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Situational Awareness by Leopold Aschenbrenner: Read the Essays That Launched a $1.5B AI Fund Backed by Stripe’s Collison Brothers 28 min read
Daniel Scrivner
Book Summaries • Leopold Aschenbrenner • Situational Awareness

Situational Awareness by Leopold Aschenbrenner: Read the Essays That Launched a $1.5B AI Fund Backed by Stripe’s Collison Brothers

A 23-year-old former OpenAI researcher claims we'll have superintelligence by 2030—machines vastly smarter than any human, capable of automating all cognitive work, and potentially deciding humanity's fate. In this Situational Awareness summary, discover why we're racing toward AGI.
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Inside MrBeast's $100 Million Content Machine: The Production Handbook That Built YouTube's Biggest Channel 52 min read
Daniel Scrivner
Book Summaries • MrBeast

Inside MrBeast's $100 Million Content Machine: The Production Handbook That Built YouTube's Biggest Channel

Jimmy Donaldson spent 20,000 hours locked in a room studying what makes videos go viral—then built the world's biggest YouTube channel. His secret? Treating creativity like a system where every second counts. In this How to Succeed in MrBeast Production summary, learn his secrets of success.
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The Duolingo Handbook: How a Green Owl Built a $7 Billion Empire by Being Unhinged 39 min read
Daniel Scrivner
Book Summaries • Duolingo • Differentiation Strategy

The Duolingo Handbook: How a Green Owl Built a $7 Billion Empire by Being Unhinged

Duolingo spent 14 years refusing to charge for education, then built a $7B company by making their owl increasingly menacing. Their secret? "Better a hole than an a**hole" hiring and shipping 100+ experiments weekly. Learn how being wholesome but unhinged works in this Duolingo Handbook summary.
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Renaissance Technologies: Breaking down Renaissance's quantitative model, returns, Medallion Fund economics, moat, culture, and origin story. Plus lessons learned from Jim Simons. 21 min read
Daniel Scrivner
Business Breakdowns • Renaissance Technologies • Jim Simons

Renaissance Technologies: Breaking down Renaissance's quantitative model, returns, Medallion Fund economics, moat, culture, and origin story. Plus lessons learned from Jim Simons.

A math professor turned $1,000 into $46.5 million by being wrong 49% of the time—generating 66% annual returns for 34 years straight. All using sophisticated math and physics. Discover how Renaissance built a money-printing machine that extracts $60 billion from markets in this deep dive.
Renaissance Technologies: Breaking down Renaissance's quantitative model, returns, Medallion Fund economics, moat, culture, and origin story. Plus lessons learned from Jim Simons. Read More
Hermès: Breaking down the Hermès business model, moat, margins, culture, origin story, and journey to a €230B luxury empire. 16 min read
Daniel Scrivner
Business Breakdowns • Hermès • Axel Dumas

Hermès: Breaking down the Hermès business model, moat, margins, culture, origin story, and journey to a €230B luxury empire.

A $20,000 handbag you can't buy. 40% margins from deliberate inefficiency. How Hermès built a €230B empire by rejecting everything MBAs teach. In this business case study, discover why constraint is the ultimate competitive advantage.
Hermès: Breaking down the Hermès business model, moat, margins, culture, origin story, and journey to a €230B luxury empire. Read More
Sol Price Retail Revolutionary: How a misfit lawyer accidentally invented modern retail and taught everyone from Sam Walton to Jeff Bezos and James Sinegal 9 min read
Daniel Scrivner
Book Summaries • Business Models • Strategy

Sol Price Retail Revolutionary: How a misfit lawyer accidentally invented modern retail and taught everyone from Sam Walton to Jeff Bezos and James Sinegal

Sol Price pioneered the membership warehouse by breaking every retail rule: fewer products, concrete floors, and double wages. His philosophy that customers come first, employees second, stockholders third inspired Costco. Discover how his values-driven approach in this Sol Price book summary.
Sol Price Retail Revolutionary: How a misfit lawyer accidentally invented modern retail and taught everyone from Sam Walton to Jeff Bezos and James Sinegal Read More
IKEA: Breaking down IKEA's business model, strategic moat, economics, culture, origin story, and journey to €100 billion 21 min read
Daniel Scrivner
Business Breakdowns • IKEA • Ingvar Kamprad

IKEA: Breaking down IKEA's business model, strategic moat, economics, culture, origin story, and journey to €100 billion

IKEA sells a $9.99 table that costs more to ship than make—yet generates €45 billion annually. While competitors with 60% margins go bankrupt, IKEA deliberately keeps margins at 3% and sits on €100 billion. Learn how making customers do the work became the ultimate business moat in this deep dive.
IKEA: Breaking down IKEA's business model, strategic moat, economics, culture, origin story, and journey to €100 billion Read More
Pride in Performance by Les Schwab: How an 8th grade dropout built a 500-store tire dynasty by sharing half the profits 11 min read
Daniel Scrivner
Book Summaries • Founder Stories & Interviews • Les Schwab

Pride in Performance by Les Schwab: How an 8th grade dropout built a 500-store tire dynasty by sharing half the profits

Les Schwab went from orphan at 15 to tire billionaire by doing what "smart" MBAs wouldn't—giving employees 50% of profits. Warren Buffett wanted to buy his company. Charlie Munger called him a genius. Learn why in this Les Schwab Pride in Performance book summary.
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#178 Top 5 Highlights: Five Lessons on investing from Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger from "The Essays of Warren Buffett" by Lawrence Cunningham. 25 min read

#178 Top 5 Highlights: Five Lessons on investing from Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger from "The Essays of Warren Buffett" by Lawrence Cunningham.

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Podcast Episodes • Top 5 Highlights • Warren Buffett
#177 Jony Ive's Introduction to Designed by Apple in California and the lessons he's learned leading design at Apple. 11 min read

#177 Jony Ive's Introduction to Designed by Apple in California and the lessons he's learned leading design at Apple.

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Podcast Episodes • Jony Ive • Apple
#175 Book Breakdown: "Insanely Simple: The Obsession That Drives Apple's Success" by Ken Segall (Part 2 of 2) 18 min read

#175 Book Breakdown: "Insanely Simple: The Obsession That Drives Apple's Success" by Ken Segall (Part 2 of 2)

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Podcast Episodes • Book Summaries • Apple
#174 Book Breakdown: "Insanely Simple: The Obsession That Drives Apple's Success" by Ken Segall (Part 1 of 2) 21 min read

#174 Book Breakdown: "Insanely Simple: The Obsession That Drives Apple's Success" by Ken Segall (Part 1 of 2)

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Podcast Episodes • Book Summaries • Apple
#173 Essay Breakdown: "Imitators take note — Steve Jobs was more than a showman" by Michael Moritz. 4 min read

#173 Essay Breakdown: "Imitators take note — Steve Jobs was more than a showman" by Michael Moritz.

