# worlds valuable (audio feeds) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover worlds valuable. Page: Feed: --- ## #429 Bob Dylan's Autobiography _2026-08-16 · Founders_ What I learned from rereading Bob Dylan's autobiography. Made possible by: Ramp: ⁠⁠https://ramp.com⁠⁠ Applovin: ⁠⁠https://www.applovin.com Vanta: ⁠⁠https://vanta.com/founders [Listen](https://traffic.megaphone.fm/DSLLC5681377545.mp3) ## #428 How Claude Shannon Worked _2026-08-09 · Founders_ Claude Shannon changed your life and you probably don't even know it. Claude is the father of information theory. He transformed information into bits and created the intellectual foundation for computers, the Internet, digital media, high-speed communication, and Artificial Intelligence. The way Claude Shannon worked is what interested me the most. He combined extraordinary abstract reasoning… [Listen](https://traffic.megaphone.fm/DSLLC8077327013.mp3) ## [The $2 Hot Dog on 5-Star Services](https://howardyu.substack.com/p/the-2-hot-dog-on-5-star-services) _2026-08-05 · Howard Yu · One Inch Ahead_ AI is removing the effort from services, and customers know it. Here's how to make people feel something real. (An earlier version appears at I by IMD. Read on, you'll get a free link to try below.) ## #427 How Raymond Plank Built a $50 Billion Oil Company _2026-08-01 · Founders_ Raymond Plank founded Apache Corporation with just $250,000 in 1954. 50 years later his company was worth $50 billion. This episode examines the life and entrepreneurial philosophy of Raymond Plank through his memoir A Small Difference Rather than presenting a conventional history of Apache, this episode focuses on the lessons, maxims, and beliefs Plank accumulated over seven decades in business.… [Listen](https://traffic.megaphone.fm/DSLLC1260176282.mp3) ## #426 How Obsession Built Christopher Nolan _2026-07-26 · Founders_ Obsession is the engine of Nolan’s career. This episode examines Christopher Nolan’s life, working methods, and philosophy through The Nolan Variations by Tom Shone. Made possible by: Ramp: ⁠⁠⁠https://ramp.com⁠⁠⁠ Applovin: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.applovin.com⁠ Vanta: ⁠⁠⁠https://vanta.com/founders⁠ ⁠Add your email here⁠ and I will send you my top 10 quotes from every episode: https://davidsenra.substack.com [Listen](https://traffic.megaphone.fm/DSLLC9873777977.mp3) ## [The Companies Firing Fastest Will Die First](https://howardyu.substack.com/p/the-companies-firing-fastest-will) _2026-07-23 · Howard Yu · One Inch Ahead_ The 2026 AI layoffs are repeating the mistake that killed Circuit City. And Hubert Joly, who saved Best Buy, told me the alternative on camera. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/208194291/f0209ea08f97deeaf399656bdebd33cf.mp3) ## #425 The Merchant Bankers _2026-07-19 · Founders_ This episode discusses Joseph Wechsberg’s 1966 book, The Merchant Bankers. Rather than recounting the histories of families like the Rothschilds, Barings, Hambros, Warburgs, and Lehman Brothers, I wanted to extract the principles they shared. Merchant banking is fascinating. It's a very distinctive form of entrepreneurship. There is an old-school way of doing business that appeals to me. The… [Listen](https://traffic.megaphone.fm/DSLLC8977529443.mp3) ## #424 Peter Thiel on How to Build a Creative Monopoly _2026-07-10 · Founders_ What I learned from reading Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel and Blake Masters (for the 3rd or 4th time) Made possible by: Ramp: ⁠https://ramp.com⁠ Applovin: ⁠https://www.applovin.com/⁠ Vanta: ⁠https://vanta.com/founders [Listen](https://traffic.megaphone.fm/DSLLC7405458315.mp3) ## [The Science Of Moral Decoupling](https://howardyu.substack.com/p/the-science-of-moral-decoupling) _2026-07-08 · Howard Yu · One Inch Ahead_ How good companies slide into moral catastrophe