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Verbatim, from the transcripts: the passages where Teledyne comes up
How Henry Singleton Worked
- ▶ 7:01 David Senra All but two of these companies were acquired using Teledyne's pricey stock. 5 times in the scene
- ▶ 13:00 David Senra And in the mid-nineteen seventies, Singleton finally had an opportunity to act on his lifelong fascination when he assumed direct responsibility for investing the stock portfolios at Teledyne's insurance subsidiaries during a severe bear…
- ▶ 14:18 David Senra I do not define my job in any rigid terms, but in terms of having the freedom to do whatever seems to be in the best interest of the company at any time. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 20:27 David Senra Before, uh, Singleton started Teledyne, he actually works for Howard Hughes, and he talked about what that was like. 4 times in the scene
- ▶ 24:05 David Senra We went into the semiconductor business in 1960, even though we were in the midst of a business crisis at the time, we did it because of our conviction that it was necessary for our long-term future growth and not because of any conviction… 5 times in the scene
- ▶ 26:02 David Senra And then in this one conversation, Singleton describes what his goal for creating Teledyne is. 6 times in the scene
- ▶ 33:30 David Senra Then it goes into the fact that, you know, for the first decade, there's all these, like, it's almost like the history of Teledyne changed decade by decade.
- ▶ 35:57 David Senra Those who don't believe me are free to do so, but they will be as wrong in the future as they have been about other things concerning Teledyne in the past. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 39:34 David Senra The Teledyne return Teledyne consisted of dozens of decentralized businesses. 2 times in the scene
How Claude Shannon Invented The Future
- ▶ 44:23 David Senra Uh, the, the, the conglomerate that Singleton builds is called Teledyne. 2 times in the scene
I had dinner with John Mackey: Founder of Whole Foods
- ▶ 20:25 David Senra One of those was Henry Singleton of Teledyne, who I found out because Charlie Munger said he, that Henry Singleton was the smartest person he ever met, and Warren Buffett said the fact that business schools don't study Singleton is a crime. 2 times in the scene
How The Sun Rose On Silicon Valley: Bob Noyce (Founder of Intel)
- ▶ 21:18 David Senra Arthur Rock would also be an investor and almost like a partner and somebody to bounce ideas off of for Henry Singleton at Teledyne.