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Podcast Episodes • Steve Jobs • Apple
#171 Shareholder Letter Breakdown: "The Anxieties of Business Change" by Warren Buffett from Berkshire Hathaway's 1985 Shareholder Letter 23 min read

#171 Shareholder Letter Breakdown: "The Anxieties of Business Change" by Warren Buffett from Berkshire Hathaway's 1985 Shareholder Letter

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Podcast Episodes • Shareholder Letters • Warren Buffett

13Fs of Great Investors

Follow along as we track the stocks bought, sold, and held by the world’s best investors including Bill Gates (Cascade), Li Lu (Himalaya Capital), Sequoia Capital, ICONIQ, Horizon Kinetics, and Strategy Capital. All thanks to the SEC’s 13F reports which require any institutional investor with $100+ million in AUM to report their trades and holdings at the end of each quarter. We post our 13F reports the day they're released.

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Leopold Aschenbrenner's (Situational Awareness) Trades and Holdings in Q2 2025 3 min read

Leopold Aschenbrenner's (Situational Awareness) Trades and Holdings in Q2 2025

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• 13Fs of Great Investors • Leopold Aschenbrenner • Situational Awareness
Arvind Navaratnam's (Worldly Partners) Trades and Holdings in Q2 2025 1 min read

Arvind Navaratnam's (Worldly Partners) Trades and Holdings in Q2 2025

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• 13Fs of Great Investors • Worldly Partners • Arvind Navaratnam
Cliff Sosin's (CAS Investment Partners) Trades and Holdings in Q2 2025 1 min read

Cliff Sosin's (CAS Investment Partners) Trades and Holdings in Q2 2025

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• 13Fs of Great Investors • Cliff Sosin • CAS Investment Partners
Chuck Akre's (Akre Capital Management) Trades and Holdings in Q2 2025 3 min read

Chuck Akre's (Akre Capital Management) Trades and Holdings in Q2 2025

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• 13Fs of Great Investors • Chuck Akre • Akre Capital Management
William Alexander von Mueffling's (Cantillon) Trades and Holdings in Q2 2025 2 min read

William Alexander von Mueffling's (Cantillon) Trades and Holdings in Q2 2025

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• 13Fs of Great Investors • William Alexander von Mueffling • Cantillon
Mark Massey and Scott Bradford's (AltaRock Partners) Trades and Holdings in Q2 2025 1 min read

Mark Massey and Scott Bradford's (AltaRock Partners) Trades and Holdings in Q2 2025

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• 13Fs of Great Investors • AltaRock Partners • Mark Massey

History's Greatest

A collection of history's greatest letters, notes, speeches, and interviews.

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Who is William Stiritz? Lessons on maximizing returns from the CEO who built Ralston Purina and Post Holdings. 17 min read

Who is William Stiritz? Lessons on maximizing returns from the CEO who built Ralston Purina and Post Holdings.

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• History's Greatest • Incredible People • William Stiritz
Who is Warren Buffett? Lessons on compounding from the man who built Berkshire Hathaway. 37 min read

Who is Warren Buffett? Lessons on compounding from the man who built Berkshire Hathaway.

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• History's Greatest • Incredible People • Warren Buffett
Who is Walt Disney? Lessons on strategy and vision from the Founder of Disney. 12 min read

Who is Walt Disney? Lessons on strategy and vision from the Founder of Disney.

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• History's Greatest • Incredible People • Walt Disney
Who is Tom Murphy? Lessons on risk and frugality from the CEO who built Capital Cities and ABC. 16 min read

Who is Tom Murphy? Lessons on risk and frugality from the CEO who built Capital Cities and ABC.

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• History's Greatest • Incredible People • Tom Murphy
Who is Steve Jobs? Lessons on simplicity and craft from the man who built Apple, NeXT, and Pixar. 22 min read

Who is Steve Jobs? Lessons on simplicity and craft from the man who built Apple, NeXT, and Pixar.

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• History's Greatest • Incredible People • Steve Jobs
Who is Stanley Druckenmiller? Lessons from the greatest macro investor of all-time. 37 min read

Who is Stanley Druckenmiller? Lessons from the greatest macro investor of all-time.

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• History's Greatest • Incredible People • Stanley Druckenmiller
Who is Sol Price? Lessons from the discount store pioneer who built FedMart and inspired Walmart and Costco. 5 min read

Who is Sol Price? Lessons from the discount store pioneer who built FedMart and inspired Walmart and Costco.

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• History's Greatest • Incredible People • Sol Price
Who is Sam Zell? Lessons on smart risk taking from the outspoken entrepreneur and real estate investor. 13 min read

Who is Sam Zell? Lessons on smart risk taking from the outspoken entrepreneur and real estate investor.

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• History's Greatest • Incredible People • Sam Zell
Who is Rose Blumkin? Lessons from the discount pioneer who built Nebraska Furniture Mart. 14 min read

Who is Rose Blumkin? Lessons from the discount pioneer who built Nebraska Furniture Mart.

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• History's Greatest • Incredible People • Rose Blumkin
Who is Rick Rubin? Lessons on creativity and craft from the producer who shaped Johnny Cash and Metallica. 5 min read

Who is Rick Rubin? Lessons on creativity and craft from the producer who shaped Johnny Cash and Metallica.

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• History's Greatest • Incredible People • Rick Rubin

Life Lessons

To not study the best thinkers and builders of all-time is to force ourselves to learn every lesson (painfully) from direct experience.

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Against the Odds by James Dyson: One prototype a day for 14 Years and James Dyson's insane quest to build a vacuum that actually works 9 min read

Against the Odds by James Dyson: One prototype a day for 14 Years and James Dyson's insane quest to build a vacuum that actually works

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Book Summaries • James Dyson • Dyson
Principles for Life and Work by Ray Dalio: How Writing Down Your Failures Can Build an $80 Billion Fortune 12 min read

Principles for Life and Work by Ray Dalio: How Writing Down Your Failures Can Build an $80 Billion Fortune

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Book Summaries • Principles: Life and Work • Ray Dalio
Charlie Munger on turning $2M into $2T with Berkshire Hathaway (From his biography Damn Right!) 13 min read

Charlie Munger on turning $2M into $2T with Berkshire Hathaway (From his biography Damn Right!)

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Incredible Interviews • Book Summaries • Charlie Munger
Charlie Munger's 50th anniversary essay on Berkshire Hathaway - "The Berkshire System" 10 min read

Charlie Munger's 50th anniversary essay on Berkshire Hathaway - "The Berkshire System"

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Incredible Letters • Shareholder Letters • Charlie Munger
Winning Methods of the Market Wizards: Common traits and techniques of super traders and investors by Jack Schwager. 14 min read

Winning Methods of the Market Wizards: Common traits and techniques of super traders and investors by Jack Schwager.

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Book Summaries • Jack Schwager • Money & Investing
Turning the Flywheel: Why some companies build momentum and others don't by Jim Collins. 12 min read

Turning the Flywheel: Why some companies build momentum and others don't by Jim Collins.

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Book Summaries • Jim Collins • Decision Making
The Women of Berkshire Hathaway: Lessons from Warren Buffett's female CEOs and directors by Karen Linder. 6 min read

The Women of Berkshire Hathaway: Lessons from Warren Buffett's female CEOs and directors by Karen Linder.

