The best founders were obsessive students of other founders. This is what they studied.
Faster Than Normal is a free, open library of research on the most successful people and companies in history — searchable, cited to the source, and free to read in full. Chat is an optional paid upgrade for anyone who wants conversational research on top of it.
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Beyoncé
Singer, songwriter, businesswoman, and cultural icon.
Alex Hormozi
Alex Hormozi is an entrepreneur known for transforming business strategies and mastering high-ticket sales through comp…
Jeff Bezos
Founder of Amazon, which grew from an online bookstore to the world's largest e-commerce and cloud computing company.
Napoleon Bonaparte
French military leader who conquered most of Europe.
Kobe Bryant
NBA legend who spent 20 seasons with the LA Lakers, winning 5 championships.
Warren Buffett
Chairman & CEO of Berkshire Hathaway.
Julius Caesar
Roman general, statesman, and dictator who conquered Gaul, crossed the Rubicon, and reformed Rome before his assassinat…
Andrew Carnegie
Steel magnate who built Carnegie Steel (later U.S.
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Warren Buffett read every book in the Omaha public library before he turned twenty. Sam Walton visited more stores than any retailer in history. The people who built the most enduring companies were fanatical students of other companies.
That kind of knowledge used to take decades to accumulate. I built this library to make it searchable.
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