8 The Intel Trinity: How Robert Noyce, Gordon Moore, and Andy Grove Built the World's Most Important Company — transcript highlights
Founders · David Senra · 2017-06-20
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What the transcript keeps returning to
Product
“Imagine building a product that you have to deliver [chuckles] on a, with a special, specially designed airplane.”
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Focus
“So this is probably the most important decision Noyce ever makes.”
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People
“Like any group of employees who had ever worked with Bob Noyce, the people at Semitech adored him.”
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
“Over the longer term, the rate of increase is a bit more uncertain, although there is no reason to believe it will…”
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
“And again, setting the trend for future consumer tech bubbles, the calculator industry began to, first, attract scores of new competitors hoping…”
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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