94 Henry Singleton (The Outsiders) — transcript highlights
Founders · David Senra · 2019-10-20
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What the transcript keeps returning to
Product
“When it no longer makes sense, I'm gonna make the change.”
The useful question here is not whether this sentence is a universal rule. It is what operating choice the episode places behind it: product.
Focus
“Uh, Singleton was a master capital allocator, and his decisions in navigating among those, these various allocation alternatives differed significantly from the…”
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People
“But for people like Singleton, people like Thorpe, people that don't really-- like people like Buffett that feel they have a-- some…”
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
“You might use that, that idea five years from now, 10 years from now.”
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
“Singleton believed there is a time, this is a quote from him, "There is a time to conglomerate and a time to…”
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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