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Book Summaries • Rose Blumkin • Berkshire Hathaway
The Tao of Charlie Munger: A compilation of quotes from Berkshire Hathaway's Vice Chairman on life, business, and the pursuit of wealth by David Clark. 19 min read

The Tao of Charlie Munger: A compilation of quotes from Berkshire Hathaway's Vice Chairman on life, business, and the pursuit of wealth by David Clark.

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Book Summaries • Charlie Munger • Berkshire Hathaway
The Science of Hitting: The classic guide to the single most difficult thing to do in sport by the greatest of all-time by Ted Williams. 13 min read

The Science of Hitting: The classic guide to the single most difficult thing to do in sport by the greatest of all-time by Ted Williams.

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Book Summaries • Decision Making • Peak Performance

Peak Performance

Peak performance is the ability to operate at the very top of your range and abilities consistently — day in and day out.

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Special Operations Mental Toughness: The invincible mindset of Delta Force, Navy SEALs, and Army Rangers. And how to develop it. 31 min read

Special Operations Mental Toughness: The invincible mindset of Delta Force, Navy SEALs, and Army Rangers. And how to develop it.

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Book Summaries • Leadership • Decision Making
Principles for Life and Work by Ray Dalio: How Writing Down Your Failures Can Build an $80 Billion Fortune 12 min read

Principles for Life and Work by Ray Dalio: How Writing Down Your Failures Can Build an $80 Billion Fortune

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Book Summaries • Principles: Life and Work • Ray Dalio
The Warrior Ethos: Lessons from the greatest warriors and warrior cultures in history by Steven Pressfield. 12 min read

The Warrior Ethos: Lessons from the greatest warriors and warrior cultures in history by Steven Pressfield.

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Book Summaries • Steven Pressfield • Leadership
The Science of Hitting: The classic guide to the single most difficult thing to do in sport by the greatest of all-time by Ted Williams. 13 min read

The Science of Hitting: The classic guide to the single most difficult thing to do in sport by the greatest of all-time by Ted Williams.

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Book Summaries • Decision Making • Peak Performance
Admiral William H. McRaven's Speech on The Value of Discipline - "Make Your Bed" 12 min read

Admiral William H. McRaven's Speech on The Value of Discipline - "Make Your Bed"

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• History's Greatest • Incredible Speeches • William H. McRaven
Graham Weaver's Three Practices to Help You Become the Best in the World 14 min read

Graham Weaver's Three Practices to Help You Become the Best in the World

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Graham Weaver • History's Greatest • Incredible Speeches

Book Summaries

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Situational Awareness by Leopold Aschenbrenner: Read the Essays That Launched a $1.5B AI Fund Backed by Stripe’s Collison Brothers 28 min read

Situational Awareness by Leopold Aschenbrenner: Read the Essays That Launched a $1.5B AI Fund Backed by Stripe’s Collison Brothers

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Book Summaries • Leopold Aschenbrenner • Situational Awareness
The 11 Laws of Showrunning: Javier Grillo-Marxuach's Essay on Why Your Creative Process Is Killing Your TV Show 12 min read

The 11 Laws of Showrunning: Javier Grillo-Marxuach's Essay on Why Your Creative Process Is Killing Your TV Show

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Book Summaries • Creativity • Leadership
Inside MrBeast's $100 Million Content Machine: The Production Handbook That Built YouTube's Biggest Channel 52 min read

Inside MrBeast's $100 Million Content Machine: The Production Handbook That Built YouTube's Biggest Channel

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Book Summaries • MrBeast
Valve Employee Handbook: The Anti-Management Manifesto From the World's Most Profitable Per-Employee Game Company 43 min read

Valve Employee Handbook: The Anti-Management Manifesto From the World's Most Profitable Per-Employee Game Company

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Book Summaries • Valve • Leadership
The Duolingo Handbook: How a Green Owl Built a $7 Billion Empire by Being Unhinged 39 min read

The Duolingo Handbook: How a Green Owl Built a $7 Billion Empire by Being Unhinged

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Book Summaries • Duolingo • Differentiation Strategy
Sol Price Retail Revolutionary: How a misfit lawyer accidentally invented modern retail and taught everyone from Sam Walton to Jeff Bezos and James Sinegal 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
Daniel Scrivner
• Book Summaries • Business Models • Strategy
How to Make a Few Billion Dollars by Brad Jacobs: The hard won lessons from building 7 multi-billion dollar businesses 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
Daniel Scrivner
• Book Summaries • Brad Jacobs • Leadership
Pride in Performance by Les Schwab: How an 8th grade dropout built a 500-store tire dynasty by sharing half the profits 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
Daniel Scrivner
• Book Summaries • Founder Stories & Interviews • Les Schwab
Special Operations Mental Toughness: The invincible mindset of Delta Force, Navy SEALs, and Army Rangers. And how to develop it. 31 min read

Special Operations Mental Toughness: The invincible mindset of Delta Force, Navy SEALs, and Army Rangers. And how to develop it.

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Book Summaries • Leadership • Decision Making
Four Seasons by Isadore Sharp: The story of the bricklayer who refused to compromise and redefined luxury 11 min read

Four Seasons by Isadore Sharp: The story of the bricklayer who refused to compromise and redefined luxury

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Book Summaries • Luxury • Four Seasons

Incredible Speeches

A collection of history's greatest speeches from some of the smartest minds in history. Including Jony Ive, Jeff Bezos, Charlie Munger, Admiral William H. McRaven, and Richard Feynman.

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The Tao of Charlie Munger: A compilation of quotes from Berkshire Hathaway's Vice Chairman on life, business, and the pursuit of wealth by David Clark. 19 min read

The Tao of Charlie Munger: A compilation of quotes from Berkshire Hathaway's Vice Chairman on life, business, and the pursuit of wealth by David Clark.

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Book Summaries • Charlie Munger • Berkshire Hathaway
History’s Greatest Speeches: 50+ Rare Talks, Lectures, and Speeches 3 min read

History’s Greatest Speeches: 50+ Rare Talks, Lectures, and Speeches

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• History's Greatest • Incredible Speeches • Life Lessons
Charlie Munger's Lecture on Strengths and Weaknesses After Considering Interdisciplinary Needs 44 min read

Charlie Munger's Lecture on Strengths and Weaknesses After Considering Interdisciplinary Needs

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Charlie Munger • History's Greatest • Incredible Speeches
Bill Gurley's Running Down a Dream - How to Succeed and Thrive in a Career You Love 33 min read

Bill Gurley's Running Down a Dream - How to Succeed and Thrive in a Career You Love

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• History's Greatest • Incredible Speeches • Bill Gurley

Leadership

Leadership is the ability to accomplish complex objectives through your own example and the combined effort of others.

