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Founders: #243 Francis Greenburger (Real Estate Billionaire)

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What I learned from reading Risk Game: Self Portrait of an Entrepreneur by Francis Greenburger. ---- Get access to the World’s Most Valuable Notebook for Founders at Founders Notes.com ---- [1:26] I can be extremely stubborn when I have a hunch about something. [3:31] I knew all too well that markets can turn on a dime. [5:40] Money that had once flowed freely dried up over night. [6:41] I always listened to other people's ideas because that is how you happen upon the good ones. [6:46] Logic is no match for bureaucracy. [7:33] This ruthless industry has created far more bankruptcies than it has billionaires. Saying no is the most important judgment that you make. [9:00] Time to Make the Donuts: The Founder of Dunkin Donuts Shares an American Journey (Founders #231) [9:09] Sometimes the best lessons that you learn in life are from what you discover in the weaknesses of otherwise very good people. [15:54] My father was terrible with money. His knack of mismanaging it, losing it, or not making it in the first place was an incredible source of stress within our family. [19:09] The constant question mark that was my parents's checkbook balance made a lasting impression. [24:31] His prid

[00:00:00] As soon as I took the phone call, I regretted it. All of my authors had a lot of personality, but Jim was never happy about anything. I just read about your latest real estate deal in the newspaper, he said. I'm not sure how you can be doing your job for me when you're busy buying up this city. I didn't appreciate Jim's questioning my competence as his agent when I not only worked hard on his behalf, but had also discovered him from the slush pile. Not long after my father died, I had taken over the agency. [00:00:32] I put a small notice in the New York Times calling for authors…

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