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Explore the best books, speeches, interviews, and letters with me. X Daniel Scrivner Daniel Scrivner Sharing what I learn studying history's greatest entrepreneurs and investors. Explore the best books, speeches, interviews, and letters with me. X Aug 15, 2025 • Book Summaries • Duolingo • Differentiation Strategy 21 min read Renaissance Technologies: Breaking down Renaissance's quantitative model, returns, Medallion Fund economics, moat, culture, and origin story. Plus lessons learned from Jim Simons. Daniel Scrivner Sharing what I learn studying history's greatest entrepreneurs and investors. Explore the best books, speeches, interviews, and letters with me. X Daniel Scrivner Daniel Scrivner Sharing what I learn studying history's greatest entrepreneurs and investors. Explore the best books, speeches, interviews, and letters with me. X Aug 15, 2025 • Business Breakdowns • Renaissance Technologies • Jim Simons 16 min read Hermès: Breaking down the Hermès business model, moat, margins, culture, origin story, and journey to a €230B luxury empire. Daniel Scrivner Sharing what I learn studying history's greatest entrepreneurs and investors. Explore the best books, speeches, interviews, and letters with me. X Daniel Scrivner Daniel Scrivner Sharing what I learn studying history's greatest entrepreneurs and investors. Explore the best books, speeches, interviews, and letters with me. X Aug 15, 2025 • Business Breakdowns • Hermès • Axel Dumas 9 min read Sol Price Retail Revolutionary: How a misfit lawyer accidentally invented modern retail and taught everyone from Sam Walton to Jeff Bezos and James Sinegal Daniel Scrivner Sharing what I learn studying history's greatest entrepreneurs and investors. Explore the best books, speeches, interviews, and letters with me. X Daniel Scrivner Daniel Scrivner Sharing what I learn studying history's greatest entrepreneurs and investors. Explore the best books, speeches, interviews, and letters with me. X Aug 15, 2025 • Book Summaries • Business Models • Strategy 21 min read IKEA: Breaking down IKEA's business model, strategic moat, economics, culture, origin story, and journey to €100 billion Daniel Scrivner Sharing what I learn studying history's greatest entrepreneurs and investors. Explore the best books, speeches, interviews, and letters with me. X Daniel Scrivner Daniel Scrivner Sharing what I learn studying history's greatest entrepreneurs and investors. Explore the best books, speeches, interviews, and letters with me. X Aug 15, 2025 • Business Breakdowns • IKEA • Ingvar Kamprad 17 min read How to Make a Few Billion Dollars by Brad Jacobs: The hard won lessons from building 7 multi-billion dollar businesses Daniel Scrivner Sharing what I learn studying history's greatest entrepreneurs and investors. Explore the best books, speeches, interviews, and letters with me. X Daniel Scrivner Daniel Scrivner Sharing what I learn studying history's greatest entrepreneurs and investors. Explore the best books, speeches, interviews, and letters with me. X Aug 15, 2025 • Book Summaries • Brad Jacobs • Leadership 11 min read Pride in Performance by Les Schwab: How an 8th grade dropout built a 500-store tire dynasty by sharing half the profits Daniel Scrivner Sharing what I learn studying history's greatest entrepreneurs and investors. Explore the best books, speeches, interviews, and letters with me. X Daniel Scrivner Daniel Scrivner Sharing what I learn studying history's greatest entrepreneurs and investors. Explore the best books, speeches, interviews, and letters with me. X Aug 15, 2025 • Book Summaries • Founder Stories & Interviews • Les Schwab 20 min read Epic Systems: Breaking down Epic's business model, strategic moat, economics, culture, origin story, and journey to a $45 billion monopoly Daniel Scrivner Sharing what I learn studying history's greatest entrepreneurs and investors. Explore the best books, speeches, interviews, and letters with me. X Daniel Scrivner Daniel Scrivner Sharing what I learn studying history's greatest entrepreneurs and investors. Explore the best books, speeches, interviews, and letters with me. X Aug 15, 2025 • Business Breakdowns • Epic