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Aug 2022
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#264 The Story of Edwin Land and Polaroi...

David Senra
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What I learned from rereading Instant: The Story of Polaroid by Christopher Bonanos.  ---- Get access to the World’s Most Valuable Notebook for Founders at Founders Notes.com ---- (0:01) The most obvious parallel is to Apple Computer. Both companies specialized in relentless, obsessive refinement of their technologies. Both were established close to great re ... Show More
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