33 Levi Strauss: The Man Who Gave Blue Jeans to the World — transcript highlights
Founders · David Senra · 2018-08-12
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Product
“It's a really interesting thought if you're building a product or a service or a tool to think about how to make…”
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Focus
“Can we, can we build a, a, a relationship?" As simple as that.”
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People
“Like you don't even have to make and hire other people to do it.”
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Persistence
“A specific design that could be associated with the company's riveted overalls five years ahead of the event could go a long…”
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Capital
“I don't know the exact timeframe, but a long time.”
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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