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The Machines, and What You Can Steal

Speed as the product, a refusal to be fashion, a rookie nobody wanted, and the pattern

Amancio Ortega · Tadashi Yanai · Phil Knight · 4 chapters · 10 min read

Speed as the product, a refusal to be fashion, a rookie nobody wanted, and the pattern underneath.

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Scale, and the lessons that transfer

  1. 01Speed Is the ProductOn a company that stopped guessing what people would want.
  2. 02The Company That Refused To Be FashionOn a company that got large by refusing to participate in fashion.
  3. 03A Rookie Nobody WantedOn a ruined kitchen appliance, and a rookie nobody wanted to sign.
  4. 04The Pattern UnderneathOn what a trunk maker in 1854 and two students in 2019 have in common.