Systems • Judy Faulkner 3 min read Leopold Aschenbrenner's (Situational Awareness) Trades and Holdings in Q2 2025 Daniel Scrivner Sharing what I learn studying history's greatest entrepreneurs and investors. Explore the best books, speeches, interviews, and letters with me. X Daniel Scrivner Daniel Scrivner Sharing what I learn studying history's greatest entrepreneurs and investors. Explore the best books, speeches, interviews, and letters with me. X Aug 14, 2025 • 13Fs of Great Investors • Leopold Aschenbrenner • Situational Awareness 1 min read Arvind Navaratnam's (Worldly Partners) Trades and Holdings in Q2 2025 Daniel Scrivner Sharing what I learn studying history's greatest entrepreneurs and investors. Explore the best books, speeches, interviews, and letters with me. X Daniel Scrivner Daniel Scrivner Sharing what I learn studying history's greatest entrepreneurs and investors. Explore the best books, speeches, interviews, and letters with me. X Aug 14, 2025 • 13Fs of Great Investors • Worldly Partners • Arvind Navaratnam 1 min read Cliff Sosin's (CAS Investment Partners) Trades and Holdings in Q2 2025 Daniel Scrivner Sharing what I learn studying history's greatest entrepreneurs and investors. Explore the best books, speeches, interviews, and letters with me. X Daniel Scrivner Daniel Scrivner Sharing what I learn studying history's greatest entrepreneurs and investors. Explore the best books, speeches, interviews, and letters with me. X Aug 14, 2025 • 13Fs of Great Investors • Cliff Sosin • CAS Investment Partners 2 min read Neil Mehta's (Greenoaks) Trades and Holdings in Q2 2025 Daniel Scrivner Sharing what I learn studying history's greatest entrepreneurs and investors. Explore the best books, speeches, interviews, and letters with me. X Daniel Scrivner Daniel Scrivner Sharing what I learn studying history's greatest entrepreneurs and investors. Explore the best books, speeches, interviews, and letters with me. X Aug 14, 2025 • 13Fs of Great Investors • Neil Mehta • Greenoaks Load More You've reached the end of the list
39 min read The Duolingo Handbook: How a Green Owl Built a $7 Billion Empire by Being Unhinged Daniel Scrivner Sharing what I learn studying history's greatest entrepreneurs and investors. Explore the best books, speeches, interviews, and letters with me. X Daniel Scrivner Daniel Scrivner Sharing what I learn studying history's greatest entrepreneurs and investors. Explore the best books, speeches, interviews, and letters with me. X Aug 15, 2025 • Book Summaries • Duolingo • Differentiation Strategy
21 min read Renaissance Technologies: Breaking down Renaissance's quantitative model, returns, Medallion Fund economics, moat, culture, and origin story. Plus lessons learned from Jim Simons. Daniel Scrivner Sharing what I learn studying history's greatest entrepreneurs and investors. Explore the best books, speeches, interviews, and letters with me. X Daniel Scrivner Daniel Scrivner Sharing what I learn studying history's greatest entrepreneurs and investors. Explore the best books, speeches, interviews, and letters with me. X Aug 15, 2025 • Business Breakdowns • Renaissance Technologies • Jim Simons
16 min read Hermès: Breaking down the Hermès business model, moat, margins, culture, origin story, and journey to a €230B luxury empire. Daniel Scrivner Sharing what I learn studying history's greatest entrepreneurs and investors. Explore the best books, speeches, interviews, and letters with me. X Daniel Scrivner Daniel Scrivner Sharing what I learn studying history's greatest entrepreneurs and investors. Explore the best books, speeches, interviews, and letters with me. X Aug 15, 2025 • Business Breakdowns • Hermès • Axel Dumas
9 min read Sol Price Retail Revolutionary: How a misfit lawyer accidentally invented modern retail and taught everyone from Sam Walton to Jeff Bezos and James Sinegal Daniel Scrivner Sharing what I learn studying history's greatest entrepreneurs and investors. Explore the best books, speeches, interviews, and letters with me. X Daniel Scrivner Daniel Scrivner Sharing what I learn studying history's greatest entrepreneurs and investors. Explore the best books, speeches, interviews, and letters with me. X Aug 15, 2025 • Book Summaries • Business Models • Strategy
