133 Edwin Land (Polaroid and The Man Who Invented It) — transcript highlights
Founders · David Senra · 2020-06-25
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Product
“At the time when steel companies, automobile factories, and textile mills were slowing to a halt, spilling workers into the streets, he…”
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Focus
“So it says, "Scienti- science and invention consumed Land's attention.”
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People
“Worst of all, he had been forced to fire people, good people.”
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Persistence
“He says, "What is hard to convey in anything short of a thick book is the years of rich experience that were…”
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Capital
“In fact, in one lifetime, they were able to advance humanity many lifetimes.”
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