I Study Entrepreneurs

My key takeaways from Sam Zell's journey after reading Am I Being Too Subtle?: Straight Talk from a Business Rebel . This episode was inspired by my blog post: Sam Zell Part 5: The Wrap-up

What I learned about Sam's personal struggles and his $39B deal from reading Am I Being Too Subtle?: Straight Talk from a Business Rebel . This episode was inspired by my blog post: Sam Zell Part 4: The $39 Billion Sale. Resources Mentioned: Ed Thorp Series: Part 1 Kirk Kerkorian Series: Part 1 Mastering the Market Cycle: Getting the Odds on Your Side by Howard Marks

What I learned about Sam's transition to public company investor from reading Am I Being Too Subtle?: Straight Talk from a Business Rebel . This episode was inspired by my blog post: Sam Zell Part 3: Transition to Professional Opportunist

What I learned about Sam's transition from law student to entrepreneur from reading Am I Being Too Subtle?: Straight Talk from a Business Rebel . This episode was inspired by my blog post: Sam Zell Part 2: Rejection, Risk, and Real Estate Mastery .

What I learned about the years that shaped Sam Zell from reading Am I Being Too Subtle?: Straight Talk from a Business Rebel. This episode was inspired by my blog post: Sam Zell Part 1: The Making of Sam Zell .

What I learned and struggled with last week while working on my personal project. This episode was inspired by my blog post: Last Week’s Hurdles and Lessons (Week Ending 6/30/24)

Updates on my personal project for the week ending 6/30/24. This episode was inspired by my blog post: Weekly Update: Week Two Hundred Twenty-Two

My takeaways from James Dyson's journey after reading Against the Odds: An Autobiography. This episode was inspired by my blog post: James Dyson Part 5: What I Learned.

What I learned about James Dyson's third company from reading Against the Odds: An Autobiography . This episode was inspired by my blog post: James Dyson Part 4: Third Time's the Charm .

What I learned about James Dyson's second company from reading Against the Odds: An Autobiography . This episode was inspired by my blog post: James Dyson Part 3: The Second Startup Is More Painful.

What I learned about the James Dyson's first company from reading Against the Odds: An Autobiography . This episode was inspired by my blog post: James Dyson Part 2: Learning the Painful Way

What I learned about the years that shaped James Dyson from reading Against the Odds:An Autobiography. This episode was inspired by my blog post: James Dyson Part 1: Tragedy to Entrepreneur.

What I learned and struggled with last week working on my personal project. This episode was inspired by my blog post: Last Week’s Hurdles and Lessons (Week Ending 6/23/24)

Here's more on my decision to include Amazon affiliate links. This episode was inspired by my blog post: Why I’m Adding Amazon Affiliate Links to my Blog and Podcast

Updates on my personal project for the week ending 6/23/24. This episode was inspired by my blog post: Weekly Update: Week Two Hundred Twenty-One

The key things I learned from reading The Making of a Blockbuster: How Wayne Huizenga Built a Sports and Entertainment Empire from Trash, Grit and Videotape⁠ . This episode was inspired by my blog post: Wayne Huizenga Part 5: What I Learned.

What I learned about the $8B deal to sell Blockbuster Videos from reading The Making of a Blockbuster: How Wayne Huizenga Built a Sports and Entertainment Empire from Trash, Grit and Videotape ⁠ . This episode was inspired by my blog post: Wayne Huizenga Part 4: The Deal of Wayne’s Life .

What I learned about Wayne Huizenga's transformation of Blockbuster from reading The Making of a Blockbuster: How Wayne Huizenga Built a Sports and Entertainment Empire from Trash, Grit and Videotape . This episode was inspired by my blog post: Wayne Huizenga Part 3: Perception Drives Blockbuster’s Transformation.

What I learned about Wayne Huizenga buying into Blockbuster from reading The Making of a Blockbuster: How Wayne Huizenga Built a Sports and Entertainment Empire from Trash, Grit and Videotape. This episode was inspired by my blog post: Wayne Huizenga Part 2: Garbageman to Blockbuster Videos.

What I learned about Wayne Huizenga's early days as a garbageman from reading The Making of a Blockbuster: How Wayne Huizenga Built a Sports and Entertainment Empire from Trash, Grit and Videotape . This episode was inspired by my blog post: Wayne Huizenga Part 1: From College Dropout to Garbageman.

What I learned and struggled with last week working on my personal project. This episode was inspired by my blog post: Last Week’s Hurdles and Lessons (Week Ending 6/16/24) Listen to my thoughts on distillation Read my thoughts on distillation

Updates on my personal project for the week ending 6/16/24. This episode was inspired by my blog post: Weekly Update (a New Format): Week Two Hundred Twenty Read why I changed to a weekly update format

My latest thinking on value per minute of entrepreneur's time and my latest project. This episode was inspired by my blog post: Adjusting to the High Value Entrepreneurs Put on Their Time.

My final takeaways from reading The Gambler: How Penniless Dropout Kirk Kerkorian Became the Greatest Deal Maker in Capitalist History. This episode was inspired by my blog post: Kirk Kerkorian Part 5: The Conclusion.

What I learned about Kerkorian's strategy to combine movies and studios from reading The Gambler: How Penniless Dropout Kirk Kerkorian Became the Greatest Deal Maker in Capitalist History. This episode was inspired by my blog post: Kirk Kerkorian Part 4: Movie Studios and Casinos .