267 Thomas Edison — transcript highlights
Founders · David Senra · 2022-09-14
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What the transcript keeps returning to
Product
“So if you're inventing something or your new product m- renders another product obsolete, probably the worst place to go and sell…”
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
“posed a question to the table, 'What factor did people feel was the most important in t- in getting to where they've…”
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People
“He goes into great detail how bad people want, and, like, there's five examples how bad these people want the dreams that…”
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Persistence
“He kept his men at work long hours, but he himself would work even longer.”
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
“Edison had been, in the vocabulary of the times, Morganized." And that was something that pops up in these books over and…”
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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