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27 A Truck Full of Money: Coding, Mania, Love, Genius: The Life of an American Entrepreneur — transcript highlights

Founders · David Senra · 2018-06-15

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What the transcript keeps returning to

Product

“Its first product, product facilitates, uh, faxing over the internet.”

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

“Unlike many computer science programs, theirs focused on not...”

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People

“Most people haven't figured this out yet." And I think to people that are interested in technology or, uh, i- in general…”

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

“Rockefeller, and he's like, "He was not one to persist in a flawed situation." And it makes me analyze him, like, all…”

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

“He's saved up a bunch of money so he could get through this time, but he's running out of money, and he…”

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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