# Coco Chanel

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#357 Haruki Murakami

What I learned from reading What I Talk About When I Talk About Running: A Memoir by Haruki Murakami.  ---- Founders Notes gives you the superpower to learn from history's greatest entrepreneurs on demand. You can search all my notes and highlights from every book I've ever read for the podcast.  G…

#315 Balenciaga

What I learned from reading Creators: From Chaucer and Durer to Picasso and Disney by Paul Johnson.  --- Join my free email newsletter to get my top 10 highlights from every book --- (2:20) Among the masters of Parisian fashion, Balenciaga was the greatest. (3:00) Christian Dior called Balenciaga “…

#287 The Founder of Rolls-Royce

What I learned from rereading Rolls-Royce: The Magic of a Name: The First Forty Years of Britain s Most Prestigious Company by Peter Pugh. ---- Get access to the World’s Most Valuable Notebook for Founders by investing in a subscription to Founders Notes ---- Follow one of my favorite podcasts Inve…

#252 Socrates

What I learned from reading Socrates: A Man for Our Times by Paul Johnson. ---- Get access to the World’s Most Valuable Notebook for Founders at Founders Notes.com ---- [0:54] I would trade all my technology for an afternoon with Socrates. — Steve Jobs In His Own Words by George Beahm. (Founders #2…

#199 Coco Chanel: The Legend and the Life

What I learned from reading Coco Chanel: The Legend and the Life by Justine Picardie. ---- 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…

#64 Coco Chanel: Her Life and Secrets

What I learned from reading Coco Chanel: Her Life, Her Secrets. ---- It is my work I am congratulated on, and to me, that's the only thing that counts (0:01) I've been miserable in a life that from the outside seemed magnificent (4:15) The maxims of Coco Chanel (6:43) Coco on marketing (13:22) Coco…

Paris in Wartime, Part Two: The Ledger

Last week covered how Paris couture survived four years of Nazi occupation. This week covers what it cost: Coco Chanel's wartime relationship with a German intelligence officer and the genuinely contested case for whether she worked for German intelligence herself; Louis Vuitton's well-documented …

What does it take to become the best version of yourself?

Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note. What does it take to become the best version of yourself? It’s a difficult question to answer, there are many factors at play, and the equation looks very different depending on the person. So, to help you (and us) in the goal of becoming o…

Holy Crap Pete Davis Has a Game | General Knowledge Showdown

Pete Davis puts Kimmer and Flounder to the test with a rapid-fire general knowledge showdown covering Japan’s national flower, Russia’s time zones, ancient empires, Istanbul’s former name, the country with the most islands, dictionary word counts, Edvard Munch, Coco Chanel, the Apollo 11 moon landi…

Schiaparelli: The History, The House & Daniel Roseberry

In Episode 4, we take a closer look at one of fashion’s most distinctive houses: Schiaparelli. From Elsa Schiaparelli’s surrealist beginnings and rivalry with Coco Chanel to the house’s closure, revival and eventual appointment of Daniel Roseberry as Creative Director, we explore the history that h…