Leslie Iwerks
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first heard Mar 2026
last heard 18 Mar
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So many businesses come and go, millions and millions and millions over the course of history, but there's really only a core few that have sustained 100-plus years.
Oh, no, I don't think it's Machiavellian at all.
I think it's actually the opposite.
I feel like good leadership is about surrounding yourself with really strong talent and people that you can listen to and trust.
And when that goes awry, that's when things fall apart.
Oh, okay.
That's interesting.
like they did with Toy Story.
But it's the second product syndrome that even Steve Jobs talks about, which is once you get to your second project, your second film, your second computer, that's the real challenge, so that you can top the first success.
And so with A Bug's Life, after Toy Story, they were really worried they were not going to be as successful as Toy Story.
And they called it the second product syndrome.
And yet it was very successful.
But once you get to that point...
You have to sustain it.
Like, it's one thing to create Mickey Mouse, but you have to sustain that momentum and you have to build on it and you have to write it.
And to think that Walt was able to do that with a character based on circles and a squeaky little voice, this little effervescent character that became a global icon is incredible, you know, a hundred years later.
Yeah.
I mean, nearly 100 years.
It'll be 120, 28, or 2027.
Anyway, I think that it's incredible that the Disney company, speaking of just the Disney company, that it can sustain a character and continue to brand it.
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