The Best of David Senra.

“Humans desire authenticity. The words... are not coming from words that somebody else wrote on a teleprompter... I think humans crave authenticity."

"Is it idea or execution? You need both... I can't think of anybody that didn't have to execute relentlessly... for a long period of time."

"Edwin Land started working on become Polaroid when he's 19 and worked on it till he's 70. Who the hell works on something from 19 to 70? That's incredible."

"Repetition is persuasive... nearly all the founders have a handful of ideas and principles and repeat them forever."

"It's really about the people... we were in the right place at the right time, as the rest of the world was beginning to understand that alternative assets needed to play a bigger role."

"A large part of your life is actually searching for your life's work. A lot of them [founders] are looking for something that is uniquely them that they can do forever."

"Try to be a big fish in the biggest pond possible... and that should definitely be kind of the goal."

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"Look at consumer products... you can arrive at very elegant and simple solutions... most people don't put in the time or energy."