26 Nov 2025 · 1 min
Motivational podcast excerpt arguing that major companies (Walt Disney, GE, Apple, Oprah) were founded during hard economic times and that downturns are opportunities to set bold vision and eliminate incumbents by doing something radically different that better serves customers.
This is the time when you set a vision. This is the time when you decide how it's going to be. You look at the most successful brands and the most successful companies right now around the world. Guess when they started. During pandemics, during global financial crises, during depressions, during upset. Walt Disney, ge, Apple, Oprah, all these extraordinary businesses all started in hard times because they said you don't go out and try and do incrementally better. You eliminate the old guard by doing something radically different that serves the customer. Do you guys get that?