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Business Book Club

Sam Brown

22 episodes

This podcast is for winners. Top founders join Sam Brown to discuss the most powerful insights from the world's best business books.

Episodes

  1. The Road Less Stupid by Keith Cunningham | with guest David Hunt

    · 30 min

    Success isn't always about making brilliant, lightning-fast decisions; more often than not, it is simply about making fewer stupid ones. The Road Less Stupid by Keith Cunningham—the real-life mentor behind Rich Dad…

  2. Be More Pirate by Sam Conniff Allende | with guest Spencer Gallagher

    · 35 min

    If you feel like you're constantly fighting "the way things have always been done," this episode is your permission slip to stop. Be More Pirate by Sam Conniff Allende is the ultimate manifesto for the modern rebel,…

  3. The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel | with guest Luke Tobin

    · 32 min

    What if building massive wealth had nothing to do with your IQ and everything to do with your behavior? The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel proves that managing cash is a soft skill, not a math problem. This book…

  4. Built to Sell by John Warrillow | with guest Martin Harper

    · 34 min

    If your business relies entirely on you to function, you haven't built a company—you've built a job. Built to Sell by John Warrillow is the ultimate playbook for escaping the "owner's trap." It reveals exactly how to…

  5. The Daily Stoic by Ryan Holiday and Stephen Hanselman | with guest Nitin Sharma

    · 29 min

    Building a business will test every part of you—your patience, your discipline, and your ability to handle absolute chaos. The Daily Stoic by Ryan Holiday and Stephen Hanselman channels over two centuries of ancient…

  6. Leadership Strategy and Tactics by Jocko Willink | with guest Chris Morrow

    · 28 min

    If your startup feels like a daily fire drill, this is the battlefield-tested playbook you need to stop reacting, step back, and get your team to actually want to follow you. Jocko Willink isn't an academic theorist.…

  7. Let Your Life Speak by Parker Palmer | with guest Jerry Colonna

    · 24 min

    If you walk through the business section of a bookstore, you will see countless books on ROI, scaling, and operational systems. But you won't see many books that actually teach you how to be a good leader. Let Your…

  8. Poor Charlie's Almanack by Charlie Munger | with guest Eric Jorgenson

    · 32 min

    Charlie Munger was Warren Buffett's right-hand man and the architect behind the Berkshire Hathaway empire. But his definitive book, Poor Charlie's Almanack, is not an investing guide. It is a masterclass in human…

  9. High Output Management by Andy Grove | with guest Tom Hunt

    · 30 min

    If you look at the bookshelves of the world's most successful CEOs, you will almost always find a copy of High Output Management by Andy Grove. Grove was the CEO of Intel. He treated management as an engineering…

  10. Eat That Frog! by Brian Tracy | with guest CJ Bilangino

    · 24 min

    Stop confusing being busy with being productive. The ability to concentrate single-mindedly on your most important task, do it well, and finish it completely is the key to success. But how do you actually execute that…

  11. The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz | with guest Dr. Minshad Ali Ansari

    · 27 min

    With over a million copies sold, Ben Horowitz’s The Hard Thing About Hard Things is considered the definitive manual for startup founders facing impossible decisions. It is the raw, unfiltered story of how to run a…

  12. The 5 Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni | with guest Alisa Cohn

    · 23 min

    Even smart, well-funded executive teams fail. Patrick Lencioni's masterpiece, The 5 Dysfunctions of a Team, exposes the silent killers of company growth and provides a practical framework to turn a group of capable…

  13. Profit First by Mike Michalowicz | with guest Sabrina Chevannes

    · 29 min

    If you are tired of looking at your bank account and wondering where all that top-line revenue went, this episode is for you. Mike Michalowicz built and sold multiple million-dollar companies before writing Profit…

  14. Poor Charlie's Almanack by Charlie Munger | with guest Alex Melia

    · 27 min

    Who is Charlie Munger? Warren Buffett called him "our generation's Benjamin Franklin." Bill Gates hailed him as "one of the sharpest minds in business." As Buffett's right hand at Berkshire Hathaway for 45 years,…

  15. Thinking in Bets by Annie Duke | with guest Jordan Staab

    · 28 min

    Most founders treat business decisions like chess, assuming that if they make the right move, they'll get the right outcome. But business isn't chess; it's poker. You can make the perfect decision and still lose. You…

  16. Rocket Fuel by Gino Wickman & Mark C. Winters | with guest Jodie Imam

    · 26 min

    Do you know anything about James Couzens or Roy Disney? Probably not. But you know their partners: Henry Ford and Walt Disney. Walt Disney dreamed up the characters; Roy made the numbers work. Henry Ford…

  17. How to Get Rich by Felix Dennis | with guest Alex Bodini

    · 23 min

    Unlike most business books, How to Get Rich doesn't sugarcoat the sacrifices, the ego, or the sheer obsession required to build wealth. The late Felix Dennis—founder of Maxim magazine was one of Britain's richest…

  18. High Output Management by Andy Grove | with guest Rich Willan

    · 24 min

    If there is a Bible for Silicon Valley CEOs, it is High Output Management by Andy Grove. Though this isn't just a book—it is the operating system that helped Intel scale to become the world's largest semiconductor…

  19. Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself by Joe Dispenza | with guest Annika Lundström

    · 22 min

    Joe Dispenza is a New York Times bestseller known for bridging the gap between neuroscience, epigenetics, and human potential. He challenges the idea that we are hardwired to be a certain way for the rest of our lives.…

  20. Radical Candor by Kim Scott | with guest Ramsey Marwan

    · 30 min

    Kim Scott is a heavyweight in the tech world, having coached CEOs at companies like Dropbox and Twitter and led teams at Google and Apple University. In this episode, Ramsey Marwan, co-founder of MG Relations, unpacks…

  21. The Almanack of Naval Ravikant by Eric Jorgenson | with guest Caitlin Rozario

    · 32 min

    Most entrepreneurs are stuck in a race they never signed up for, chasing a version of success that leaves them burnt out and unfulfilled. In this episode, Caitlin Rozario, founder of Interlude, deconstructs the wisdom…

  22. Why Business Book Club IS worth your time 👉 Start here

    · 5:43 · Trailer

    I ask founders: Which book has had the biggest impact on your business, or life? We speak about 3 lessons from the book - and crucially - what the real impact has been for them. Most of my guests are successful…

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