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UPCOMING GUESTS

Rick
Rubin

Rick Rubin is an award-winning record producer and co-founder of Def Jam Recordings and American Recordings.

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UPCOMING GUESTS

Strauss
Zelnick

Strauss Zelnick is the founder, CEO, and managing partner of ZMC, the chairman and CEO of Take-Two Interactive, and the former chairman of CBS Corporation.

Strauss Zelnick
UPCOMING GUESTS

Dana
White

Dana White is the president and CEO of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).

Dana White
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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.

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Quotes

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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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