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The 11 Laws of Showrunning: Javier Grillo-Marxuach's Essay on Why Your Creative Process Is Killing Your TV Show 12 min read

The 11 Laws of Showrunning: Javier Grillo-Marxuach's Essay on Why Your Creative Process Is Killing Your TV Show

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Book Summaries • Creativity • Leadership
Valve Employee Handbook: The Anti-Management Manifesto From the World's Most Profitable Per-Employee Game Company 43 min read

Valve Employee Handbook: The Anti-Management Manifesto From the World's Most Profitable Per-Employee Game Company

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Book Summaries • Valve • Leadership
How to Make a Few Billion Dollars by Brad Jacobs: The hard won lessons from building 7 multi-billion dollar businesses 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
Daniel Scrivner
• Book Summaries • Brad Jacobs • Leadership
Special Operations Mental Toughness: The invincible mindset of Delta Force, Navy SEALs, and Army Rangers. And how to develop it. 31 min read

Special Operations Mental Toughness: The invincible mindset of Delta Force, Navy SEALs, and Army Rangers. And how to develop it.

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Book Summaries • Leadership • Decision Making
To Pixar And Beyond: My unlikely journey with Steve Jobs to make entertainment history by Lawrence Levy. 20 min read

To Pixar And Beyond: My unlikely journey with Steve Jobs to make entertainment history by Lawrence Levy.

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Book Summaries • Steve Jobs • Pixar
The Women of Berkshire Hathaway: Lessons from Warren Buffett's female CEOs and directors by Karen Linder. 6 min read

The Women of Berkshire Hathaway: Lessons from Warren Buffett's female CEOs and directors by Karen Linder.

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Book Summaries • Rose Blumkin • Berkshire Hathaway
The Warrior Ethos: Lessons from the greatest warriors and warrior cultures in history by Steven Pressfield. 12 min read

The Warrior Ethos: Lessons from the greatest warriors and warrior cultures in history by Steven Pressfield.

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Book Summaries • Steven Pressfield • Leadership
The Essays of Warren Buffett: Warren's ideas from 50+ years of letters to shareholders grouped by topic by Lawrence Cunningham. 80 min read

The Essays of Warren Buffett: Warren's ideas from 50+ years of letters to shareholders grouped by topic by Lawrence Cunningham.

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Book Summaries • Warren Buffett • Berkshire Hathaway

Creativity

Creativity is the ability to think and imagine in an untethered way — free to truly explore the entire spectrum of possibilities.

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The 11 Laws of Showrunning: Javier Grillo-Marxuach's Essay on Why Your Creative Process Is Killing Your TV Show 12 min read

The 11 Laws of Showrunning: Javier Grillo-Marxuach's Essay on Why Your Creative Process Is Killing Your TV Show

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Book Summaries • Creativity • Leadership
To Pixar And Beyond: My unlikely journey with Steve Jobs to make entertainment history by Lawrence Levy. 20 min read

To Pixar And Beyond: My unlikely journey with Steve Jobs to make entertainment history by Lawrence Levy.

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Book Summaries • Steve Jobs • Pixar
Insanely Simple: The obsession that drives Steve Jobs and Apple's success by Ken Segall. 33 min read

Insanely Simple: The obsession that drives Steve Jobs and Apple's success by Ken Segall.

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Book Summaries • Steve Jobs • Apple
Finding the Next Steve Jobs: How to find, keep, and nurture talent by Atari founder Nolan Bushnell. 11 min read

Finding the Next Steve Jobs: How to find, keep, and nurture talent by Atari founder Nolan Bushnell.

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Book Summaries • Nolan Bushnell • Steve Jobs
A Few Lessons From Sherlock Holmes: Learn to think like the famous detective by Peter Bevelin. 20 min read

A Few Lessons From Sherlock Holmes: Learn to think like the famous detective by Peter Bevelin.

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Book Summaries • Sherlock Holmes • Peter Bevelin
The Laws of Creativity: How to unlock your originality and awaken your creative genius with Baronfig founder Joey Cofone. 4 min read

The Laws of Creativity: How to unlock your originality and awaken your creative genius with Baronfig founder Joey Cofone.

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Joey Cofone • Baronfig • Book Summaries
Who is Walt Disney? Lessons on strategy and vision from the Founder of Disney. 12 min read

Who is Walt Disney? Lessons on strategy and vision from the Founder of Disney.

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• History's Greatest • Incredible People • Walt Disney

Founder Stories & Interviews

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How to Make a Few Billion Dollars by Brad Jacobs: The hard won lessons from building 7 multi-billion dollar businesses 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
Daniel Scrivner
• Book Summaries • Brad Jacobs • Leadership
Pride in Performance by Les Schwab: How an 8th grade dropout built a 500-store tire dynasty by sharing half the profits 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
Daniel Scrivner
• Book Summaries • Founder Stories & Interviews • Les Schwab
Epic Systems: Breaking down Epic's business model, strategic moat, economics, culture, origin story, and journey to a $45 billion monopoly 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
Daniel Scrivner
• Business Breakdowns • Epic Systems • Judy Faulkner
IKEA Leading by Design: What happens when you refuse to accept that quality requires high prices 10 min read

IKEA Leading by Design: What happens when you refuse to accept that quality requires high prices

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Book Summaries • Founder Stories & Interviews • Business Models
Against the Odds by James Dyson: One prototype a day for 14 Years and James Dyson's insane quest to build a vacuum that actually works 9 min read

Against the Odds by James Dyson: One prototype a day for 14 Years and James Dyson's insane quest to build a vacuum that actually works

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Book Summaries • James Dyson • Dyson
Cable Cowboy: John Malone and the rise of the modern cable business by Mark Robichaux. 7 min read

Cable Cowboy: John Malone and the rise of the modern cable business by Mark Robichaux.

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Book Summaries • John Malone • Strategy
#156 Elo Health: Personalized nutrition using blood tests, biometrics, and smart watch activity data with Founder Ari Tulla. 45 min read

#156 Elo Health: Personalized nutrition using blood tests, biometrics, and smart watch activity data with Founder Ari Tulla.

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Podcast Episodes • Founder Stories & Interviews • Elo Health
#148 Public: How they found product market fit, achieved viral growth, and built a multi-sided product with Jannick Malling. 42 min read

#148 Public: How they found product market fit, achieved viral growth, and built a multi-sided product with Jannick Malling.

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Podcast Episodes • Founder Stories & Interviews • Public
#146 Ezra: Bringing fast and affordable early cancer detection to everyone with Founder Emi Gal. 45 min read

#146 Ezra: Bringing fast and affordable early cancer detection to everyone with Founder Emi Gal.

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Podcast Episodes • Founder Stories & Interviews • AI (Artificial Intelligence)
#145 Emi Gal of Ezra: My favorite books, tools, habits, and hacks. Plus how he tracks 150 biomarkers in Excel. 36 min read

#145 Emi Gal of Ezra: My favorite books, tools, habits, and hacks. Plus how he tracks 150 biomarkers in Excel.

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Podcast Episodes • Founder Stories & Interviews • Emi Gal

Money & Investing

Mastering money and investing, including learning how to build wealth, is a critical skill for anyone who wants to live their best life.

