4 The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy — transcript highlights
Founders · David Senra · 2017-04-19
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What the transcript keeps returning to
Product
“His primary goal," and this is a really important part, "his primary goal as a younger man was to make so much…”
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Focus
“A fabulously wealthy man, he shifted his investment strategies, focusing more on-- more attention on preserving his fortune than adding to it.”
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People
“And a lot of people, young people in particular, right out of college, they don't normally have an answer for this, especially…”
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Persistence
“"The big money he knew was not in brok- brokerage per se, but in assisting businessmen in financing startups, expansions, and mergers…”
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Capital
“The juggling of his own accounts was enough to keep any ordinary investor occupied full-time, but Kennedy was also trading stocks, evaluating…”
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