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Insisting on the Impossible
Victor McElheny ISBN 9780738200095
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Victor McElheny ISBN 9780738200095
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This book by Victor McElheny came up once on Tim Ferriss in the episodes we index. That mention was a genuine on-air recommendation, not just a passing reference. The people who brought it up: David Senra. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.
If a single life exemplifies the inner drive that fires a great inventor, it is the life of Edwin Land. Insisting on the Impossible is the first full scale biography of this Magellan of modern technology. Victor McElheny reveals the startling scope and daring spirit of Land's scientific and entrepreneurial genius.
“So I read this biography of Edwin Land. I thought it was incredible. It's called Insisting on the Impossible. It's the most comprehensive biography of him.”— David Senra
The guest here is David Senra: Host of the Founders podcast, who reads and breaks down biographies of history's greatest entrepreneurs; launching a new interview show on Patrick O'Shaughnessy's Colossus network. David Senra explains how studying 400+ entrepreneur biographies revealed the patterns, archetypes, and obsessions that separate extreme winners.
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