21 min read IKEA: Breaking down IKEA's business model, strategic moat, economics, culture, origin story, and journey to €100 billion Daniel Scrivner Sharing what I learn studying history's greatest entrepreneurs and investors. Explore the best books, speeches, interviews, and letters with me. X Daniel Scrivner Daniel Scrivner Sharing what I learn studying history's greatest entrepreneurs and investors. Explore the best books, speeches, interviews, and letters with me. X Aug 15, 2025 • Business Breakdowns • IKEA • Ingvar Kamprad
17 min read How to Make a Few Billion Dollars by Brad Jacobs: The hard won lessons from building 7 multi-billion dollar businesses Daniel Scrivner Sharing what I learn studying history's greatest entrepreneurs and investors. Explore the best books, speeches, interviews, and letters with me. X Daniel Scrivner Daniel Scrivner Sharing what I learn studying history's greatest entrepreneurs and investors. Explore the best books, speeches, interviews, and letters with me. X Aug 15, 2025 • Book Summaries • Brad Jacobs • Leadership
11 min read Pride in Performance by Les Schwab: How an 8th grade dropout built a 500-store tire dynasty by sharing half the profits Daniel Scrivner Sharing what I learn studying history's greatest entrepreneurs and investors. Explore the best books, speeches, interviews, and letters with me. X Daniel Scrivner Daniel Scrivner Sharing what I learn studying history's greatest entrepreneurs and investors. Explore the best books, speeches, interviews, and letters with me. X Aug 15, 2025 • Book Summaries • Founder Stories & Interviews • Les Schwab
20 min read Epic Systems: Breaking down Epic's business model, strategic moat, economics, culture, origin story, and journey to a $45 billion monopoly Daniel Scrivner Sharing what I learn studying history's greatest entrepreneurs and investors. Explore the best books, speeches, interviews, and letters with me. X Daniel Scrivner Daniel Scrivner Sharing what I learn studying history's greatest entrepreneurs and investors. Explore the best books, speeches, interviews, and letters with me. X Aug 15, 2025 • Business Breakdowns • Epic Systems • Judy Faulkner
3 min read Leopold Aschenbrenner's (Situational Awareness) Trades and Holdings in Q2 2025 Daniel Scrivner Sharing what I learn studying history's greatest entrepreneurs and investors. Explore the best books, speeches, interviews, and letters with me. X Daniel Scrivner Daniel Scrivner Sharing what I learn studying history's greatest entrepreneurs and investors. Explore the best books, speeches, interviews, and letters with me. X Aug 14, 2025 • 13Fs of Great Investors • Leopold Aschenbrenner • Situational Awareness
1 min read Arvind Navaratnam's (Worldly Partners) Trades and Holdings in Q2 2025 Daniel Scrivner Sharing what I learn studying history's greatest entrepreneurs and investors. Explore the best books, speeches, interviews, and letters with me. X Daniel Scrivner Daniel Scrivner Sharing what I learn studying history's greatest entrepreneurs and investors. Explore the best books, speeches, interviews, and letters with me. X Aug 14, 2025 • 13Fs of Great Investors • Worldly Partners • Arvind Navaratnam
1 min read Cliff Sosin's (CAS Investment Partners) Trades and Holdings in Q2 2025 Daniel Scrivner Sharing what I learn studying history's greatest entrepreneurs and investors. Explore the best books, speeches, interviews, and letters with me. X Daniel Scrivner Daniel Scrivner Sharing what I learn studying history's greatest entrepreneurs and investors. Explore the best books, speeches, interviews, and letters with me. X Aug 14, 2025 • 13Fs of Great Investors • Cliff Sosin • CAS Investment Partners
2 min read Neil Mehta's (Greenoaks) Trades and Holdings in Q2 2025 Daniel Scrivner Sharing what I learn studying history's greatest entrepreneurs and investors. Explore the best books, speeches, interviews, and letters with me. X Daniel Scrivner Daniel Scrivner Sharing what I learn studying history's greatest entrepreneurs and investors. Explore the best books, speeches, interviews, and letters with me. X Aug 14, 2025 • 13Fs of Great Investors • Neil Mehta • Greenoaks
