382 Who Is Michael Ovitz?: The Rise and Fall (and Rise) of the Most Powerful Man in Hollywood — transcript highlights
Founders · David Senra · 2025-03-07
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Product
“You could, if you want, you could build people around you, and you'll never hear anything bad, and I think a lot…”
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Focus
“Everything he does is like this, so pay attention to this idea.”
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
“He's like, "I, I've obviously read about the Carnegies and the Rockefellers and the Buffets," but what he loved, and I've heard…”
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
“And so you just, you can find these periods, and they usually don't last that long, where you just can extract and…”
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 didn't, didn't have to work for money anymore, didn't have to work for money for a long time, yet he just…”
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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