#287 The Founder of Rolls-Royce

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🗓️ 23 January 2023

⏱️ 40 minutes

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What I learned from rereading Rolls-Royce: The Magic of a Name: The First Forty Years of Britain s Most Prestigious Company by Peter Pugh.

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