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Renaissance Technologies: Breaking down Renaissance's quantitative model, returns, Medallion Fund economics, moat, culture, and origin story. Plus lessons learned from Jim Simons. 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
Daniel Scrivner
• Business Breakdowns • Renaissance Technologies • Jim Simons
Principles for Life and Work by Ray Dalio: How Writing Down Your Failures Can Build an $80 Billion Fortune 12 min read

Principles for Life and Work by Ray Dalio: How Writing Down Your Failures Can Build an $80 Billion Fortune

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Book Summaries • Principles: Life and Work • Ray Dalio
Charlie Munger on turning $2M into $2T with Berkshire Hathaway (From his biography Damn Right!) 13 min read

Charlie Munger on turning $2M into $2T with Berkshire Hathaway (From his biography Damn Right!)

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Incredible Interviews • Book Summaries • Charlie Munger
Charlie Munger's 50th anniversary essay on Berkshire Hathaway - "The Berkshire System" 10 min read

Charlie Munger's 50th anniversary essay on Berkshire Hathaway - "The Berkshire System"

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Incredible Letters • Shareholder Letters • Charlie Munger
Winning Methods of the Market Wizards: Common traits and techniques of super traders and investors by Jack Schwager. 14 min read

Winning Methods of the Market Wizards: Common traits and techniques of super traders and investors by Jack Schwager.

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Book Summaries • Jack Schwager • Money & Investing
The Tao of Charlie Munger: A compilation of quotes from Berkshire Hathaway's Vice Chairman on life, business, and the pursuit of wealth by David Clark. 19 min read

The Tao of Charlie Munger: A compilation of quotes from Berkshire Hathaway's Vice Chairman on life, business, and the pursuit of wealth by David Clark.

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Book Summaries • Charlie Munger • Berkshire Hathaway
The Science of Hitting: The classic guide to the single most difficult thing to do in sport by the greatest of all-time by Ted Williams. 13 min read

The Science of Hitting: The classic guide to the single most difficult thing to do in sport by the greatest of all-time by Ted Williams.

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Book Summaries • Decision Making • Peak Performance
Memos from the Chairman: The famous memos of Bear Stearns Chairman Alan C. Greenberg. 26 min read

Memos from the Chairman: The famous memos of Bear Stearns Chairman Alan C. Greenberg.

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Book Summaries • Warren Buffett • Alan C. Greenberg
Damn Right: Behind the scenes of Berkshire Hathaway and Charlie Munger by Janet Lowe. 26 min read

Damn Right: Behind the scenes of Berkshire Hathaway and Charlie Munger by Janet Lowe.

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Book Summaries • Charlie Munger • Warren Buffett
Who is William Stiritz? Lessons on maximizing returns from the CEO who built Ralston Purina and Post Holdings. 17 min read

Who is William Stiritz? Lessons on maximizing returns from the CEO who built Ralston Purina and Post Holdings.

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• History's Greatest • Incredible People • William Stiritz

20 Minute Playbook

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#163 Andy Budd: My favorite books, superpowers, and lessons learned as a founder and designer. 25 min read

#163 Andy Budd: My favorite books, superpowers, and lessons learned as a founder and designer.

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Podcast Episodes • 20 Minute Playbook • Andy Budd
#159 Eric Tarczynski of Contrary: My favorite books, superpowers, and the best lessons I've learned as an investor. 22 min read

#159 Eric Tarczynski of Contrary: My favorite books, superpowers, and the best lessons I've learned as an investor.

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Podcast Episodes • 20 Minute Playbook • Eric Tarczynski
#157 Ari Tulla of Elo Health: My favorite books, superpowers, and lessons learned as a serial founder. 20 min read

#157 Ari Tulla of Elo Health: My favorite books, superpowers, and lessons learned as a serial founder.

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Podcast Episodes • 20 Minute Playbook • Ari Tulla
#155 Michael Sheetz of CNBC: My favorite books, superpowers, and lessons learned as a reporter. 22 min read

#155 Michael Sheetz of CNBC: My favorite books, superpowers, and lessons learned as a reporter.

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Podcast Episodes • Expert Interviews • Space
#153 Author and Speechwriter Jimmy Soni: My favorite books, superpowers, and lessons learned as an author. 25 min read

#153 Author and Speechwriter Jimmy Soni: My favorite books, superpowers, and lessons learned as an author.

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Podcast Episodes • 20 Minute Playbook • Jimmy Soni
#151 Leo Polovets of Susa Ventures: My favorite books, superpowers, and lessons learned as an investor. 24 min read

#151 Leo Polovets of Susa Ventures: My favorite books, superpowers, and lessons learned as an investor.

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Podcast Episodes • 20 Minute Playbook • Leo Polovets
#149 Jannick Malling of Public: My favorite books, tools, habits, and hacks. Plus, the lessons I've learned as a serial founder. 17 min read

#149 Jannick Malling of Public: My favorite books, tools, habits, and hacks. Plus, the lessons I've learned as a serial founder.

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Podcast Episodes • 20 Minute Playbook • Jannick Malling
#143 Justin Mares of Kettle & Fire Broth: My favorite books, tools, habits, and hacks. Plus, identifying trends, 5-minute mini workouts, and having 6 to dos per day. 25 min read

#143 Justin Mares of Kettle & Fire Broth: My favorite books, tools, habits, and hacks. Plus, identifying trends, 5-minute mini workouts, and having 6 to dos per day.

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Podcast Episodes • 20 Minute Playbook • Justin Mares
#141 Joey Cofone of Baronfig: My favorite books, tools, habits, and hacks. Plus, his favorite Baronfig products, skill vs renown, and his daily disciplines. 27 min read

#141 Joey Cofone of Baronfig: My favorite books, tools, habits, and hacks. Plus, his favorite Baronfig products, skill vs renown, and his daily disciplines.

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Podcast Episodes • 20 Minute Playbook • Joey Cofone
#137 Jivko Bojinov of ShipBob: My favorite books, tools, habits, and hacks. Plus, putting in the work, resilience, and taking things from zero to one. 19 min read

#137 Jivko Bojinov of ShipBob: My favorite books, tools, habits, and hacks. Plus, putting in the work, resilience, and taking things from zero to one.

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Podcast Episodes • 20 Minute Playbook • Jivko Bojinov

Strategy

Strategy is the art of translating your current means into your desired ends. It's the ability to play a single-player game within a multi-player context.

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The Duolingo Handbook: How a Green Owl Built a $7 Billion Empire by Being Unhinged 39 min read

The Duolingo Handbook: How a Green Owl Built a $7 Billion Empire by Being Unhinged

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Book Summaries • Duolingo • Differentiation Strategy
Renaissance Technologies: Breaking down Renaissance's quantitative model, returns, Medallion Fund economics, moat, culture, and origin story. Plus lessons learned from Jim Simons. 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
Daniel Scrivner
• Business Breakdowns • Renaissance Technologies • Jim Simons
Hermès: Breaking down the Hermès business model, moat, margins, culture, origin story, and journey to a €230B luxury empire. 16 min read

Hermès: Breaking down the Hermès business model, moat, margins, culture, origin story, and journey to a €230B luxury empire.

