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#297 Yvon Chouinard (Patagonia)

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David Senra

Steve Jobs, Founders, James Dyson, Company Builders, Technology, Henry Ford, Elon Musk, Business Professional Biography, How I Built This, The History Of Entrepreneurship, Jim Clark, Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurs, History, Founder, Business Autobiography, Jeff Bezos, Entrepreneur, Biography, Biographies Of Entrepreneurs, Biographies, Business, Business Biography

4.81.5K Ratings

🗓️ 3 April 2023

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

What I learned from rereading Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman by Yvon Chouinard.

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0:00.0

It's amazing how many times that the same themes reappear over and over and again in these books.

0:05.2

You and I have talked about this idea over and over again.

0:08.0

The fact that as a founder, a large part of your life is trying to search for your life's work. The thing that you are

0:13.9

uniquely meant to do, what you feel you're put on this earth to do, and in almost

0:18.6

every case that means starting more than one company. And the podcast that you're about to hear,

0:23.6

Ivan Shrenard goes to that exact same thing.

0:25.5

He founds his first company reluctantly

0:27.6

when he's 19.

0:29.0

It takes some another 15 years

0:30.5

till he finds, so he founds and finds Patagonia, which is his life's work.

0:35.1

This is so common that the sponsor of today's episode, Tiny, has built an entire business

0:38.8

around buying other businesses.

0:40.8

The difference between Tiny and other companies that buy businesses is that they make

0:44.9

it hassle-free. They get rid of the headache. If you have a business that you want to sell now or in the

0:50.6

future, make sure you go to Tiny First, You can get in touch with them by emailing

0:54.4

them, hi at tiny.com, or you can go to tiny.com. You'll get a response within 48 hours.

1:00.0

You'll get an offer within seven days, and then they close within a month and you get a

1:03.4

bag full of cash. They can do deals of all sizes. They bought businesses in the

1:07.2

past for as little as a million dollars to deals well over a hundred

1:11.0

million dollars. If you want a no hassle straightforward cash exit now or in the future,

1:16.0

make sure you go to tiny.com. This episode is also brought to you by Hampton. Hampton is a private

1:21.2

network for high growth founders. It is a highly vetted

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