Main takeaways from Ray Kroc’s book: Grinding It out- The making of McDonald’s The personal story behind founder Ray Kroc’s Amazing Success.

The main thing I took from this was that he was the hardest worker in his time. He owned the San Diego Padres baseball team as well after he retired which is amazing for someone who grew up very modestly!  He started off his career as a milkshake mixer salesman for Prince Castle. He was…

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Takeaways from the cofounder of Microsoft, owner of the Seahawks and Trailblazers- Paul Allen- Idea Man

My main takeaways is that holy crap! This man has lived a super important life. I can’t believe I have never really heard of him until stumbling upon this gem from Stig and Preston on the Investors Podcast which if you haven’t listened to yet. You totally should. I will link it at the bottom…

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Dare to be

When a new day begins, dare to smile gratefully. When there is darkness, dare to be the first to shine a light. When there is injustice, dare to be the first to condemn it. When something seems difficult, dare to do it anyway. When life seems to beat you down, dare to fight back. When…

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NPR's: How I built this

My favorite episodes of How I Bult this http://www.npr.org/podcasts/510313/how-i-built-this Atari and Chucke E. Cheese’s: Nolan Bushnell:  Airbnb: Joe Gebbia Zappos: Tony Hsieh Instagram: Kevin Systrom- really interesting to see how quickly it blew up and how it all started. Kate Spade: Kate & Andy Spade- Still very humble and down to earth. Gordon Segal: Crate…

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