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Plus, lessons learned at Sanders Capital. 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 • Investor Interviews • Money & Investing 60 min read #18 Several Short Sentences About Writing: A masterclass on becoming a better writer with author and Yale professor Verlyn Klinkenborg. 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 • Author Interviews • Expert Interviews 47 min read #17 Tiny, Betaworks, and Curious Capital: Adventures in business and early-stage investing with Andrew Dumont. 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 • Investor Interviews • Money & Investing 30 min read #16 The Chemistry of Fire: Stories from the top of Mount Washington, 12,000' beneath the ocean, and night assaults with the 82nd Airborne Divison with author 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 • Author Interviews • Book Summaries 67 min read #15 Brandon Johnson: A family office CEO & CIO on managing $1.8B in wealth, investing, the spectrum of risk, and how to teach your kids about money. 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 • Investor Interviews • Money & Investing 75 min read #14 Nicolas Cole: On data driven writing and finding your voice from the writer who's reached 100M with articles in Inc, Forbes, Fortune, and Harvard Business Review. 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 • Author Interviews • Nicolas Cole 47 min read #13 Erling Kagge: The famed Norwegian explorer on silence, exploring, and summiting Mount Everest. 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 • Author Interviews • Life Lessons 34 min read #12 WIRED: On technology's origins, what technology wants, and building WIRED magazine with Kevin Kelly. 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 • Author Interviews 52 min read #120 Foundation Capital: Reinventing a 27 year old VC firm and investing early in Solano with Steve Vassallo. 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 • Investor Interviews • Money & Investing 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. 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36 min read #19 Stratos: Investing across private credit, crypto, and DeFi with Rennick Palley. Plus, lessons learned at Sanders Capital. 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 • Investor Interviews • Money & Investing
60 min read #18 Several Short Sentences About Writing: A masterclass on becoming a better writer with author and Yale professor Verlyn Klinkenborg. 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 • Author Interviews • Expert Interviews
47 min read #17 Tiny, Betaworks, and Curious Capital: Adventures in business and early-stage investing with Andrew Dumont. 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 • Investor Interviews • Money & Investing
30 min read #16 The Chemistry of Fire: Stories from the top of Mount Washington, 12,000' beneath the ocean, and night assaults with the 82nd Airborne Divison with author 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 • Author Interviews • Book Summaries
67 min read #15 Brandon Johnson: A family office CEO & CIO on managing $1.8B in wealth, investing, the spectrum of risk, and how to teach your kids about money. 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 • Investor Interviews • Money & Investing
75 min read #14 Nicolas Cole: On data driven writing and finding your voice from the writer who's reached 100M with articles in Inc, Forbes, Fortune, and Harvard Business Review. 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 • Author Interviews • Nicolas Cole
47 min read #13 Erling Kagge: The famed Norwegian explorer on silence, exploring, and summiting Mount Everest. 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 • Author Interviews • Life Lessons
34 min read #12 WIRED: On technology's origins, what technology wants, and building WIRED magazine with Kevin Kelly. 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 • Author Interviews
52 min read #120 Foundation Capital: Reinventing a 27 year old VC firm and investing early in Solano with Steve Vassallo. 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 • Investor Interviews • Money & Investing
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
