#344 Quentin Tarantino

What I learned from reading Cinema Speculation by Quentin Tarantino.  ---- Get access to the World’s Most Valuable Notebook for Founders Some questions other subscribers asked SAGE:  I need some unique ideas on how to find new customers. What advice do you have for me? What are some strategies that Cornelius Vanderbilt used against his competitors? How did Edwin Land find new employees to hire? Any unusual sources to find talent? What are the most important leadership lessons from history's greatest entrepreneurs? Can you give me more ideas about how to avoid competition from Peter Thiel? Have any of history's greatest founders regretted selling their company? What is the best way to fire a bad employee? How did Andrew Carnegie know what to focus on? Why was Jay Gould so smart? What was the biggest unlock for Henry Ford? Can you give me a summary of Warren Buffetts best ideas? If Charlie Munger had a top 10 rules for life what do you think those rules would be? What did Charlie Munger say about building durable companies that last? Tell me about Cornelius Vanderbilt. How did he make his money? Every subscriber to Founders Notes has access to SAGE right now. Get access here.  ---- Follow Founders Podcast on YouTube  ---- (9:00) Tarantino is possibly the most joyously infectious movie lover alive. (14:00) On the ride home, even if I didn't have questions, my parents would talk about the movie we had just seen. These are some of my fondest memories. (14:00) He has a comprehensive database of the history of movies in his head. (17:00) The Futurist: The Life and Films of James Cameron by Rebecca Keegan and The Return of James Cameron, Box Office King by Zach Baron (Founders #311) (25:00) Robert Rodriguez interviews Quentin Tarantino in the Director’s Chair (26:00) Like most men who never knew their father, Bill collected father figures. (Kill Bill 2) (27:00) When people ask me if I went to film school, I tell them, No, I went to films. (29:00) Invest Like the Best #348 P