66 Henry Kaiser: Builder in the Modern American West — transcript highlights
Founders · David Senra · 2019-04-07
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What the transcript keeps returning to
Product
“He's trying to make make them enemies, basically.”
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Focus
“And then I just wanna tell you one more thing, and that's just, uh, the decision by Kai- This is one of…”
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People
“"From the day he hired his first employee in 1914 until his death in 1967, Kaiser's managerial style changed very little.”
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Persistence
“He's about 30 years old, uh, 32 years old, making $8,000 a year.”
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
“To make money, one had to spend money first.”
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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