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Tim Ferriss · 2026-04-16

From Dad’s Basement to Selling Two Companies — 4-Hour Workweek Success Story

From Dad’s Basement to Selling Two Companies — 4-Hour Workweek Success Story

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Built to Sell

John Warrillow

“I thought it was actually very good”
“a book by John Warrillow called Built to Sell, which talks a bit about this, and I thought it was actually very good”— Tim Ferriss
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Ready, Fire, Aim

Michael Masterson

“Ready, Fire, Aim is usually the book that I recommend”
“then Ready, Fire, Aim is usually the book that I recommend. You familiar with that one?”— guest

The guest's own work

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The 4-Hour Workweek

Tim Ferriss

“So I go to the bookstore to find a book to help me get started. And I basically saw The 4-Hour Work Week, grabbed it, and it just sort of spoke to me.”— guest

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Oura Ring

Oura

“So I struggled for like 2 months with stress on my Oura ring. My stress was like 2x baseline from after I sold”— guest