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Ed Catmull (Founder of Pixar)
- ▶ 29:45 David Senra So they approached Disney, and they're gonna build out, uh, they actually tried to, um, initially Disney wanted to recruit John Lasseter, which was one of the founding members of Pixar. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 32:08 David Senra And so he meets with, Steve meets with John 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 35:32 David Senra The movie was so bad, they had to fire the team, the director and the team, and give it to, I think John Lasseter fixes it, right?
- ▶ 38:37 David Senra And one of the things you most admire if you read this book about both Ed Catmull, Steve Jobs, and John Lasseter is that they believe that quality is the best business plan.
- ▶ 43:14 David Senra Steve believed that John and the story people knew more about narrative than he did, and he left it to them.
- ▶ 51:47 David Senra Ed Catmull and John Lasseter are gonna be ahead of Pixar and Disney Animation, and so this is their, you know, a new mission, uh, to use that example that, you know, at, from the beginning of the book where he had to pick a new mission…
- ▶ 58:58 David Senra That's what Steve, John, and I ultimately bonded over.
- ▶ 1:03:22 David Senra Shortly before his death, John had visited Steve for the last time.
The Biography of Steve Jobs (The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader)
- ▶ 49:11 David Senra He had great admiration for Catmull's business and management expertise, and then the other co-founder is Lasseter, which is probably the greatest animator of all time, and Lasseter was one of those rare geniuses who can always make life… 6 times in the scene
- ▶ 1:19:29 David Senra His two partners, Ed Catmull and John Lasseter did not want to go public.