#327 Ted Turner

**David Senra** (0:00)
Okay, so two quick things before we jump into this unbelievable episode on Ted Turner. I think the intro to this podcast is one of, frankly, just one of the most shocking intros that I've ever done. And it kind of sets the tone for Ted's just incredible, you know, multi-decade long career.
The first thing I want to talk to you about is, I was invited to fly to Notre Dame to actually speak to a class called The Art of Investing. That class was actually recorded and turned into a podcast. So whatever podcast player you're listening to this on, if you don't mind going and searching for Art of Investing, follow, do me a favor, follow that show, and then listen to episode number four. The feedback on that episode has been incredible, but more importantly to you is that in about 90 minutes, I try to summarize the best I can about the main lessons that I've learned from this seven or eight years of intensive study on history's greatest founders. The second thing I want to tell you about is this collaboration that I have with Readwise. A bunch of people have already subscribed to this. So back in 2019, one of the co-founders of my favorite app, the best app I pay for, I literally could not make the podcast without it, is called Readwise. I've been talking about it for years. I've been tweeting about it for years. Every single other interview on other people's podcasts I go on, I talk about this, and I did this way before I knew I was going to partner with them on my own product. So I built this product with Readwise. It's called Founders Notes. You can see it at foundersnotes.com, and it's founders with an S just like the podcast. So foundersnotes.com. I got a DM from Tristan in 2019, and he was the one that made me aware of Readwise. It was perfect. And the reason it was perfect is because I have way more highlights and notes on my books than most people do. So I have over 20,000. Over the years, I've added over 20,000 highlights and notes for all the books that I read for the podcast to the Readwise app. And the reason I do that is because I'm able to search everything that I've ever done. I use this every day. I search it every day. It really is the world's most valuable notebook for founders.
So I contacted the founders Readwise and said, hey, can we do this? Can we actually do this project together? I want to make my own version. I want people to have access to everything that I see. Literally, if you sign up at foundersnotes.com, you are able to search and see every single one of my highlights notes. It's exactly what I see. And so as an illustration of just one of the ways that I use this is at the end of this episode, I'm going to include this 20 minute episode I made for my AMA feed where somebody asked me like, how did history's greatest entrepreneurs think about hiring? And anytime I'm asked a question like that, anytime I'm making a podcast, what I do is I'm constantly searching my Readwise app, which is now available at foundersnotes.com.
And it gives me a complete list of all the different ways that history's greatest founders have thought about whatever subject I happen to be thinking about or working on or investigating. So at the very end of this episode, you're going to hear me speak for 20 minutes.
And it's answering the question, how did history's greatest entrepreneurs think about hiring? And all that information came from me searching my notes and highlights, which is exactly what you can do with founders notes. Keep in mind, this is made for founders already running successful companies. Those already running successful companies will get the most value out of this because it's a way for you to reference the thoughts and ideas of history's greatest founders. And then you know how to apply them to whatever's going on in your company at this very moment. The other thing I want to tell you, it is currently priced at 50% what it will be. So it's actually going to double in price. And the reason I did this is because I'm adding a bunch of features that I think are incredible. And I have to build out the landing page and everything else. You sign up now, obviously, as I add features, you don't have to pay any additional. I truly do believe it is the world's most valuable notebook for founders and the value you get out of it will be incredible. You can get immediate access to over 20,000 of my highlights and notes right now by going to foundersnotes.com.