#62 The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

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David Senra

History, Entrepreneurship, Business, Technology

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🗓️ 4 March 2019

⏱️ 67 minutes

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What I learned from reading The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin. ---- [0:01] Why Ben Franklin wrote an autobiography [4:50] Ben Franklin's early education and first job [7:30] starting out in the printing business [11:00] Writing had been of great use to me in the course of my life, and was a principal means of my advancement [16:45] his humble arrival in Philadelphia [25:00] Ben Franklin's time in London [29:00] how the mind of Benjamin Franklin worked [34:30] the opportunity to start your his own business [41:15] industry is virtuous [46:20] Ben understood branding [48:15] Ben Franklin creates the first subscription library [54:30] Ben Franklin's 13 virtues ---- Founders Notes gives you the ability to tap into the collective knowledge of history's greatest entrepreneurs on demand. Use it to supplement the decisions you make in your work. Get access to Founders Notes here. ---- “I have listened to every episode released and look forward to every episode that comes out. The only criticism I would have is that after each podcast I usually want to buy the book because I am interested so my poor wallet suffers. ” — Gareth Be like Gareth. Buy a book: All the books featured on Founders Podcast

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0:00.0	Imagining it may be equally agreeable to you to know the circumstances of my life, many of which you are yet unacquainted with, I sit down to write them for you.
0:09.0	Having emerged from the poverty and obscurity in which I was born and bred to a state of
0:14.0	affluence and some degree of reputation in the world and having gone so far
0:18.2	through life with considerable share of felicity. I actually had to look that
0:21.3	word up felicity means happiness.
0:23.4	The conducive means I made use of, my posterity may like to know, as they may find some of them
0:29.7	suitable to their own situations and therefore fit to be imitated.
0:35.0	Okay, so that's the beginning of the book that I want to talk to you about today, which is the autobiography of Benjamin Franklin.
0:42.0	And the part I just read to is actually a letter
0:44.6	that he's writing to his son William.
0:46.5	At the time, Ben is in his 60s.
0:48.8	And he's kind of explicitly stating
0:52.0	the goal of his autobiography,
0:53.4	which is in parallel the goal of this podcast.
0:56.6	He's saying, hey, I've had a lot of fortunate experiences
1:01.1	in my life, I've learned some things, and'm going to tell you the things I learned so that if you like them if you find them agreeable, you can actually imitate and adapt into your own life.
1:09.7	So if this is your first time listening to founders. Welcome, my name is David.
1:13.0	The concept behind this podcast is pretty straightforward.
1:15.8	Every week I read a biography or an autobiography
1:18.9	of an entrepreneur, and I just try to pull out ideas
1:21.2	that we can all use in our life.
1:23.8	So before we get into the rest of the book,
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