This episode covers the insanely valuable company-building principles of Jensen Huang—and nothing else.
I spent over 40 hours reading (and rereading) this book on Jensen and Nvidia written by Tae Kim
I then spent several days editing down 30 pages of notes from the book. I deleted everything that was not How Jensen Works.
List of ideas:
1. Professor Jensen
2. The Whiteboard
3. Complacency Kills
4. Insist on a Flat Organization
5. Public Criticism
6. Tortured Into Greatness
7. Speed of Light
8. Extreme In All Things
9. Top 5 Emails
10. Direct Communication
11. LUA
12. The Mission is the Boss and Pilot-in-Command
13. Strategy is Action
14. Ship The Whole Cow
15. Go To School On Everybody
16. Create The Market
17. Choke You With Gold
18. Highest Priority First
19. Swarm Your Greatest Opportunity
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