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Apr 2021
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#169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Do...

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Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) and Andrew Wilkinson (@awilkinson) discuss:

* (5:35) Bradley Jacobs: the man who's built 5, billion dollar companies

* (28:28) Dan Gilbert: how he started with nothing, built Quicken Loans and eventually, an empire

* (41:30) What talking to Warren Buffett is like

* (1:00:07) How Andrew lost $10m

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