Ben Gilbert: belief

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…I’ve got one I want to talk about. I’m curious if any of the other sets jump off the page to you. I think the candy industry used to have cornered resources. I don’t really think it does anymore. Same with process power. I’m not convinced that anyone’s actually developed a superior way to make something that is not known by others in the industry. I think Mars has always had the best technology, the best equipment, and the best resources. There are actually great stories about Forrest, perhaps both himself, but also through employees and outside firms he’d hire would come up with all these technical improvements to the manufacturing equipment, but they would never patent it because he didn’t want to tip off any competitors.…

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