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Business Breakdowns • Hermès • Axel Dumas
Sol Price Retail Revolutionary: How a misfit lawyer accidentally invented modern retail and taught everyone from Sam Walton to Jeff Bezos and James Sinegal 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
Daniel Scrivner
• Book Summaries • Business Models • Strategy
IKEA: Breaking down IKEA's business model, strategic moat, economics, culture, origin story, and journey to €100 billion 21 min read

IKEA: Breaking down IKEA's business model, strategic moat, economics, culture, origin story, and journey to €100 billion

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Business Breakdowns • IKEA • Ingvar Kamprad
How to Make a Few Billion Dollars by Brad Jacobs: The hard won lessons from building 7 multi-billion dollar businesses 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
Daniel Scrivner
• Book Summaries • Brad Jacobs • Leadership
Pride in Performance by Les Schwab: How an 8th grade dropout built a 500-store tire dynasty by sharing half the profits 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
Daniel Scrivner
• Book Summaries • Founder Stories & Interviews • Les Schwab
Epic Systems: Breaking down Epic's business model, strategic moat, economics, culture, origin story, and journey to a $45 billion monopoly 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
Daniel Scrivner
• Business Breakdowns • Epic Systems • Judy Faulkner
Four Seasons by Isadore Sharp: The story of the bricklayer who refused to compromise and redefined luxury 11 min read

Four Seasons by Isadore Sharp: The story of the bricklayer who refused to compromise and redefined luxury

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Book Summaries • Luxury • Four Seasons
IKEA Leading by Design: What happens when you refuse to accept that quality requires high prices 10 min read

IKEA Leading by Design: What happens when you refuse to accept that quality requires high prices

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Book Summaries • Founder Stories & Interviews • Business Models

Investor Interviews

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#158 Contrary: Using software and scouts to invest in people before they even start their first company with Founder Eric Tarczynski. 35 min read

#158 Contrary: Using software and scouts to invest in people before they even start their first company with Founder Eric Tarczynski.

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Podcast Episodes • Investor Interviews • Contrary
#150 Susa Ventures: Building the next great Seed stage venture capital firm with Founder Leo Polovets. 43 min read

#150 Susa Ventures: Building the next great Seed stage venture capital firm with Founder Leo Polovets.

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Podcast Episodes • Investor Interviews • Susa Ventures
#131 Designer Fund: Building the world’s first design centric venture capital firm with Co-Founder & Managing Partner Ben Blumenrose. 44 min read

#131 Designer Fund: Building the world’s first design centric venture capital firm with Co-Founder & Managing Partner Ben Blumenrose.

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Podcast Episodes • Investor Interviews • Ben Blumenrose
#130 Robert Cantwell of Upholdings: My favorite books, tools, habits, and hacks. 18 min read

#130 Robert Cantwell of Upholdings: My favorite books, tools, habits, and hacks.

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Podcast Episodes • Investor Interviews • Robert Cantwell
#129 Upholdings: Lessons learned as an investor and emerging manager with Founder & CEO Robert Cantwell. 61 min read

#129 Upholdings: Lessons learned as an investor and emerging manager with Founder & CEO Robert Cantwell.

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Podcast Episodes • Investor Interviews • Public Equities
#112 Yieldstreet: Building the alternative investment platform of the future across private credit, equity, and real estate with Co-Founder 7 CEO Milind Mehere. 49 min read

#112 Yieldstreet: Building the alternative investment platform of the future across private credit, equity, and real estate with Co-Founder 7 CEO Milind Mehere.

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Podcast Episodes • Founder Stories & Interviews • Investor Interviews
#104 Driehaus Emerging Markets: Investing in emerging markets and the great pendulum shift with Lead Portfolio Manager Howie Schwab. 49 min read

#104 Driehaus Emerging Markets: Investing in emerging markets and the great pendulum shift with Lead Portfolio Manager Howie Schwab.

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Podcast Episodes • Investor Interviews • Money & Investing
#102 Gokul Rajaram of Marathon: The prolific angel investor on speed, small teams, product management, and decision making. Plus, lessons learned at Square, DoorDash, Google, Coinbase, Pinterest, and The Trade Desk. 48 min read

#102 Gokul Rajaram of Marathon: The prolific angel investor on speed, small teams, product management, and decision making. Plus, lessons learned at Square, DoorDash, Google, Coinbase, Pinterest, and The Trade Desk.

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Podcast Episodes • Investor Interviews • Gokul Rajaram
#98 Stage Venture Partners: Investing where others aren’t looking with Founder & Partner Alex Rubalcava. 43 min read

#98 Stage Venture Partners: Investing where others aren’t looking with Founder & Partner Alex Rubalcava.

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Podcast Episodes • Investor Interviews • Alex Rubalcava
#96 Nightview Capital: Investing in technology, innovation, and disruption as value investors with Head of Research Eric Markowitz. 60 min read

#96 Nightview Capital: Investing in technology, innovation, and disruption as value investors with Head of Research Eric Markowitz.

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Podcast Episodes • Investor Interviews • Eric Markowitz

Berkshire Hathaway

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Charlie Munger on turning $2M into $2T with Berkshire Hathaway (From his biography Damn Right!) 13 min read

Charlie Munger on turning $2M into $2T with Berkshire Hathaway (From his biography Damn Right!)

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Incredible Interviews • Book Summaries • Charlie Munger
Warren Buffett's letter to a prospective seller on why to sell his business to Berkshire Hathaway. 6 min read

Warren Buffett's letter to a prospective seller on why to sell his business to Berkshire Hathaway.

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Incredible Letters • Shareholder Letters • Warren Buffett
Charlie Munger's 50th anniversary essay on Berkshire Hathaway - "The Berkshire System" 10 min read

Charlie Munger's 50th anniversary essay on Berkshire Hathaway - "The Berkshire System"

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Incredible Letters • Shareholder Letters • Charlie Munger
The Women of Berkshire Hathaway: Lessons from Warren Buffett's female CEOs and directors by Karen Linder. 6 min read

The Women of Berkshire Hathaway: Lessons from Warren Buffett's female CEOs and directors by Karen Linder.

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Book Summaries • Rose Blumkin • Berkshire Hathaway
The Tao of Charlie Munger: A compilation of quotes from Berkshire Hathaway's Vice Chairman on life, business, and the pursuit of wealth by David Clark. 19 min read

The Tao of Charlie Munger: A compilation of quotes from Berkshire Hathaway's Vice Chairman on life, business, and the pursuit of wealth by David Clark.

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Book Summaries • Charlie Munger • Berkshire Hathaway
The Science of Hitting: The classic guide to the single most difficult thing to do in sport by the greatest of all-time by Ted Williams. 13 min read

The Science of Hitting: The classic guide to the single most difficult thing to do in sport by the greatest of all-time by Ted Williams.

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Book Summaries • Decision Making • Peak Performance
The Essays of Warren Buffett: Warren's ideas from 50+ years of letters to shareholders grouped by topic by Lawrence Cunningham. 80 min read

The Essays of Warren Buffett: Warren's ideas from 50+ years of letters to shareholders grouped by topic by Lawrence Cunningham.

