48 Finding My Virginity: The New Autobiography by Richard Branson — transcript highlights
Founders · David Senra · 2018-11-26
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What the transcript keeps returning to
Product
“Why not make flying good again instead of treating customers like cattle?" So a few pages later, he identifies why is that…”
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Focus
“So when you know you're doing something that may be risky for your business or you, you kn- you know you need…”
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People
“And one last thing before I get out of here is if you want additional content from me, extra podcasts that are…”
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
“Uh, some are long, v- just as long as a regular podcast.”
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 it says, um, "As was typical at the time, Virgin Group's cash flow was running low, with money disappearing fast into…”
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