The book this episode covers
Onassis
Frank Brady · Reading rank 214 · in 2 other episodes
David tells listeners to get the full story by reading the book.
Dedicated episode · Explicit praise · Founder theme
Books David recommends along the way
Titan
Ron Chernow · Reading rank 10 · in 29 other episodes
David applies a favorite sentence from Titan to Onassis; the praise targets the sentence rather than the whole book.
Founder theme
The Invisible Billionaire
Jerry Shields · Reading rank 19 · in 15 other episodes
Cross-episode reference
Relentlessly Resourceful
Paul Graham · Reading rank 156 · in 6 other episodes
David calls Graham's essay great and its two-word formulation the best description of entrepreneurship.
Explicit praise · Founder theme
The Difference Between God and Larry Ellison
Mike Wilson · Reading rank 229 · in 2 other episodes
David identifies the Ellison biography as where he encountered a Citizen Kane quotation, then applies that idea to Onassis’s self-interest.
Founder theme
Running Down a Dream, How to Succeed and Thrive in a Career You Love
Bill Gurley · Watch & Listen · in 21 other episodes
David calls Gurley's Running Down a Dream talk fantastic.
Explicit praise · Founder theme
Also mentioned
The Fish That Ate the Whale
Rich Cohen · Reading rank 2 · in 38 other episodes
David attributes the A-to-Z line to Sam Zemurray and applies it to Onassis; the book identity is inferred from the unique indexed Zemurray source.
Founder theme
Swimming Across
Andrew S. Grove · Reading rank 70 · in 9 other episodes
David uses Swimming Across's account of a family that stayed behind as a warning about waiting too long to flee danger.
Founder theme
On Writing
Stephen King · Reading rank 129 · in 4 other episodes
David applies the paired books' idea of building a world when the existing one does not fit.
Cross-episode reference · Founder theme
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