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Book Summaries • Warren Buffett • Berkshire Hathaway
Poor Charlie’s Almanack: The essential wit and wisdom of Charles T. Munger. 185 min read

Poor Charlie’s Almanack: The essential wit and wisdom of Charles T. Munger.

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Book Summaries • Charlie Munger • Berkshire Hathaway
Damn Right: Behind the scenes of Berkshire Hathaway and Charlie Munger by Janet Lowe. 26 min read

Damn Right: Behind the scenes of Berkshire Hathaway and Charlie Munger by Janet Lowe.

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Book Summaries • Charlie Munger • Warren Buffett
Who is Warren Buffett? Lessons on compounding from the man who built Berkshire Hathaway. 37 min read

Who is Warren Buffett? Lessons on compounding from the man who built Berkshire Hathaway.

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• History's Greatest • Incredible People • Warren Buffett

Charlie Munger

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Pride in Performance by Les Schwab: How an 8th grade dropout built a 500-store tire dynasty by sharing half the profits 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
Daniel Scrivner
• Book Summaries • Founder Stories & Interviews • Les Schwab
Charlie Munger on turning $2M into $2T with Berkshire Hathaway (From his biography Damn Right!) 13 min read

Charlie Munger on turning $2M into $2T with Berkshire Hathaway (From his biography Damn Right!)

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Incredible Interviews • Book Summaries • Charlie Munger
Warren Buffett's letter to a prospective seller on why to sell his business to Berkshire Hathaway. 6 min read

Warren Buffett's letter to a prospective seller on why to sell his business to Berkshire Hathaway.

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Incredible Letters • Shareholder Letters • Warren Buffett
Charlie Munger's 50th anniversary essay on Berkshire Hathaway - "The Berkshire System" 10 min read

Charlie Munger's 50th anniversary essay on Berkshire Hathaway - "The Berkshire System"

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Incredible Letters • Shareholder Letters • Charlie Munger
The Women of Berkshire Hathaway: Lessons from Warren Buffett's female CEOs and directors by Karen Linder. 6 min read

The Women of Berkshire Hathaway: Lessons from Warren Buffett's female CEOs and directors by Karen Linder.

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Book Summaries • Rose Blumkin • Berkshire Hathaway
The Tao of Charlie Munger: A compilation of quotes from Berkshire Hathaway's Vice Chairman on life, business, and the pursuit of wealth by David Clark. 19 min read

The Tao of Charlie Munger: A compilation of quotes from Berkshire Hathaway's Vice Chairman on life, business, and the pursuit of wealth by David Clark.

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Book Summaries • Charlie Munger • Berkshire Hathaway
The Science of Hitting: The classic guide to the single most difficult thing to do in sport by the greatest of all-time by Ted Williams. 13 min read

The Science of Hitting: The classic guide to the single most difficult thing to do in sport by the greatest of all-time by Ted Williams.

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Book Summaries • Decision Making • Peak Performance
The Essays of Warren Buffett: Warren's ideas from 50+ years of letters to shareholders grouped by topic by Lawrence Cunningham. 80 min read

The Essays of Warren Buffett: Warren's ideas from 50+ years of letters to shareholders grouped by topic by Lawrence Cunningham.

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Book Summaries • Warren Buffett • Berkshire Hathaway
Poor Charlie’s Almanack: The essential wit and wisdom of Charles T. Munger. 185 min read

Poor Charlie’s Almanack: The essential wit and wisdom of Charles T. Munger.

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Book Summaries • Charlie Munger • Berkshire Hathaway
Damn Right: Behind the scenes of Berkshire Hathaway and Charlie Munger by Janet Lowe. 26 min read

Damn Right: Behind the scenes of Berkshire Hathaway and Charlie Munger by Janet Lowe.

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Book Summaries • Charlie Munger • Warren Buffett

Steve Jobs

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To Pixar And Beyond: My unlikely journey with Steve Jobs to make entertainment history by Lawrence Levy. 20 min read

To Pixar And Beyond: My unlikely journey with Steve Jobs to make entertainment history by Lawrence Levy.

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Book Summaries • Steve Jobs • Pixar
Insanely Simple: The obsession that drives Steve Jobs and Apple's success by Ken Segall. 33 min read

Insanely Simple: The obsession that drives Steve Jobs and Apple's success by Ken Segall.

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Book Summaries • Steve Jobs • Apple
In the Company of Giants: Candid conversations with the visionaries of the digital world by Rama Jager and Rafael Ortiz. 119 min read

In the Company of Giants: Candid conversations with the visionaries of the digital world by Rama Jager and Rafael Ortiz.

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Book Summaries • Incredible Interviews • Steve Jobs
Finding the Next Steve Jobs: How to find, keep, and nurture talent by Atari founder Nolan Bushnell. 11 min read

Finding the Next Steve Jobs: How to find, keep, and nurture talent by Atari founder Nolan Bushnell.

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Book Summaries • Nolan Bushnell • Steve Jobs
Who is Steve Jobs? Lessons on simplicity and craft from the man who built Apple, NeXT, and Pixar. 22 min read

Who is Steve Jobs? Lessons on simplicity and craft from the man who built Apple, NeXT, and Pixar.

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• History's Greatest • Incredible People • Steve Jobs
Rare Interview with Steve Jobs: Insisting on Only the Best People, Products, and Purpose 24 min read

Rare Interview with Steve Jobs: Insisting on Only the Best People, Products, and Purpose

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• History's Greatest • Incredible Interviews • Steve Jobs

Warren Buffett

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Pride in Performance by Les Schwab: How an 8th grade dropout built a 500-store tire dynasty by sharing half the profits 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
Daniel Scrivner
• Book Summaries • Founder Stories & Interviews • Les Schwab
Charlie Munger on turning $2M into $2T with Berkshire Hathaway (From his biography Damn Right!) 13 min read

Charlie Munger on turning $2M into $2T with Berkshire Hathaway (From his biography Damn Right!)

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Incredible Interviews • Book Summaries • Charlie Munger
Warren Buffett's letter to a prospective seller on why to sell his business to Berkshire Hathaway. 6 min read

Warren Buffett's letter to a prospective seller on why to sell his business to Berkshire Hathaway.

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Incredible Letters • Shareholder Letters • Warren Buffett
The Women of Berkshire Hathaway: Lessons from Warren Buffett's female CEOs and directors by Karen Linder. 6 min read

The Women of Berkshire Hathaway: Lessons from Warren Buffett's female CEOs and directors by Karen Linder.

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Book Summaries • Rose Blumkin • Berkshire Hathaway
The Science of Hitting: The classic guide to the single most difficult thing to do in sport by the greatest of all-time by Ted Williams. 13 min read

The Science of Hitting: The classic guide to the single most difficult thing to do in sport by the greatest of all-time by Ted Williams.

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Book Summaries • Decision Making • Peak Performance
The Outsiders: 8 unconventional CEOs and their radically rational blueprint for success by Will Thorndike. 114 min read

The Outsiders: 8 unconventional CEOs and their radically rational blueprint for success by Will Thorndike.

