257 Richard Garriott (Video Games and Space Exploration) — transcript highlights
Founders · David Senra · 2022-07-15
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What the transcript keeps returning to
Product
“And you can change it, you can influence it, you can build your own things that other people can use." And that…”
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
“This is where Richard almost destroys the entire company and, like, think about a fast, in the early days of a fast-changing…”
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People
“The manager then would start, uh, their own new projects and fire all the junior people who weren't on their team and…”
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
“Hold on so future connec- technology can unlock more powerful capabilities and more opportunities that you cannot do yet, but will be…”
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
“Like, you have a lot of not only your time and your energy's in- invested in your business, your emotions are invested…”
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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