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How Claude Shannon Invented The Future
- ▶ 23:50 David Senra They actually, you know, a few weeks ago when you and I were talking about the founder of Honda, he had that original insight. 2 times in the scene
How Obsession Built Christopher Nolan
- ▶ 4:56 David Senra In fact, it sounds very similar if you listened to a few weeks ago when I did the episode on the founder of Honda. 4 times in the scene
The Merchant Bankers
- ▶ 37:07 David Senra If you listen to my episode on the founder of Honda last week or two weeks ago, the founder of Honda would repeat this over and over again. 3 times in the scene
The Practical Genius of Honda
- ▶ 0:00 David Senra I wanted to read a biography of Sochiro Honda after James Dyson wrote about the impact that Honda had on his career. 8 times in the scene
- ▶ 1:40 David Senra There is a man named Honda who very much dominates the history of the company and its products. 22 times in the scene
- ▶ 6:20 David Senra His early life, his early career. 6 times in the scene
- ▶ 8:05 David Senra And so like last week when we talked about Joseph Pulitzer, Honda also had to endure the fact that most of his siblings perished. 24 times in the scene
- ▶ 10:33 David Senra And one of the most important elements that would guide his later career is when his father's blacksmith shop had been transformed into a bicycle repair shop. 24 times in the scene
- ▶ 13:23 David Senra It was just Honda and one apprentice. 10 times in the scene
- ▶ 14:56 David Senra And so he's making a ton of money. 30 times in the scene
- ▶ 17:28 David Senra He's also extremely ambitious and wants to control his own destiny. 16 times in the scene
- ▶ 20:19 David Senra And so if you were Honda and you believe that your life's work, whether it's an earthquake, a fire, a war, losing all your manufacturing plants, the only choice he has is to wake up the next day and just go at it again. 24 times in the scene
- ▶ 25:25 David Senra Honda decided that he had to switch to a motorcycle rather than a motorbike because something more sturdy and with a longer range was needed. 19 times in the scene
- ▶ 29:22 David Senra So this is when a Honda decides, hey, I went too narrow with the dream.
- ▶ 31:15 David Senra And one of the things I love about Honda is that he wants to win by building the best product in the world. 22 times in the scene
- ▶ 38:09 David Senra And so one thing that he uses for his R and D and we'll get to the fact that he actually spun his R and D department out. 18 times in the scene
- ▶ 40:58 David Senra And the technical brilliance behind Sony, Masura Obuka, appears in this book, and for like two pages, he kind of breaks down why Honda, what makes Honda such a special founder. 9 times in the scene
- ▶ 42:45 David Senra And so then Honda goes back to talking about the importance of racing as R and D. 10 times in the scene
- ▶ 45:18 David Senra It is a company founded by a man who is fond of the smell of gasoline, founded by a man who is a transportation maniac. 12 times in the scene
The Stubborn Genius of James Dyson
- ▶ 1:04:58 David Senra And so he talked about this, the invention of the engineer, Sochiro Honda, who I greatly admired for his addiction to the continuous improvement of products. 2 times in the scene