190 Henry Ford and Thomas Edison — transcript highlights
Founders · David Senra · 2021-07-10
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What the transcript keeps returning to
Product
“And this applies to much more than just like a lot of people buy products because not solely for the benefit of…”
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
“A contributing factor to the end of the trips wasn't the Vagabonds' expectation of too much attention being paid to them, but…”
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People
“So later on when people, after, I think he sells, like, 15 million Model Ts, people are realizing, "Okay, now a lot…”
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
“Six years later, that number increased to two million, so that's ten x in six years.”
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 so the way I would, I would summarize Andrew Carnegie's idea and how he applied this idea to his business is…”
The useful question here is not whether this sentence is a universal rule. It is what operating choice the episode places behind it: capital.
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