109 Adi Dassler (Adidas) — transcript highlights
Founders · David Senra · 2020-02-03
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What the transcript keeps returning to
Product
“If you haven't listened to the podcast I did on him, it's essential to anybody that cares about building quality products.”
The useful question here is not whether this sentence is a universal rule. It is what operating choice the episode places behind it: product.
Focus
“Now, I wanna focus more on Adi, right?”
The useful question here is not whether this sentence is a universal rule. It is what operating choice the episode places behind it: focus.
People
“It's funny how you ever see two groups of people or two people you might know that hate each other, and you…”
The useful question here is not whether this sentence is a universal rule. It is what operating choice the episode places behind it: people.
Persistence
“They were among the thousands of Germans who believed they would be back in a matter of months, but who would spend…”
The useful question here is not whether this sentence is a universal rule. It is what operating choice the episode places behind it: persistence.
Capital
“Um, and so what, what, what they did is like, "Hey, if you, if you give us the money early, and you…”
The useful question here is not whether this sentence is a universal rule. It is what operating choice the episode places behind it: capital.
A BIPU connection
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