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Mervin Kelly, Jim Fisk, William Shockley, Claude Shannon, John Pierce, and William Baker.
Jon Gertner • The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation
Shannon had become wealthy, too, through friends in the technology industry. He owned significant shares in Hewlett-Packard, where his friend Barney Oliver ran the research labs, and was deeply invested in Teledyne, a conglomerate started by another friend, Henry Singleton. Shannon sat on Teledyne’s board of directors.
Jon Gertner • The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation
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Jerry Kaplan • Startup: A Silicon Valley Adventure
The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation
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In Productive Uncertainty , Jerry Neumann wrote that “the only moat that can create excess value for a new startup is uncertainty” because “uncertainty keeps competition at bay long enough for a moat to be built.”
notboring.co • When to Dig a Moat
“Look, Jerry,” he said, “the name of the game is to create a sense of scarcity. It’s a game of numbers—the more people we interest, the more likely we are to get the money we need.”