David Rosenthal: belief

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…Which is a crazy call to get if you're Steve Jobs, right? Like, hey, my predecessor burned the bridge. I'd like to buy you. I'm basically open to any price. And also, I would like you guys to come and take over the core business that we operate, the most prestigious animation studio in the world. We're waving the white flag. We've lost. Please come in here and take over and fix this. Yep. And I think Steve is so surprised that it opens the door and it leads to this great relationship between the two of them. Once again, just like Bob made peace with Roy and instantly fixed that relationship, he pretty much instantly fixes the Steve Jobs relationship. So listeners, we talked to Bob Iger as part of the prep we were doing for this episode. Bob, had this idea, and before he called Steve, he went to the board and said, 'Hey, can I have authorization to open a conversation with Steve Jobs about buying Pixar?' And he said that it was so unthinkable and such a surprise to the whole board that they forgot to say no—…

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