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essence

UK /ˈesns/US /ˈesns/

noun

the most important quality or feature of something, that makes it what it is

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Elon Musk's 2003 Stanford University Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Lecture

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Um, certainly, I mean, the essence of viral marketing is: do you have something that one customer is going to sell another customer without you having to do anything?

Elon Musk's 2003 Stanford University Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Lecture

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