RCA
company on 8 shows · 4 statements across 4 episodes · said 18 times in 11 episodes since 2017
Acquired 6 
How I Built This 3 
Founders 2 
Capital Allocators 2 
the a16z Podcast 2 
All-In 2 
the Knowledge Project 1 
David Senra
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2024 2 mentions in 1 episode
2023 1 mention in 1 episode
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2021 1 mention in 1 episode
2020 1 mention in 1 episode
2019 2 mentions in 2 episodes 1 per episode
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Sorkin: RCA was the Nvidia of the 1920s technological boom
“So RCA was like the Nvidia of its time.”
Taiwan's RCA Tech Transfer Was 2.5 Generations Behind Leading Producers
“By the time it actually gets onto the ground in Taiwan, they're two and a half generations behind the leading producers.”
Hendricks: Building and launching commercial satellites cost about $250 million
“For them, it's about a two hundred fifty million dollar investment to build and launch a satellite.”
Sinofsky: Single-vendor smart home platform dominance is extremely unlikely
“So I think that it's a great strategy, and it drives a lot of interesting things, but the odds of this coalescing are very low, and that's why this notion, and the lesson from Sony, or RCA before it, or Whirlpool, they're all there. Like, Nobody ever came to g…”