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David SenraJason Fried, 37signals (makers of Basecamp, HEY and ONCE)Jason Fried is the co-founder and CEO of 37signals, the software company behind Basecamp, HEY, and ONCE. Fried is widely regarded as one of the most influential voices in modern product development, remote work, and business philosophy.
He founded 37signals in 1999 as a web design consultancy, initially creating websites for clients while developing strong opinions about simplicity, clarity, and user-centered design. In 2004, the company pivoted to product development, launching Basecamp as a project management tool born from their own internal needs. The product's success led 37signals to transition entirely from consulting to software.
Under Fried's...
2026-02-152h 21
Podcast Notes Playlist: Latest EpisodesJimmy Iovine, Interscope Records & Beats by DreDavid Senra: Read the notes at at podcastnotes.org. Don't forget to subscribe for free to our newsletter, the top 10 ideas of the week, every Monday
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Jimmy Iovine is the co-founder of Interscope Records, Beats by Dre, and the USC Jimmy Iovine and Andre Young Academy. Iovine is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in the modern music industry.
Growing up in the Red Hook neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, Iovine was raised in an Italian working-class family. He began working as a recording engineer in the early 1970s, and went on to engineer landmark albums i...
2026-02-0100 minPodcast Notes Playlist: Latest EpisodesJohn Mackey, Whole Foods MarketDavid Senra: Read the notes at at podcastnotes.org. Don't forget to subscribe for free to our newsletter, the top 10 ideas of the week, every Monday
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John Mackey is the co-founder of Whole Foods Market, where he also served as the company's CEO for 44 years (1980–2022). More recently, Mackey is the co-founder of Love.Life, a wellness company focused on a holistic approach to health. He is an entrepreneur, author and advocate for conscious capitalism who spent over four decades building the natural foods industry.
Under his leadership, Whole Foods grew from a single store in Austin, Texas, in 1980 to th...
2026-01-0800 min
SourceryDavid Senra on the Founders Who Never QuitDavid Senra joins Sourcery for a candid conversation about the founders he’s spent nearly a decade studying, and why time, not intelligence or hype, is the only filter that actually matters. As the creator of Founders, Senra has read and analyzed hundreds of biographies of history’s most consequential builders, looking for the recurring patterns behind people who don’t just succeed once, but keep going for decades.That work led directly to his new show, David Senra. What makes the format unusual is that these aren’t traditional interviews and they aren’t random guests, they’re co...
2025-12-311h 40
David SenraPatrick O'Shaughnessy, Colossus & Positive SumPatrick O'Shaughnessy is the Chairman Emeritus of O'Shaughnessy Asset Management, the founder of Colossus, and the founder and CEO of Positive Sum. He is an investor, author, and podcaster who has devoted his career to understanding the world's best investors and entrepreneurs.
Under his leadership, Colossus has become one of the largest investing-focused podcast networks in the world, producing shows including the flagship Invest Like the Best, which he hosts. At Positive Sum, he invests in early-stage companies creating and reinventing categories, with portfolio companies including Tegus, ID.me, Etched, and Vanta.
After starting as...
2025-12-212h 05
David SenraMichael Ovitz, Creative Artists Agency (CAA)Michael Ovitz is the co-founder of Creative Artists Agency (CAA), one of the most powerful and influential talent agencies in Hollywood history, built on a revolutionary approach to representation that fundamentally transformed the entertainment industry.
He is an entertainment executive and dealmaker widely regarded as one of the most formidable operators in Hollywood. During his time leading CAA, Ovitz represented virtually every major star, including Tom Cruise, Robert De Niro, Meryl Streep, Steven Spielberg, David Letterman, Barbra Streisand and many more.
Starting as a mailroom trainee in the 1960s and reshaping the power dynamics of...
2025-11-232h 07
FoundersMy conversation with Todd GravesTodd Graves is one of my favorite living founders. He owns over 90% of Raising Canes — a business that is worth at least $20 billion. Todd's maxim is "Do one thing and do it better than anyone else." It is impossible not to be inspired by his terminator levels of determination. I hope you enjoy our conversation as much as I did.
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David Senra is a brand new podcast out this week - in the debut episode, David sits down with Spotify CEO and co-founder Daniel Ek. Senra "studies greatness and understands it", according to Andrew Huberman, who shared this episode in his feed.
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2025-09-2901 min
Huberman LabDAVID SENRA: Daniel Ek, SpotifyI’m excited to share episode one of a new podcast that I’ve helped create and produce. This new podcast is called David Senra, and it’s hosted by David Senra.
For those of you not familiar with David Senra, he is an expert in all things related to greatness. He studies greatness and understands it, mostly in the domain of business but also among creatives, athletes and other world-class performers.
This first episode of the podcast is with Daniel Ek, the co-founder and CEO of Spotify. It's an absolutely spectacular conversation that I'm certai...
2025-09-282h 10
Huberman LabsDAVID SENRA: Daniel Ek, SpotifyI’m excited to share episode one of a new podcast that I’ve helped create and produce. This new podcast is called David Senra, and it’s hosted by David Senra. For those of you not familiar with David Senra, he is an expert in all things related to greatness. He studies greatness and understands it, mostly in the domain of business but also among creatives, athletes and other world-class performers. This first episode of the podcast is with Daniel Ek, the co-founder and CEO of Spotify. It's an absolutely spectacular conversation that I'm certain you'll enjoy. With episode one of...
2025-09-282h 10
Founders#397 Jiro Ono: Simplicity Is The Ultimate AdvantageJiro Ono is the greatest living sushi chef. He was kicked out his house when he was 9. He started working in a restaurant so he wouldn't have to sleep under a bridge. He never stopped. Over his 75 year career he rose to the very top of his profession. People travel from all over the world to eat at his restaurant. The meal costs $400 per person and lasts 15 minutes. This episode is what I learned from reading the transcript of the documentary Jiro Dreams of Sushi and is full of ideas you can use in your work.
2025-08-0441 minFounders#396 The Obsession of Enzo FerrariI've read hundreds of thousands of words about Enzo Ferrari. For this episode I distilled down his most important ideas into 1 hour. Ferrari was truly one of history's greatest obsessives.
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2025-07-3057 min