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David Epstein

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
3505 total appearances

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Two Percent with Michael Easter
Why More Freedom Is Making You Miserable | David Epstein on Constraints

Yeah.

Two Percent with Michael Easter
Why More Freedom Is Making You Miserable | David Epstein on Constraints

Well, so they have the people who designed the original Mac.

Two Percent with Michael Easter
Why More Freedom Is Making You Miserable | David Epstein on Constraints

You know, it's...

Two Percent with Michael Easter
Why More Freedom Is Making You Miserable | David Epstein on Constraints

The company was so visionary.

Two Percent with Michael Easter
Why More Freedom Is Making You Miserable | David Epstein on Constraints

Basically the iPhone.

Two Percent with Michael Easter
Why More Freedom Is Making You Miserable | David Epstein on Constraints

Yeah.

Two Percent with Michael Easter
Why More Freedom Is Making You Miserable | David Epstein on Constraints

And this was in the late 80s, early 90s?

Two Percent with Michael Easter
Why More Freedom Is Making You Miserable | David Epstein on Constraints

The CEO has a notebook.

Two Percent with Michael Easter
Why More Freedom Is Making You Miserable | David Epstein on Constraints

His name is Mark Peratt.

Two Percent with Michael Easter
Why More Freedom Is Making You Miserable | David Epstein on Constraints

In 1989, where he sketches a thin glass rectangle with no protruding buttons and a touchscreen where you can download apps and it'll be a phone and a computer.

Two Percent with Michael Easter
Why More Freedom Is Making You Miserable | David Epstein on Constraints

1989, only 15% of Americans had computers and the internet didn't exist.

Two Percent with Michael Easter
Why More Freedom Is Making You Miserable | David Epstein on Constraints

He saw all of this stuff.

Two Percent with Michael Easter
Why More Freedom Is Making You Miserable | David Epstein on Constraints

Like he envisioned a virtual meeting space where different devices could connect.

Two Percent with Michael Easter
Why More Freedom Is Making You Miserable | David Epstein on Constraints

And they called it the cloud in 1990.

Two Percent with Michael Easter
Why More Freedom Is Making You Miserable | David Epstein on Constraints

Like they were ahead.

Two Percent with Michael Easter
Why More Freedom Is Making You Miserable | David Epstein on Constraints

And again, they had the designers, the original Mac.

Two Percent with Michael Easter
Why More Freedom Is Making You Miserable | David Epstein on Constraints

It was so, everything was so alluring, their vision, their talent, that Goldman Sachs actually took them public in the first so-called concept IPO, where they went public with an idea.

Two Percent with Michael Easter
Why More Freedom Is Making You Miserable | David Epstein on Constraints

I mean, they had an idea.

Two Percent with Michael Easter
Why More Freedom Is Making You Miserable | David Epstein on Constraints

They had the idea plus the talent plus a 17-member, what they called the alliance, which was...

Two Percent with Michael Easter
Why More Freedom Is Making You Miserable | David Epstein on Constraints

basically other companies that had invested in them.

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