#413 How To Run Down A Dream

About this episode

This episode explores valuable ideas from Bill Gurley's talk and his new book on thriving in a career you love.

Running Down A Dream: How to Succeed and Thrive in a Career You Love by Bill Gurley has been one of the most valuable talks I've heard. For years I have been using ideas from that talk to build this podcast. Bill has written a new book based on that talk: Runnin' Down a Dream: How to Thrive in a Career You Actually Love. This episode explores the most valuable ideas from the book and talk. Episode sponsors: Ramp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ gives you everything you need to control spend, watch your costs, and optimize your financial operations —all on a single platform. Make history's greatest entrepreneurs proud ⁠⁠⁠by going to Ramp.com to learn how they can help your business save time and money.⁠⁠⁠ https://ramp.com Automate compliance, security, and trust with Vanta.⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Vanta helps you win trust, close deals, and stay secure—faster and with less effort⁠⁠⁠⁠. ⁠⁠⁠Find out how increased security leads to more customers by going to Vanta⁠⁠⁠. Tell them David from Founders sent you and you'll get $1000 off. https://vanta.com/founders

People in this episode

Host: David Senra

Topics covered

• career success
• entrepreneurship
• personal development
• financial operations
• book discussion

Keywords

• Bill Gurley
• career success
• entrepreneurship
• financial operations
• Runnin' Down a Dream

Sponsors

Ramp, Vanta

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Running Down A Dream: How to Succeed and Thrive in a Career You Love, Runnin' Down a Dream: How to Thrive in a Career You Actually Love

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