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And how we sold it to Kraft-Heinz with Mark Sisson. 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 Jan 1, 2025 • Podcast Episodes • Founder Stories & Interviews • Expert Interviews 61 min read #9 Base: How to find, vet, align, and work with an exceptional Executive Assistant with Casey Putschoegl. 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 Jan 1, 2025 • Podcast Episodes • Founder Stories & Interviews • Expert Interviews 47 min read #8 Big Ass Fans: How Carey Smith built a $500M business around industrial, commercial, and residential fans. 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 Jan 1, 2025 • Podcast Episodes • Big Ass Fans • Carey Smith 60 min read #7 Deep Survival: The incredible neuroscience of survival, who lives, who dies, and why smart people do dumb things with Laurence Gonzales. 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 Jan 1, 2025 • Podcast Episodes • Laurence Gonzales • Author Interviews 12 min read #79 Mike Sall of Goldfinch: My favorite books, tools, habits, and hacks. 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 Jan 1, 2025 • Podcast Episodes • Mike Sall • Goldfinch 53 min read #6 LifePlan, StratOps, and Paterson Center: Gaining clarity on your life's purpose with the man whose coached 1,000+ entrepreneurs and investors with Pete Richardson. 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 Jan 1, 2025 • Podcast Episodes • Pete Richardson • Founder Stories & Interviews 58 min read #5 Voyager Space: Building the Berkshire Hathaway of outer space with Dylan Taylor. 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 Jan 1, 2025 • Podcast Episodes • Dylan Taylor • Voyager Space 46 min read #4 Finding Your Voice: NPR's in-house voice coach on finding, owning, and loving your voice with Jessica Hansen. 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 Jan 1, 2025 • Podcast Episodes • Jessica Hansen • Peak Performance 67 min read #3 KNB EFX Group: Lessons from 30+ years of special effects work for Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez with Howard Berger. 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 Jan 1, 2025 • Podcast Episodes • Creativity • Life Lessons 63 min read #2 Every: Building the world's best AI consultancy and writing bundle with Nathan Baschez. 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 Jan 1, 2025 • Podcast Episodes • Nathan Baschez • Creativity 42 min read #1 Forcing Function: The commonalities of peak performance with Chris Sparks. 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 Jan 1, 2025 • Podcast Episodes • Chris Sparks • Peak Performance 35 min read #65 Shepherd (Now Somewhere): Marshall Haas on founding, scaling, and selling Shepherd to Nick Huber for $52M. Plus how he's built other profitable businesses like Peel and Need/Want. 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 Jan 1, 2025 • Podcast Episodes • Founder Stories & Interviews • Marshall Haas Load More You've reached the end of the list
54 min read #10 Primal Kitchen: How we build a $200M real food brand focused on ancestral, paleo, and primal health. And how we sold it to Kraft-Heinz with Mark Sisson. 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 Jan 1, 2025 • Podcast Episodes • Founder Stories & Interviews • Expert Interviews
61 min read #9 Base: How to find, vet, align, and work with an exceptional Executive Assistant with Casey Putschoegl. 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 Jan 1, 2025 • Podcast Episodes • Founder Stories & Interviews • Expert Interviews
47 min read #8 Big Ass Fans: How Carey Smith built a $500M business around industrial, commercial, and residential fans. 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 Jan 1, 2025 • Podcast Episodes • Big Ass Fans • Carey Smith
60 min read #7 Deep Survival: The incredible neuroscience of survival, who lives, who dies, and why smart people do dumb things with Laurence Gonzales. 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 Jan 1, 2025 • Podcast Episodes • Laurence Gonzales • Author Interviews
12 min read #79 Mike Sall of Goldfinch: My favorite books, tools, habits, and hacks. 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 Jan 1, 2025 • Podcast Episodes • Mike Sall • Goldfinch
53 min read #6 LifePlan, StratOps, and Paterson Center: Gaining clarity on your life's purpose with the man whose coached 1,000+ entrepreneurs and investors with Pete Richardson. 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 Jan 1, 2025 • Podcast Episodes • Pete Richardson • Founder Stories & Interviews
58 min read #5 Voyager Space: Building the Berkshire Hathaway of outer space with Dylan Taylor. 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 Jan 1, 2025 • Podcast Episodes • Dylan Taylor • Voyager Space
46 min read #4 Finding Your Voice: NPR's in-house voice coach on finding, owning, and loving your voice with Jessica Hansen. 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 Jan 1, 2025 • Podcast Episodes • Jessica Hansen • Peak Performance
67 min read #3 KNB EFX Group: Lessons from 30+ years of special effects work for Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez with Howard Berger. 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 Jan 1, 2025 • Podcast Episodes • Creativity • Life Lessons
63 min read #2 Every: Building the world's best AI consultancy and writing bundle with Nathan Baschez. 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 Jan 1, 2025 • Podcast Episodes • Nathan Baschez • Creativity
42 min read #1 Forcing Function: The commonalities of peak performance with Chris Sparks. 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 Jan 1, 2025 • Podcast Episodes • Chris Sparks • Peak Performance
35 min read #65 Shepherd (Now Somewhere): Marshall Haas on founding, scaling, and selling Shepherd to Nick Huber for $52M. Plus how he's built other profitable businesses like Peel and Need/Want. 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 Jan 1, 2025 • Podcast Episodes • Founder Stories & Interviews • Marshall Haas
