Founders

What I learned from rereading Land's Polaroid: A Company and the Man Who Invented It by Peter C. Wensberg. ---- Get access to the World’s Most Valuable Notebook for Founders at Founders Notes.com ---- [0:01] Why is Polaroid a nutty place? To start with, it’s run by a man who has more brains than anyone has a right to. He doesn’t believe anything until he’s discovered it and proved it for himself. Because of that, he never looks at things the way you and I do. He has no small talk. He has no preconceived notions. He starts from the beginning with everything. That’s why we have a camera that takes pictures and develops them right away. [1:33] More books on Edwin Land:  Insisting on The Impossible: The Life of Edwin Land by Victor McElheny  The Instant Image: Edwin Land and the Polaroid Experienceby Mark Olshaker  A Triumph of Genius: Edwin Land, Polaroid, and the Kodak Patent War by Ronald Fierstein  Instant: The Story of Polaroid by Chris Bonanos  [2:18] “Then I read something that one of my heroes, Edwin Land