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Founders Notes: Irwin Jacobs

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The Man Who Sold America Jeffrey L. Cruikshank and Arthur W Schultz He soon realized that Van Camp was playing a losing hand. He took a tour of Campbell's Soup's state of the-art manufacturing complex. The tour was conducted by Dr. John Dorrance, the MIT-trained chemist credited with the invention of condensed soups. Irwin grasped instantly just how hard it would be for his slow-moving company to compete with Dorrance's powerhouse. Campbell's facility was light-years ahead of any Van Camp plant. Call Me Ted Ted Turner As a student of military history, I likened the CNN launch strategy to Irwin Rommel's desert campaign during World War II. On several occasions, the German general attacked the British when he knew he didn't have enough fuel to conduct an entire offensive. What he intended to do was strike when they weren't expecting it, overrun their lines, and then capture their fuel dumps. At that point he could refuel his Panzers and continue the offensive. My vision for financing CNN was similar. If we had enough cash to get on the air and could somehow get through our first year of operation, people would see that this was a viable and valuable service. Once the concept was prov

The Man Who Sold America Jeffrey L. Cruikshank and Arthur W Schultz He soon realized that Van Camp was playing a losing hand. He took a tour of Campbell's Soup's state of the-art manufacturing complex. The tour was conducted by Dr. John Dorrance, the MIT-trained chemist credited with the invention of condensed soups. Irwin grasped instantly just how hard it would be for his slow-moving company to compete with Dorrance's powerhouse. Campbell's facility was light-years ahead of any Van Camp plant. Call Me Ted Ted Turner As a student of military history, I likened the CNN launch strategy to…

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