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Founders: #98 Enzo Ferrari (the making of an automobile empire)

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What I learned from reading Enzo Ferrari: Power, Politics, and the Making of an Automobile Empire by Luca Dal Monte. --- [0:01] Ferrari was animated by an extraordinary passion that led him to build a product with no equal [3:52] Lee Iacocca on why Enzo Ferrari will go as the greatest car manufacturer in history: "Ferrari spent every dollar chasing perfection." [8:50] Business lessons from his father [11:47] Enzo Ferrari was not interested in school. He wanted to start working immediately. [16:36] The deaths of his father and brother [18:20] No job. No money. No connections. A young man desperate to succeed in life. [23:06] He learned something that he would never forget for the rest of his life: Not even the best driver had any chance of victory if he was not at the wheel of the best car. [24:20] Starting his first business which ends in bankruptcy. [28:31] Enzo learned from those who already accomplished what he was trying to do. [31:10] He does the best possible job at whatever task he is given. Even if he doesn't want to do it. Enzo focuses on being useful. [33:35] A young Enzo Ferrari is plagued with doubts and close to a nervous breakdown. [38:28] The large leave gaps for the

[00:00:00] Ferrari was a genius of entrepreneurship, a visionary who possessed the ability to realize his dreams. When asked how he wanted to be remembered, he famously replied, as someone who dreamt of becoming Ferrari. Ferrari was animated by an extraordinary passion that led him to build a product with no equal. He started in a tiny village in northern Italy, which thanks to him became the epicenter of the most exclusive automotive production in the world. Ferrari had two fundamental talents. First, he was, by his own admission, a shaker of ideas in men. [00:00:38] Gifted with a charisma…

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