Brad Jacobs is one of the most talented living entrepreneurs. Brad has started 8 different billion-dollar or multi-billion-dollar businesses. He has done over 500 acquisitions and has raised over $30 billion. He started his first company at 23, has over 40 years of experience as an entrepreneur, and is the most energetic person I have ever been around. Earlier this year, he published his life story: "How to Make a Few Billion Dollars." How to Make a Few Billion Dollars was one of my favorite books that I've read this year and the episode I made about the book was one of the most popular episodes of Founders. This episode is what I learned from having breakfast with Brad Jacobs and reading his book "How to Make a Few Billion Dollars" (https://a.co/d/5WhAODu). https://www.founderspodcast.com/ Full Transcript and Show Notes: https://www.founderspodcast.com/episodes/373-breakfast-with-brad-jacobs-how-to-make-a-few-billion-dollars David Senra: https://x.com/FoundersPodcast?s=20
What I learned from reading "How To Make A Few Billion Dollars" (https://a.co/d/30ZrW7w) by Brad Jacobs. https://www.founderspodcast.com/ Full Transcript and Show Notes: https://www.founderspodcast.com/episodes/35764867/senra-335-how-to-make-a-few-billion-dollars-brad-jacobs David Senra: https://x.com/FoundersPodcast?s=20
In 2023 Brad Jacobs wrote the book How to Make a Few Billion Dollars. https://amzn.to/45tPTuK In the book Brad explains how he built 8 separate billion dollar companies and other lessons from his 40+ year career as an elite entrepreneur. In the two years since Brad has made a few MORE billion dollars and so the sequel to his first book is: How to Make a Few MORE Billion Dollars. https://amzn.to/4sjanAa In this episode I share some of Brad's ideas on raising tons of money (Brad has raised over $50 billion), mastering his integration playbook, ideas for organizational integration, org chart design, and how Brad keeps his mind centered and in a positive place to handle the inevitable ups and downs of building great companies. Episode sponsors: Ramp gives you everything you need to control spend, watch your costs, and optimize your financial operations —all on a single platform. Make history's greatest entrepreneurs proud by going to Ramp and learning how they can help your business control your costs and save time and money. https://ramp.com Automate compliance, security, and trust with Vanta. Vanta helps you win trust, close deals, and stay secure—faster and with less effort. Find out how increased security leads to more customers by going to Vanta. Tell them David from Founders sent you and you'll get $1000 off. https://vanta.com/founders Collateral transforms your complex ideas into compelling narratives. Collateral crafts institutional grade marketing collateral for private equity, private credit, real estate, venture capital, family offices, hedge funds, oil & gas companies, and all kinds of corporations. Storytelling is one of the highest forms of leverage and you should invest heavily in it. You can do that by going to https://collateral.com