132 Edwin Land (Steve Jobs's Hero) — transcript highlights
Founders · David Senra · 2020-06-20
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What the transcript keeps returning to
Product
“And Land says he's really dismissive of Kodak's uh products and you know because the the product that Kodak copied is you…”
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Focus
“"Edwin Land argued eloquently that the Russians were teaching their youth to enjoy science and focus on basic research, while in the…”
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People
“In the movie business, there were too many forces, too many people to deal with.”
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
“The b- and interesting to note, the book I have in my hand, uh, is 42 years old, and it smells like…”
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
“It occurs over time slowly but not, uh, on the scale, at the time scale they need it, okay?”
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