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Sam Altman is the co-founder and CEO of OpenAI.

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Travis Kalanick is the founder of Atoms and Uber.

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Cheng Meservey

Lulu Cheng Meservey is the founder of Rostra.

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About David Senra

After reading 400+ biographies of history's greatest entrepreneurs, David Senra has earned something unprecedented: today's most successful business leaders actively seek him out. They recognize his unique ability to connect their current challenges to centuries of entrepreneurial wisdom.

David captures the conversations that can only happen between someone who has studied the craft of building companies for nearly a decade and those who are mastering it in real time.

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You didn’t even have to be smart. You had to have good follow-up. If you followed up, it kind of gave that extra point on the smart side of the scale.

Michael Ovitz
You didn’t even have to be smart. You had to have good follow-up. If you followed up, it kind of gave that extra point on the smart side of the scale.
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Imagine how hard it is to start your business, then multiply that by infinity. And if you’re still committed to do it, and you have the stamina to stick with that, then you’ll be successful.”

Todd Graves
Imagine how hard it is to start your business, then multiply that by infinity. And if you’re still committed to do it, and you have the stamina to stick with that, then you’ll be successful.”
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I want all A-players around me. I want people whose relationship with me I value so much that if it was terminated, I would be lost.

Brad Jacobs
I want all A-players around me. I want people whose relationship with me I value so much that if it was terminated, I would be lost.
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The fear of failure... is a bigger motivator than the love of success.

Michael Dell
The fear of failure... is a bigger motivator than the love of success.
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I'm not obsessed about time. I'm obsessed about energy management. If you have time, but you have no energy, you're not going to accomplish anything anyway.

Daniel Ek
I'm not obsessed about time. I'm obsessed about energy management. If you have time, but you have no energy, you're not going to accomplish anything anyway.
"

You didn’t even have to be smart. You had to have good follow-up. If you followed up, it kind of gave that extra point on the smart side of the scale.

Michael Ovitz
You didn’t even have to be smart. You had to have good follow-up. If you followed up, it kind of gave that extra point on the smart side of the scale.
"

Imagine how hard it is to start your business, then multiply that by infinity. And if you’re still committed to do it, and you have the stamina to stick with that, then you’ll be successful.”

Todd Graves
Imagine how hard it is to start your business, then multiply that by infinity. And if you’re still committed to do it, and you have the stamina to stick with that, then you’ll be successful.”
"

I want all A-players around me. I want people whose relationship with me I value so much that if it was terminated, I would be lost.

Brad Jacobs
I want all A-players around me. I want people whose relationship with me I value so much that if it was terminated, I would be lost.
"

The fear of failure... is a bigger motivator than the love of success.

Michael Dell
The fear of failure... is a bigger motivator than the love of success.
"

I'm not obsessed about time. I'm obsessed about energy management. If you have time, but you have no energy, you're not going to accomplish anything anyway.

Daniel Ek
I'm not obsessed about time. I'm obsessed about energy management. If you have time, but you have no energy, you're not going to accomplish anything anyway.
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