David Senra Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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David Senra is the host of Founders podcast. Learn from history's greatest entrepreneurs. Every week I read a biography of an entrepreneur and tell you what I learned. 318 biographies down. 1000 to go.

I Invented the Modern Age: The Rise of Henry Ford
Richard Snow
@fred_pope @patrick_oshag @joincolossus His autobiography is great! I also liked his book Today and Tomorrow And I Invented the Modern Age: The Rise of Henry Ford by Richard Snow (I’m rereading this one soon)
Paperback, 2014
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Edison
Edmund Morris
@MarkBski @david_marcus The next episode is on this biography of Edison I’m sure I’ll get to the Edmund Morris one eventually — I already own the book ! https://t.co/flwHwwwHdj
Paperback, 2020
$24.00$12.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman--Including 10 More Years of Business Unusual
Yvon Chouinard
@snyatta @AcquiredFM I’ve been studying Yvon for years ! #18 Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman And #60 The Responsible Company: What We've Learned from Patagonia's First 40 Years I’ll add these episodes to the public feed tomorrow!
Paperback, 2016
$22.00$11.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
New New Thing: A Silicon Valley Story
Michael Lewis
@pyewaw The New New Thing: A Silicon Valley Story by Michael Lewis
Paperback, 2014
$16.99$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Pieces of the Action
Vannevar Bush
@EricJorgenson @balajis This is incredible. This is exactly what @stripepress new book Pieces of the Action is about Vannevar Bush lived from 1890-1974 https://t.co/9c8tHJojEd
Hardcover, 2022
$24.00$12.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Working Backwards: Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside Amazon
Colin Bryar
Jeff Bezos episodes: #155 The Collected Writings of Jeff Bezos #179 Jeff Bezos and The Age of Amazon Bonus: Working Backwards: Insights, Stories, and Secrets from inside Amazon #180 Amazon Unbound: Jeff Bezos and the Invention of a Global Empire https://t.co/9C1rkjbdkw
Hardcover, 2021
$31.00$15.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Public Relations
Edward L. Bernays
@TimothyBuffett I did an entire podcast about the this! #256 The Father of Spin: Edward L. Bernays and the Birth of Public Relations by Larry Tye https://t.co/9C1rkjaFuY
Paperback, 1952
$26.95$13.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Napoleon: A Concise Biography
David A. Bell
@wizard_waterloo @djrosent @gilbert I’ve only read Napoleon: A Concise Biography by David Bell — which I highly recommend I’m reading this book from 1955 next and then Andrew Roberts Napoleon after! https://t.co/qQhTyWrtup
Hardcover, 2015
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Jony Ive: The Genius Behind Apple's Greatest Products
Leander Kahney
2 of my favorite Steve Jobs episodes: #178 Jony Ive: The Genius Behind Apple's Greatest Productsby Leander Kahney And #265 Becoming Steve Jobs: The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader by Brent https://t.co/9C1rkjaFuY
Paperback, 2014
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Benjamin Franklin
Edmund S. Morgan
27 books I found in Charlie Munger’s library that I want to read: 1. Not Your Usual Founding Father: Selected Readings from Benjamin Franklin by Ben Franklin and Edmund Morgan 2. Benjamin Franklin by Edmund Morgan 3. Benjamin Franklin by Carl Van Doren 4. Franklin of… https://t.co/dppNH6rtKd
Paperback, 2003
$21.95$10.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book