Hewlett-Packard

also referred to as: hewlett packard · hp

8 statements across 3 episodes · 3 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Feb 19, 2024 by David Senra · said 90 times in 12 episodes since 2023 · across every show →

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Everything said about Hewlett-Packard, oldest first

Feb 19, 2024 neutral
Assertion Supported
Bill Hewlett and David Packard founded HP before choosing a product
“The product ideas we discussed included high frequency receivers and medical equipment, and it was noted that we should make every attempt to keep up on the newly announced technology of television. And so the reason that is important is because he's telling y…”
David Senra Feb 19, 2024 ▶ 16:11 David Packard (Founder of HP)
Feb 19, 2024 positive
Opinion
David Packard set the ultimate Silicon Valley founder career standard
“In the Valley, the ultimate career standard was set by David Packard. Start a company in a garage. Grow it into a leading innovator in its field. Take it public, and then take it into the Fortune 500. Then take it into the Fortune 50. Then become the spokesman…”
David Senra Feb 19, 2024 ▶ 3:37 David Packard (Founder of HP)
Feb 19, 2024
Insight
Market size cannot be predicted at the beginning of an industry
“At the beginning of industries or markets, you can't possibly predict how large they're going to be.”
David Senra Feb 19, 2024 ▶ 13:37 David Packard (Founder of HP)
Feb 19, 2024 positive
Insight
Packard and Bezos share the core philosophy of customer obsession
“Something Jeff repeats over and over and over again in his letters is that you need to obsess over customers. That's the exact same message that David Packard is writing in that introduction.”
David Senra Feb 19, 2024 ▶ 2:37 David Packard (Founder of HP)
Feb 19, 2024 positive
Assertion Supported
HP computer sales grew from zero in 1964 to $20B in 1994
“In 1994, HP sales and computer products were twenty billion dollars, 30 years earlier. Okay. So 1994, they're making twenty billion from computer products. In 1964, 30 years before, our sales total were just a hundred and twenty five million, and they were ent…”
David Senra Feb 19, 2024 ▶ 38:41 David Packard (Founder of HP)
Feb 19, 2024
Assertion Supported
Hewlett-Packard surpassed the 1930s size of General Electric
“Our electronics firm, HP, has become larger than the entire General Electric company was at the time that he gave me this advice.”
David Senra Feb 19, 2024 ▶ 14:07 David Packard (Founder of HP)
Mar 14, 2024 negative
Insight
Senra: Aspiring founders make a giant mistake playing it safe
“One thing that reading biographies of dead people will do for you, it will remove the illusion that you have something to lose. If you want to design calculators at HP, then do that. But if what you really want to do is to try to start a company, you're making…”
David Senra Mar 14, 2024 ▶ 1:47:49 Steve Jobs (Make Something Wonderful)
Aug 14, 2025
Insight
Playing it safe instead of starting a company is a giant mistake
“One thing that reading biographies of dead people will do for you, it will remove the illusion that you have something to lose. If you want to design calculators at HP, then do that. But if what you really want to do is to try to start a company, you're making…”
David Senra Aug 14, 2025 ▶ 1:49:49 Steve Jobs In His Own Words (Make Something Wonderful)
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