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Book Summaries • Henry Singleton • Teledyne
The Essays of Warren Buffett: Warren's ideas from 50+ years of letters to shareholders grouped by topic by Lawrence Cunningham. 80 min read

The Essays of Warren Buffett: Warren's ideas from 50+ years of letters to shareholders grouped by topic by Lawrence Cunningham.

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Book Summaries • Warren Buffett • Berkshire Hathaway
Memos from the Chairman: The famous memos of Bear Stearns Chairman Alan C. Greenberg. 26 min read

Memos from the Chairman: The famous memos of Bear Stearns Chairman Alan C. Greenberg.

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Book Summaries • Warren Buffett • Alan C. Greenberg
Damn Right: Behind the scenes of Berkshire Hathaway and Charlie Munger by Janet Lowe. 26 min read

Damn Right: Behind the scenes of Berkshire Hathaway and Charlie Munger by Janet Lowe.

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Book Summaries • Charlie Munger • Warren Buffett
Who is Warren Buffett? Lessons on compounding from the man who built Berkshire Hathaway. 37 min read

Who is Warren Buffett? Lessons on compounding from the man who built Berkshire Hathaway.

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• History's Greatest • Incredible People • Warren Buffett

Expert Interviews

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#155 Michael Sheetz of CNBC: My favorite books, superpowers, and lessons learned as a reporter. 22 min read

#155 Michael Sheetz of CNBC: My favorite books, superpowers, and lessons learned as a reporter.

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Podcast Episodes • Expert Interviews • Space
#140 Snow Leopard: How legendary writers create a category of one with the Author Nicolas Cole. 61 min read

#140 Snow Leopard: How legendary writers create a category of one with the Author Nicolas Cole.

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Podcast Episodes • Expert Interviews • Writing
#139 Nicolas Cole of Ship 30 for 30: My favorite books, tools, habits, and hacks. Plus, his favorite writing tools, enduring boring things, and why great writing changes the reader. 26 min read

#139 Nicolas Cole of Ship 30 for 30: My favorite books, tools, habits, and hacks. Plus, his favorite writing tools, enduring boring things, and why great writing changes the reader.

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Podcast Episodes • Expert Interviews • Writing
#133 Forcing Function Performance Coaching: Achieving peak performance through experimentation for founders, entrepreneurs, and investors with Author & Founder Chris Sparks. 70 min read

#133 Forcing Function Performance Coaching: Achieving peak performance through experimentation for founders, entrepreneurs, and investors with Author & Founder Chris Sparks.

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Podcast Episodes • Expert Interviews • Coaching
#90 Velocity Coaching: Helping hyper-growth founders and leaders scale with CEO Edward Sullivan. Plus, what it's like to work with the founders of Sweetgreen and Harry's. 43 min read

#90 Velocity Coaching: Helping hyper-growth founders and leaders scale with CEO Edward Sullivan. Plus, what it's like to work with the founders of Sweetgreen and Harry's.

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Podcast Episodes • Expert Interviews • Edward Sullivan
#72 Roots of Progress: On the history of technological progress and how innovation and invention happen with Founder & CEO Jason Crawford. 45 min read

#72 Roots of Progress: On the history of technological progress and how innovation and invention happen with Founder & CEO Jason Crawford.

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Podcast Episodes • Founder Stories & Interviews • Expert Interviews
#22 Levels: A masterclass in blood glucose and managing your metabolic health with Founder Josh Clemente. 44 min read

#22 Levels: A masterclass in blood glucose and managing your metabolic health with Founder Josh Clemente.

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Podcast Episodes • Founder Stories & Interviews • Expert Interviews
#18 Several Short Sentences About Writing: A masterclass on becoming a better writer with author and Yale professor Verlyn Klinkenborg. 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
Daniel Scrivner
• Podcast Episodes • Author Interviews • Expert Interviews

Decision Making

Being a good decision maker separates the merely good from the truly great. Over the course of our lifetimes, we'll make hundreds of thousands of decisions. Many inconsequently, many life altering. Which is why improving the quality of your decisions can have such a profound impact.

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The 11 Laws of Showrunning: Javier Grillo-Marxuach's Essay on Why Your Creative Process Is Killing Your TV Show 12 min read

The 11 Laws of Showrunning: Javier Grillo-Marxuach's Essay on Why Your Creative Process Is Killing Your TV Show

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Book Summaries • Creativity • Leadership
Special Operations Mental Toughness: The invincible mindset of Delta Force, Navy SEALs, and Army Rangers. And how to develop it. 31 min read

Special Operations Mental Toughness: The invincible mindset of Delta Force, Navy SEALs, and Army Rangers. And how to develop it.

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Book Summaries • Leadership • Decision Making
Warren Buffett's letter to a prospective seller on why to sell his business to Berkshire Hathaway. 6 min read

Warren Buffett's letter to a prospective seller on why to sell his business to Berkshire Hathaway.

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Incredible Letters • Shareholder Letters • Warren Buffett
Charlie Munger's 50th anniversary essay on Berkshire Hathaway - "The Berkshire System" 10 min read

Charlie Munger's 50th anniversary essay on Berkshire Hathaway - "The Berkshire System"

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Incredible Letters • Shareholder Letters • Charlie Munger
Winning Methods of the Market Wizards: Common traits and techniques of super traders and investors by Jack Schwager. 14 min read

Winning Methods of the Market Wizards: Common traits and techniques of super traders and investors by Jack Schwager.

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Book Summaries • Jack Schwager • Money & Investing
Turning the Flywheel: Why some companies build momentum and others don't by Jim Collins. 12 min read

Turning the Flywheel: Why some companies build momentum and others don't by Jim Collins.

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Book Summaries • Jim Collins • Decision Making
To Pixar And Beyond: My unlikely journey with Steve Jobs to make entertainment history by Lawrence Levy. 20 min read

To Pixar And Beyond: My unlikely journey with Steve Jobs to make entertainment history by Lawrence Levy.

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Book Summaries • Steve Jobs • Pixar
The Warrior Ethos: Lessons from the greatest warriors and warrior cultures in history by Steven Pressfield. 12 min read

The Warrior Ethos: Lessons from the greatest warriors and warrior cultures in history by Steven Pressfield.

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Book Summaries • Steven Pressfield • Leadership
The Tao of Charlie Munger: A compilation of quotes from Berkshire Hathaway's Vice Chairman on life, business, and the pursuit of wealth by David Clark. 19 min read

The Tao of Charlie Munger: A compilation of quotes from Berkshire Hathaway's Vice Chairman on life, business, and the pursuit of wealth by David Clark.

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Book Summaries • Charlie Munger • Berkshire Hathaway
The Science of Hitting: The classic guide to the single most difficult thing to do in sport by the greatest of all-time by Ted Williams. 13 min read

The Science of Hitting: The classic guide to the single most difficult thing to do in sport by the greatest of all-time by Ted Williams.

Daniel Scrivner
Daniel Scrivner
• Book Summaries • Decision Making • Peak Performance