The book this episode covers
The Days of Duveen
S. N. Behrman · Reading rank 348
David draws founder/business strategy themes from the Duveen profile alongside Robert Greene material.
Dedicated episode · Founder theme
Books David recommends along the way
Zero to One
Peter Thiel with Blake Masters · Reading rank 5 · in 48 other episodes
David connects Peter Thiel's monopoly framing in Zero to One to Duveen's deliberate monopolization of the art market.
Founder theme
Poor Charlie's Almanack
Charles T. Munger, edited by Peter D. Kaufman · Reading rank 11 · in 44 other episodes
David presents Poor Charlie's Almanack's history/biography-reading observation as illustrating the episode's core learning theme.
Founder theme
How to Make a Few Billion Dollars
Brad Jacobs · Reading rank 51 · in 10 other episodes
David applies the book's overpay-for-talent principle to Duveen's employee compensation practice.
Cross-episode reference · Founder theme
Napoleon's Strategies and Maxims
Napoleon Bonaparte · Reading rank 405
David connects Napoleon's maxim about studying great campaigns to a broader founder theme shared by Gagosian, Munger, and Buffett.
Cross-episode reference · Founder theme
The 48 Laws of Power
Robert Greene · Reading rank 434
David uses The 48 Laws of Power's scarcity framework to explain Duveen's business strategy.
Founder theme
Invest Like the Best #342
Patrick O'Shaughnessy with Will England · Watch & Listen
David calls this Invest Like the Best episode one of his favorites from the prior year.
Explicit praise
Also mentioned
How Larry Gagosian Reshaped the Art World
Patrick Radden Keefe · Reading rank 214 · in 2 other episodes
Cross-episode reference
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