37 The Fish That Ate The Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King — transcript highlights
Founders · David Senra · 2018-09-09
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What the transcript keeps returning to
Product
“The bananas that did not make the cut were designated ripes.”
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
“Every decision was made with confidence and authority.”
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People
“Most of the people we've profiled on this podcast believe in, in, in hiring the best people and letting them do the…”
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Persistence
“In later years, when Zemurray had grown powerful, analysts spoke of the mistake UF had made.”
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 the largest shareholder, um, but he's the largest shareholder in a company run by incompetent people and it says, in 1928…”
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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