310 Walt Disney and Picasso — transcript highlights
Founders · David Senra · 2023-07-04
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What the transcript keeps returning to
Product
“He'd been, he'd been making products, gr- fantastic products, for three decades, but his greatest creation came three and a half decades…”
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
“It is the benefit." And for our purposes, like, that's why, you know, new, smaller companies can always y- you know, usually…”
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People
“He could make people, especially children, love his creations.”
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
“He's just doing the same thing that was happening, what, 300 years, 400 years before him.”
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
“$5 was a lot of money to him at this time, and he often had to borrow cash.”
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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