A great story on positioning, storytelling, and marketing via Morgan Housel.
> Ford had no interest in race cars – his vision was to build a cheap, quality car for the masses.
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> But knowing that he needed to win over both investors and the public, he built the best race car in the world, and in 1902 it beat the reigning champion.
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> “That was my first race, and it brought advertising of the only kind that people cared to read,” Ford wrote. He became known nationwide.
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> Everything is sales.
(and sales is marketing)