#325 Larry Gagosian (Billionaire Art Dealer)

**David Senra** (0:00)
All the way back in 2019, I received a message that changed the direction of this podcast forever. It was from Tristan, who is one of the co-founders of Readwise. He said, hey, I love the podcast, and he told me about the Readwise product. I responded, thanks, Tristan, love the idea behind Readwise, I will definitely check it out. I had no idea that I would become a super user of his product. And so over the years, I've added my highlights and notes for over 300 books. I have over 20,000 highlights and notes for the books that I've read for the podcast. And because I can search every single thing I've ever done, I use Readwise every day.
I never close the browser tab. The tab on Readwise is always open because as I'm reading, as I'm thinking, as I'm researching, I'm constantly going in and rereading all my notes and highlights.
And you might already know this because every other podcast I go on, I talk about Readwise, I tweet about it, I post about it constantly. I've been saying for years, it is the best app that I pay for. And because I go around shouting about how great it is from the mountaintop, I get a bunch of messages nearly every day people have asked me, hey, is there a possibility that I can actually get access to your Readwise? And this happened so much for so long.
And I thought it was like a superpower of mine. So I was like, no, no, no, no. And then I started thinking, well, why does everybody want this? Like, why do they keep asking for this?
And I thought about it, it's like, well, if you think about this, it's like, has anybody else in the world read this many biographies of history, great entrepreneurs, obsessively taking notes on it, obsessively highlighted it. And I was like, oh, they want access because it's the world's most valuable notebook for founders. And I think people understood that instinctively. In fact, there's a line in Poor Charlie's Almanac that said that there's answers worth billions of dollars and a $30 history book. And I think that's the case for my notebook as well. So a few months ago, I went to the founders of Readwise, Tristan and Daniel, and I asked, hey, is there a way we can build a product together that actually mirrors what I see? I want a way for people that want to subscribe to my notes and highlights to see exactly what I see. They can search by book, they can search by keyword, they can get access to the highlights feed, which is essentially what I call smart Twitter feed. It is a feed of short little highlights and notes from all different books on one page. And I also wanted people to see all the highlights that have actually favored it. So so far I've favored it 839 highlights. And so that's exactly what we built together. You can find it at foundersnotes.com. I will also leave the link down below in the show notes. And because this is brand new, it's actually half the price of what it's eventually going to be. There's not even a landing page. You just go to foundersnotes.com, sign up and subscribe, and then you get immediate access. And it's important to note that I made this for founders already running successful companies. I think that's who's going to get the most value out of it. Those are also usually the most committed people. There is no monthly option. You can only subscribe for a year. It is only made for the already committed. And these kind of founders, and I include myself in there, they just want the best way to reference the thoughts and ideas of history's greatest founders, and then they'll figure out how to apply what they're learning directly to their company. So if this is you, I encourage you to test it out for a year. You'll have access to the world's most valuable notebook for founders. And I think the value you'll receive, because the value I've gotten out of it has been incredible. And I think that'll be the same case for you. If you wind up subscribing, make sure you keep it once you're in, make sure you just keep it in your browser. This is how I use it. The tab is always open on my computer. I'm referencing it dozens of times a day. It is a product I can get behind fully because I use it every day. You're literally seeing what I see. So if this sounds interesting to you and you want to get access, go to foundersnotes.com.