110 Henry Singleton (Teledyne) — transcript highlights
Founders · David Senra · 2020-02-10
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What the transcript keeps returning to
Product
“Starting with a bare building, they had to build almost all the production equipment themselves since there was nothing commercially available for…”
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
“And then from Henry Singleton, it's that singular focus, the ability to, to be willing to isolate yourself and foc- and, and…”
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People
“They're called two-pizza teams, essentially, that if you're, if you have teams that can't be fed by ordering two pizzas, the, the…”
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
“Anybody that's achieved something really hard, it takes a long time.”
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
“And, uh, sometimes that's money, sometimes that, that's people, sometimes that's ideas.”
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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