Steve Jobs found lessons in *every* experience and brought those ideas back to Apple. I found 4 surprising examples spread across 4 different books. 1. How to recruit talent from J. Robert Oppenheimer: “At Pixar, it was a whole company of A players. When I got... See more

But even though Jobs’s style could be demoralizing, it could also be oddly inspiring. It infused Apple employees with an abiding passion to create groundbreaking products and a belief that they could accomplish what seemed impossible. They had T-shirts made that read “90 hours a week and loving it!” Out of a fear of Jobs mixed with an incredibly... See more

But he also realized, deep inside, that he had increasingly abandoned the hacker spirit. Some might even accuse him of selling out. When Wozniak held true to the Homebrew ethic by sharing his design for the Apple I for free, it was Jobs who insisted that they sell the boards instead. He was also the one who, despite Wozniak’s reluctance, wanted to... See more