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Oct 2022
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#274 Jim Clark (Silicon Graphics, Netsca...

David Senra
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What I learned from rereading The New New Thing: A Silicon Valley Story by Michael Lewis ---- Founders Notes gives you the superpower to learn from history's greatest entrepreneurs on demand. You can search all my notes and highlights from every book I've ever read for the podcast. Get access to Founders Notes here.  ---- [1:23] Maybe somewhere in a footnote ... Show More
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