have listened to every episode released and look forward to every episode that comes out. The only criticism I would have is that after each podcast I usually want to buy the book because I am interested so my poor wallet suffers. ” — Gareth Be like Gareth. Buy a book: All the books featured on Founders Podcast
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How to Make a Few Billion Dollars cover

Brad Jacobs published his life story, which is called How to Make a Few Billion Dollars. It was one of my favorite books that I've read in the last year.

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Confessions of an Advertising Man cover

David Ogilvie wrote about this in this book called Confessions of an Advertising Man, which I think was like published in 1965 or something like this.

ASIN: B01FKT13CE
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Insanely Simple cover

I want to read something from this book called Insanely Simple, which was written by an advertising executive who worked very closely with Steve Jobs.

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Andrew Carnegie's autobiography cover

The excerpt discusses the lessons from Andrew Carnegie's autobiography, particularly about investing in technology and overcoming resistance in the steel industry.

ASIN: 179079014X
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The Fish That Ate the Whale cover

The speaker mentions 'The Fish That Ate the Whale' as one of their favorite books, discussing its content related to early multinational companies and entrepreneurship.

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Brad's book cover

Brad's book is about building a strong and healthy mind, discussing meditation and thought experiments, with the first chapter titled 'How to Rearrange Your Brain'.

ASIN: B0FBCZR7FP
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The King of Madison Avenue cover

The book is called The King of Madison Avenue and is written by a guy who worked with David Ogilvie for quite a while.

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Setting the Table cover

I wrote down Jeff Bezos Henry Kaiser already told you Henry Kaiser loved problems said problems are just opportunities and work clothes Jeff Bezos multiple books in the everything store the first biography of Jeff Bezos written by Brad Stone.

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Invent and Wander cover

It's exactly what Jeff is talking about there. It's like oh I get excited. Oh this is waste good.

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