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#103 Ted Turner Part 6: What I Learned from the Content King

#102 Ted Turner Part 5: How to Lose $8 Billion

#101 Ted Turner Part 4: The Ticking Time Bomb

#100 Ted Turner Part 3: Fighting for Survival

#99 Ted Turner Part 2: From Billboards to Cable TV

#98 Ted Turner Part 1: Maverick in the Making

#97 Felix Dennis Part 5: The Conclusion

#96 Felix Dennis Part 4: Launching Maxim Magazine

#95 Felix Dennis Part 3: From Publishing to Mail-Order IPO

#94 Felix Dennis Part 2: Money Is the Mission

#93 Felix Dennis Part 1: What Made Him Who He Was

#92 Billy Wilkerson Part 5: Takeaways from a Wild Journey

#91 Billy Wilkerson Part 4: The End of Bugsy Siegel

#90 Billy Wilkerson Part 3: The Partnership from Hell

#89 Billy Wilkerson Part 2: How Addiction Led to a Big Vision

#88 Billy Wilkerson Part 1: Carrying on the Family Addiction

#87 Last Week’s Hurdles and Lessons (Week Ending 7/14/24)

#86 Project Update: Week Ending 7/14/24

#85 John H. Johnson Part 5: The Conclusion

#84 John H. Johnson Part 4: Professional Success and Personal Tragedy

#83 John H. Johnson Part 3: The Brink of Financial Ruin

#82 John H. Johnson Part 2: The College Dropout

#81 John H. Johnson Part 1: Something to Prove

#80 Last Week's Hurdles and Lessons (Week Ending 7/7/24)

#79 Project Update: Week Ending 7/7/24

#78 Sam Zell Part 5: Concluding Thoughts

#77 San Zell Part 4: The $39 Billion Sale

#76 Sam Zell Part 3: From Real Estate to Distressed Companies

#75 Sam Zell Part 2: Rejection to Real Estate Mastery

#74 Sam Zell Part 1: Immigrant Upbringing Fostered Independent Thinking

#73 Last Week's Hurdles and Lessons (Week Ending 6/30/24)

#72 Project Update: Week Ending 6/30/24

#71 James Dyson Part 5: Key Takeaways and Lessons Learned

#70 James Dyson Part 4: Third Time's the Charm

#69 James Dyson Part 3: The Second Startup Is More Painful

#68 James Dyson Part 2: Learning the Painful Way

#67 James Dyson Part 1: Tragedy to Entrepreneur

#66 Last Week’s Hurdles and Lessons (Week Ending 6/23/24)

#65 Why I’m Adding Amazon Affiliate Links to my Blog and Podcast

#64 Project Update: Week Ending 6/23/24

#63 Wayne Huizenga Part 5: Key Takeaways and Lessons Learned

#62 Wayne Huizenga Part 4: Selling Blockbuster Videos , The Deal of Wayne’s Life

#61 Wayne Huizenga Part 3: Perception Drives Blockbuster’s Transformation

#60 Wayne Huizenga Part 2: Garbageman to Blockbuster Videos

#59 Wayne Huizenga Part 1: From College Dropout to Garbageman

#58 Last Week’s Hurdles and Lessons: Week Ending 6/16/24

#57 Project Update: Week Ending 6/16/24

#56 Adjusting to the High Value Entrepreneurs Put on Their Time

#55 Kirk Kerkorian Part 5: The Conclusion

#54 Kirk Kerkorian Part 4: Movie Studios and Casinos

#53 Kirk Kerkorian Part 3: Real Estate and Casino Mogul

#52 Kirk Kerkorian Part 2: From Aviation Mogul to Investor

#51 Kirk Kerkorian Part 1: From Dropout to Aviation Mogul

#50 Last Week’s Hurdles and Lessons (Week Ending 6/9/24)

#49 Project Update (New Format): Week Ending 6/9/24

#48 Felix Dennis Part 3: Succeeding as a Founder & Winding Down a Business

#47 Felix Dennis Part 2: Succeeding as a Founder

#46 Felix Dennis Part 1: Getting Going as a Founder

#45 Sumner Redstone Part 3: King of Content & Distribution

#44 Last Week’s Hurdles and Lessons: Week Ending 6/2/24

#43 Project Update (New Format): Week Ending 6/2/24

#42 Sumner Redstone Part 2: Finding the Winning Strategy

#41 Sumner Redstone Part 1: Driven and Intense from Childhood

#40 Ed Thorp Part 4 - Why He Earned My Respect

#39 Ed Thorp Part 3: Surviving a Crisis and Creating His Ideal Life

#38 Ed Thorp Part 2: Professor to Hedge Fund Manager

#37 Ed Thorp Part 1: Changing His Early Life Trajectory

#36 - How I Struggled and What I Learned This Week

#35 Project Update (a New Format): Week Two Hundred Seventeen

#34 Jim Simons Part 3: Building the Renaissance Technologies Dream Team

#33 Jim Simons Part 2: Renaissance Technologies Struggled for 12 Years

#32 Jim Simons Part 1: Why Renaissance Technologies Was Founded

#31 How BET's Bob Johnson Leveraged One Strength to Overcome Major Weaknesses

#30 How Robert “Bob” Johnson Created the Highest Profit Margins in TV at BET

#29 How Robert “Bob” Johnson Launched BET After Raising 95% Less Than His Goal

#28 All Caught Up on Audio Blog

#27 Why My Recording Habit Failed—and What I’m Doing About It

#26 Weekly Reflection: Week 216

#25 Takeaways from Henry Singleton’s Journey to Build a Conglomerate

#24 Henry Singleton’s Teledyne Return Metric

#23 Henry Singleton’s Twin Tailwinds

#22 Naval Ravikant on Wisdom and Judgment

#21 Naval Ravikant on Magnetic Luck

#20 Naval Ravikant and Entrepreneurship in the Age of Infinite Leverage

#19 Weekly Reflection: Week 215

#18 Rethinking Working with Mercenaries

#17 Why I’m Bullish on Businesses Empowering SMBs

#16 BET's Sheila Johnson: Life of Struggle and Success

#15 Two Early Strategies That Made BET a Multibillion-Dollar Company

#14 BET's Shelia Johnson: Struggle Led to Billions

#13 BET's Shelia Johnson: Journey to Become the First Black, Female Billionaire

#12 Weekly Reflection: Week 214

#11 John Malone's Genius Was Owning Infrastructure

#10 When to Share Financial Data

#9 John Malone and TCI - Building Something People Hate

#8 John Malone’s Value-Creation Flywheel at TCI

#7 Billion-Dollar Journeys: Missionary (Pierre Omidyar) vs. Mercenary (Willis Johnson)

#6 You Can Listen to My Blog on Apple Podcasts

#5 Weekly Reflection: Week 213

#4 Finding Product–Market Fit in Year Twenty