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What I learned from reading The Goodyear Story: An Inventor's Obsession and The Struggle For A Rubber Monopoly by Richard Korman.----Come see a live show with me and Patrick O'Shaughnessy from Invest Like The Best on October 19th in New York City. Get your tickets here! ---Join Founders AMAMembers of Founders AMA can:-Email me your questions directly (you get a private email address in the confirmation email) -Promote your company to other members by including a link to your website with you question -Unlock every Ask Me Anything (AMA) episode immediately-Listen to new Ask Me Anything (AMA) episodes every week ---An obsessive quest to find the recipe for rubber (0:01)Charles Goodyear epitomized the spirit of the upstart American technologists (6:15)the early life of Goodyear's family (20:10)coming up with the idea for a domestic made only hardware store (29:00)a crushing failure + debtor's prison (35:20)accidentally finding his life's work (38:18)optimism + positive mental attitude (44:30)Patent #3633 (1:03:3