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Only the Paranoid Survive

Andrew S. Grove

Under Andy Grove's leadership, Intel has become the world's largest chipmaker, the fifth-most-admired company in America, and the seventh-most-profitable company among the Fortune 500. You don't achieve rankings like these unless you have mastered a rare understanding of the art of business and an u...

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Modern Wisdom

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Modern Wisdom

This book was mentioned while discussing the concept of anxiety in high-performing individuals, such as CEOs, engineers, and medical professionals.

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There's a business book called Only the Paranoid Survive, I think.

— Episode: #741 - Dr Joe Dispenza - How To Unlock Y...

Episode: #741 - Dr Joe Dispenza - How To Unlock Your Mind &...

This book was mentioned while discussing the concept of anxiety in high-performing individuals, such as CEOs, engineers, and medical professionals.

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There's a business book called Only the Paranoid Survive, I think.

Yeah, there you go.

How I Built This with Guy Raz

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How I Built This with Guy Raz

It was mentioned as a book that the founders respected and were inspired by, particularly in regard to the rapid expansion of Seattle Coffee Company, considering it a market share game.

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Only the Paranoid Survive had come out, I believe.

— Episode: MOD Pizza & Seattle Coffee Company: Scot...

Episode: MOD Pizza & Seattle Coffee Company: Scott and Ally...

It was mentioned as a book that the founders respected and were inspired by, particularly in regard to the rapid expansion of Seattle Coffee Company, considering it a market share game.

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Only the Paranoid Survive had come out, I believe.

Episode: Dropbox: Drew Houston

It was discussed as a book that Drew reread during a Fourth of July holiday. He reflected on the concept of strategic inflection points and how it applied to Dropbox's evolution.

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So I remember going home for Fourth of July and I reread the book Only the Paranoid Survive.

Acquired

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Acquired

It discusses how Intel's core identity as a memory company made them vulnerable to commoditization and the importance of being paranoid about change in the business world. The book highlights how Intel's shift from memory to microprocessors saved the company from potential ruin.

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Intel equaled memory in all of our minds.

— Episode: Adapting Episode 3: Intel

Episode: Adapting Episode 3: Intel

It discusses how Intel's core identity as a memory company made them vulnerable to commoditization and the importance of being paranoid about change in the business world. The book highlights how Intel's shift from memory to microprocessors saved the company from potential ruin.

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Intel equaled memory in all of our minds.

Sooner or later something fundamental in your business world will change and so apt, apt for right now, and apt for Intel at this moment.

The Japanese memory producers appeared on the scene. Actually they had first shown up in the late 70s to fill the production shortages we had created when a recession pulled back our investments in production capacity.

Win with the 10% rule find AMD and Intel sockets I assume sockets being like where they were selling into quote 10% below their price if they re-quote go 10% again don't quit until you win

Looking back over my own career I have never made a tough change whether it involved resource shifts or personnel moves that I haven't wished I had made a year or so earlier.

The Dr. John Delony Show

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The Dr. John Delony Show

The book, 'Only the Paranoid Survive', was brought up as a source of inspiration and influence on Sean Cannell's entrepreneurial mindset, emphasizing the constant state of paranoia and urgency he experiences.

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And then David Goggins or the CEO of Intel who wrote a book, Only the Paranoid Survive.

— Episode: How I Almost Lost My Marriage (With Sean...

Episode: How I Almost Lost My Marriage (With Sean Cannell)

The book, 'Only the Paranoid Survive', was brought up as a source of inspiration and influence on Sean Cannell's entrepreneurial mindset, emphasizing the constant state of paranoia and urgency he experiences.

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And then David Goggins or the CEO of Intel who wrote a book, Only the Paranoid Survive.

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