without a single villain ## #423 Soichiro Honda _2026-06-28 · Founders_ What I learned from reading Honda: The Man and His Machines by Sol Sanders. Made possible by: Ramp: ⁠https://ramp.com⁠ Applovin: ⁠https://www.applovin.com/⁠ Vanta: ⁠https://vanta.com/founders [Listen](https://traffic.megaphone.fm/DSLLC7238750256.mp3) ## [Save with community-voted codes (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/bWPCbe80WasM) _2026-06-28 · **Sponsored**_ Search thousands of community-verified coupon codes — 100% free, no account needed. ## [What Nokia Teaches Any Company Bolting AI in 2026](https://howardyu.substack.com/p/what-nokia-teaches-any-company-bolting) _2026-06-25 · Howard Yu · One Inch Ahead_ The two-day wait that ended Nokia. It saw the iPhone coming. But it still couldn’t move because of the broken process. ## #422 Joseph Pulitzer _2026-06-20 · Founders_ What I learned from reading Pulitzer: A Life in Politics, Print, and Power by James McGrath Morris. Made possible by: Ramp: ⁠https://ramp.com⁠ Applovin: ⁠https://www.applovin.com/⁠ Vanta: ⁠https://vanta.com/founders [Listen](https://traffic.megaphone.fm/DSLLC8486108608.mp3) ## #421 Jony Ive _2026-06-10 · Founders_ What I learned from reading Jony Ive: The Genius Behind Apple's Greatest Products by Leander Kahney. Made possible by: Ramp: https://ramp.com Axon by Applovin: https://axon.ai/founders Vanta: https://vanta.com/founders [Listen](https://traffic.megaphone.fm/DSLLC7011844664.mp3) ## [Your Next Customer Is a Machine](https://howardyu.substack.com/p/when-the-customer-stops-clicking) _2026-06-10 · Howard Yu · One Inch Ahead_ For 25 years, the internet economy ran on one assumption: Humans click. But in China, they have stopped. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/201297980.mp3) ## #420 Steve Jobs In Exile _2026-06-04 · Founders_ What I learned from reading Steve Jobs in Exile: The Untold Story of NeXT and the Remaking of an American Visionary by Geoffrey Cain. Made possible by: Ramp: https://ramp.com Axon by Applovin: https://axon.ai/founders Vanta: https://vanta.com/founders [Listen](https://traffic.megaphone.fm/DSLLC6836876920.mp3) ## [Stop Renting Your Future](https://howardyu.substack.com/p/three-charts-that-killed-the-asset) _2026-05-28 · Howard Yu · One Inch Ahead_ Why the world’s most valuable companies are suddenly buying nuclear plants, pouring concrete, and owning the whole stack. ## [The Country That Forgot How to Build](https://howardyu.substack.com/p/the-reactor-is-the-easy-part) _2026-05-13 · Howard Yu · One Inch Ahead_ Every tech giant in America is now also an electric utility. China builds five reactors for the price of one. Forty years ago, Challenger should have taught us how. We mostly missed the lesson. ## [Why America Can Build After All](https://howardyu.substack.com/p/america-can-build-just-not-for-you) _2026-04-28 · Howard Yu · One Inch Ahead_ For 18 years, California has been trying to build a bullet train. In 122 days, xAI built a supercomputer. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/195549982/ab0c59f505c2514b091d59ec08e36031.mp3) ## [The $11 Billion Triumph, The $39 Million Collapse, and the Clog That Conquered the World](https://howardyu.substack.com/p/why-on-won-crocs-took-over-and-allbirds) _2026-04-14 · Howard Yu · One Inch Ahead_ On Running, Allbirds, and Crocs reveal what separates brands that last from brands that die. ## [Licensed Dispensaries, Pay with Crypto (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/sTrgqXtW4UCv) _2026-04-14 · **Sponsored**_ Search verified licensed dispensaries and pay with Bitcoin, Lightning, or stablecoins. ## [Coase vs. Claude and The Future of the Firm](https://howardyu.substack.com/p/coase-vs-claude-and-the-future-of) _2026-04-02 · Howard Yu · One Inch Ahead_ How AI Agents and the Death of Normal Are Rewriting Organizations