208 Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Michael Dell, Bill Gates, Andy Grove, Bill Hewlett — transcript highlights
Founders · David Senra · 2021-09-29
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What the transcript keeps returning to
Product
“This just appeared to be a basic opportunity." And so he, he's saying, "My focus was completely reversed from the focus 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
“Like, how did you make the decision to leave school?" He says, "Well, it didn't really seem very risky to me, because…”
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People
“He says, "A small team of A players can run circles around a giant team of B and C players." And you'll…”
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
“Uh, you know, 25 years later, 30 years later, whatever it is, now they do $500,000 in sales every 26 minutes.”
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
“Initially, we spent nothing on market research because we just had our people spend time on the phone interviewing customers, spending time…”
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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