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Shane Parrish

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The Knowledge Project
How to Think Like a World-Class Marketer | Rory Sutherland

Exactly that.

The Knowledge Project
How to Think Like a World-Class Marketer | Rory Sutherland

And I think that that approach enables, even in a public company, that enables people to take long term, do the thing that's optimal.

The Knowledge Project
How to Think Like a World-Class Marketer | Rory Sutherland

I think this is why, generalizing a little bit, but this is why founders outperform.

The Knowledge Project
How to Think Like a World-Class Marketer | Rory Sutherland

Even when they lead public corporations, they have the same pressures, the same analysts, the same... They also are considering posterity, aren't they?

The Knowledge Project
How to Think Like a World-Class Marketer | Rory Sutherland

Yeah, Costco, exactly.

The Knowledge Project
How to Think Like a World-Class Marketer | Rory Sutherland

But that comes from the Sol Price line of thinking, which when he started FedMart, he sort of outlined the obligation of our businesses.

The Knowledge Project
How to Think Like a World-Class Marketer | Rory Sutherland

We have a fiduciary relationship with the customer.

The Knowledge Project
How to Think Like a World-Class Marketer | Rory Sutherland

And Jim Senegal, who founded Costco, was a student of Sol Price.

The Knowledge Project
How to Think Like a World-Class Marketer | Rory Sutherland

And later on, they would merge the companies.

The Knowledge Project
How to Think Like a World-Class Marketer | Rory Sutherland

Yeah.

The Knowledge Project
How to Think Like a World-Class Marketer | Rory Sutherland

And I think that's interesting, right?

The Knowledge Project
How to Think Like a World-Class Marketer | Rory Sutherland

Where you treat your employees better.

The Knowledge Project
How to Think Like a World-Class Marketer | Rory Sutherland

I mean, Canada is absolutely packed full of... Well, now... What about that?

The Knowledge Project
How to Think Like a World-Class Marketer | Rory Sutherland

Increasingly, you get family controlled, but not economically controlled.

The Knowledge Project
How to Think Like a World-Class Marketer | Rory Sutherland

So you have like a dual class.

The Knowledge Project
How to Think Like a World-Class Marketer | Rory Sutherland

Well, I think if you have a corporation that's hundreds of billions and you control 10 or 15% of it, you effectively have control over the company.

The Knowledge Project
How to Think Like a World-Class Marketer | Rory Sutherland

So what makes Dyson so good at marketing?

The Knowledge Project
How to Think Like a World-Class Marketer | Rory Sutherland

know people talk a lot about product market fit sales tactics or pricing strategy the truth is success in selling often comes down to something much simpler the system behind the sale that's why i use and love shop pay because nobody does selling better than shopify they've built the number one checkout on the planet and with shop pay businesses see up to 50 higher conversions

The Knowledge Project
How to Think Like a World-Class Marketer | Rory Sutherland

That's not a rounding error.

The Knowledge Project
How to Think Like a World-Class Marketer | Rory Sutherland

That's a game changer.