356 How The Sun Rose On Silicon Valley: Bob Noyce (Founder of Intel) — transcript highlights
Founders · David Senra · 2024-07-12
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What the transcript keeps returning to
Product
“Advertising and promotion for a brand-new, innovative product is just as important." The way Akio would educate customers about a new product…”
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
“Many hands would go up and Grove would choose one.”
The useful question here is not whether this sentence is a universal rule. It is what operating choice the episode places behind it: focus.
People
“Year four, twenty-three million people-- Or excuse me, twenty-three million dollars in sales, a thousand people.”
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
“It is a long-form article, long-form piece written for Esquire Magazine all the way back in 1983.”
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
“So the major capital asset in Grinnell, Iowa, at the time is livestock.”
The useful question here is not whether this sentence is a universal rule. It is what operating choice the episode places behind it: capital.
A BIPU connection
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