#28 The Wright Brothers

Orville's first teacher in grade school would remember him at his desk, tinkering with bits of wood. Asked what he was up to. He told her he was making a machine of a kind that he and his brother We're going to fly some day. I'm David Senra and you're listening to Founders, my podcast about the biographies of founders.

I got the idea for this podcast from listening to another podcast years ago. Elon Musk was being interviewed and said something that uh stuck with me. He was asked when starting a company Who did you look to for advice? Elon said he looked for feedback in a historical context.

Books basically. He continued, I didn't read many general business books. I liked biographies and autobiographies. I think those are pretty helpful. So that made me think if Elon found biographies useful, why not start reading them all the time?

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