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Episode 698: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) talks to David Senra ( https://x.com/FoundersPodcast ) about what qualities make an anti-business billionaire.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) High Level of Disagreeableness
(9:02) Extreme Self-Confidence
(12:55) Product Quality Obsessed
(18:37) Retention of Total Control
(27:28) Exit Strategy is Death
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• Founders Podcast – https://www.founderspodcast.com/
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