Founders

#83 Thomas Edison, Nikola Tesla, George Westinghouse, and the Race to Electrify the World

Aug 4, 2019

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A Corporation Can Have a Soul

01:30

Subdividing the Light: The Killer App of the Electric Industry

01:28

Dedication to Bringing Electricity to the World

02:00

Influencer Marketing in the Early Electrical Industry

01:11

Introduction

2min

Electric Lights - The Beginning of the Electric Industry

2min

Edison Electric Illuminating Company

3min

The War of Electric Currents

4min

Edison, I Believe I Can Beat You Making the Electric Light

4min

Thomas Edison - A Brief Introduction

2min

Edison's Approach to Work

3min

Edison, the Prometheus

4min

Edison Is Telling Us With His Actions What to Do

4min

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Are There Any Opportunities for Entrepreneurs That Focus on Improvement?

2min

11.

Edison's Persistence Overcomes All

3min

12.

Steve Jobs and the HP Way

4min

13.

Tesla - The Prodigy in Math and Physics

2min

14.

Nikola Tesla's Response to AC Induction Motors

5min

15.

No One Is Always Right. There Was No Future to It

3min

16.

The Life of Nikola Tesla

4min

17.

Hughes Tool Company - The Vehicle for Printing Profits

4min

18.

A Mr. Westinghouse

5min

19.

What Do You Believe In?

2min

20.

Edison on Westinghouse

5min

21.

Edison Creates FUD Against Westinghouse

4min

22.

Be a Wolf, Survive Wherever You Were Dropped

4min

23.

'Be a Wolf, Survive Anywhere You Drop'

2min

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Edison's Light Bulb Patent Wins the Courts

4min

25.

Henrik's Wist, What's the Game Wist?

4min

26.

Westinghouse and the Bankers

5min

27.

Edison and Wastinghouse Are Going to Merge

2min

28.

Willard and JPMorgan - The New Merge Company

2min

29.

The War for Electric Currents Over AC Has Winned

3min

30.

The Story of Westinghouse's Bankruptcy

4min

31.

The Northern Lady, the North Star

4min

32.

Support the Author, Yourself, and the Podcast

5min

What I learned from reading Empires of Light: Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, and the Race to Electrify the World by Jill Jonnes.

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Founders

#83 Thomas Edison, Nikola Tesla, George Westinghouse, and the Race to Electrify the World

A Corporation Can Have a Soul

Subdividing the Light: The Killer App of the Electric Industry

Dedication to Bringing Electricity to the World

Influencer Marketing in the Early Electrical Industry

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