The book this episode covers
Random Reminiscences of Men and Events
John D. Rockefeller · Reading rank 90 · in 3 other episodes
Host highlights the book's intentionally unstructured, random format as what makes it compelling.
Dedicated episode · Explicit praise
Books David recommends along the way
Shoe Dog
Phil Knight · Reading rank 3 · in 24 other episodes
Host calls Shoe Dog a great autobiography and highlights a particularly powerful passage from it.
Explicit praise · Reread language
Sam Walton
Sam Walton · Reading rank 9 · in 24 other episodes
Host frames Walton's autobiography as an inexpensive way to learn directly from his decades of business experience.
Explicit praise · Cross-episode reference
Titan
Ron Chernow · Reading rank 10 · in 29 other episodes
Host calls Titan probably the most important biography written about Rockefeller.
Cross-episode reference · Explicit praise
Also mentioned
Hard Drive
James Wallace and Jim Erickson · Reading rank 6 · in 23 other episodes
David uses Gates’s early uncertainty from Hard Drive as a comparison with Rockefeller.
Cross-episode reference · Founder theme
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