Ben Gilbert: uncertainty

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…Yeah, I think it's episode 288. I wonder if I'm right. Let's see if I'm right. I could be wrong, I could be full of crap. It's 288. Before that, I had watched a documentary on him years ago. I always go to Ben for the proper pronunciation. We'll do the same podcast. I'll say Akio Morita, and then he's like, Akiyo Marita. I'm like, all right, I'll go with Ben. I trust Ben a lot. I will give you the correct American pronunciation. It's unclear if it's actually right or not. He did the same thing that Akio did. They were struggling in the early days of Sony. They'd get this huge order. They're like, we're going to take a hundred thousand units or whatever it is, but take off Sony and put on our name. Akio's like, we have no money, but he refused to do that because he's like, I'm not building your company building mine. I love that entrepreneurial bullheaded tendency. The same thing with Ralph. Ralph was broke. Him and his wife are living in an apartment with a train running over on top of them. They're sleeping on a mattress. He's making ties, and Bloomingdale's like, we'll take them, we love them. Take that name off, you're going to be our house brand. He packs up his ties. He's like, I'm not here to build your brand, I'm here to build mine.…

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