265 Becoming Steve Jobs: The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader — transcript highlights
Founders · David Senra · 2022-08-30
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What the transcript keeps returning to
Product
“Let's learn how they're made, and let's add a contribution to the world." That is what you and I are doing as…”
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Focus
“And the reason I call it that is because you have one of the most gifted entrepreneurs of all time making r-…”
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People
“Most people never ask, and that is what separates the people that do things from the people that just dream about them.”
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 point I'm trying to make here is in the middle of failure to failure to failure is one of his greatest…”
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 is owned by this little animation studio.' That took three rounds of negotiation, and by the time the acquisition is being…”
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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