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What I learned from reading The HP Way: How Bill Hewlett and I Built Our Company by David Packard.---Subscribe to listen to Founders Premium — Subscribers can listen to Ask Me Anything (AMA) episodes and every bonus episode. ---[0:01] How Steve Jobs was inspired by David Packard[1:00] Books are the original hyperlinks[4:30] Profit is the measure of how well we work together[9:00] HP's first product[11:00] Podcasts before podcasts[14:00] Many of the things I learned in this process were invaluable, and not available in business schools[15:00] More businesses die from indigestion than starvation[16:30] The importance of maintaining a narrow focus[20:00] Growth from profit[21:00] Lessons from the Great Depression = No long term debt[26:30] A Maverick's persistence[29:00] How to avoid layoffs in a recession[30:20] Employees should outgrow you[31:00] The perils of centralization[35:00] Closing with optimismA list of all the books featured on Founders Podcast