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Senra: James Dyson rejected an acquisition offer, calling Dyson a family heirloom
“They're like, would you be interested in selling your company? The response was, fuck you, this is a family heirloom.”
Senra: Todd Graves owns over 90% of $10B Raising Cane's
“The way he built his business, you know, he owns over 90% of a business that's worth at least ten billion dollars. It's growing 30% year over year, and he's been doing the same thing, you know, for 30 years.”
James Dyson is Europe's top pea producer and largest sheep owner
“James Dyson now is like the largest producer of green peas in Europe. He owns the most sheep in the entire world.”
Senra: Jobs did Isaacson biography so kids would know him
“So there is a devastating line in Steve Jobs' biography by Walter Isaacson, because Walter was collaborating with him as Steve was dying. And he told Walter one of the reasons he wanted to do this biography is because he wanted his kid, he sacrificed so much o…”
Senra: James Dyson is likely worth $100 billion
“James Dyson, 75.
The guy's probably worth a hundred billion dollars if we're being honest.”
Senra: Elon Musk personally interviewed SpaceX's first 3,000 employees
“Early days of SpaceX. He personally, Elon personally interviewed the first 3000 employees of SpaceX.”
Senra: Dyson built 5,127 prototypes over 14 years for cyclonic vacuum
“And those then from that thought, it's 14 years, 5127 prototypes till he has a, the world's first cyclonic vacuum up to his incredibly difficult standards that he owns a hundred percent of.”
Senra: Larry Gagosian built a multi-billion dollar art business he 100% controls
“There's this guy named Larry Gagosian who built this, like, multi-billion dollar art business that he controls a hundred percent of”
Senra: Chouinard captured 80-90% market share selling climbing clips at 4x price
“He starts using higher end steel. And now he sells what it used to cost. Cause it was differentiated for four dollars, more than four X, what the market is used to paying. And he wound up sealing up like 80 to 90% market share because his was so much better.”
Senra: Raising Cane's operates with profit margins below 10%
“Raising Cane is one of my favorite entrepreneurs. His margin's, like, less than 10%.”
Senra: Dell launched with $1,000 versus Compaq's $25 million VC funding
“You know, he started with Dell with a thousand dollars, no venture capital, a thousand dollars. And his main competitor was compact who started with like twenty-five million of venture capital and Michael Dell is super competitive, but nice.”