Best of Steve Jobs
the best insights, interviews and quites from Steve Jobs in one place
by Alara and · updated 3mo ago
Best of Steve Jobs
- Steve Jobs once said, “ The most powerful person in the world is the storyteller . The storyteller sets the vision, values, and agenda of an entire generation that is to come.”
from Generalist Capital: In Search of Epics | The Generalist by Mario Gabriele
Alara added 5mo ago
- 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 st... See more
from Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
Alara added 5mo ago
- Steve Jobs articulated this approach more gently in an interview with Terry Gross: “At Apple we hire people to tell us what to do, not the other way around
from Kim Scott's Radical Candor | The #1 Book For Better Bosses by Kim Scott
Alara added 5mo ago
- The greatest thing Jobs designed was his business. Apple imagined and executed definite multi-year plans to create new products and distribute them effectively. Forget “minimum viable products”—ever since he started Apple in 1976, Jobs saw that you can change the world through careful planning, not by listening to focus group feedback or copying ot... See more
from Zero to One by Peter Thiel
Alara added 5mo ago
- Did Steve jobs ever say, "Hey, I want to make a $100 million company?" That was never in discussion. He said, "I want to make insanely great products. Then I want to get really good at marketing because I want everybody in the world to have an Apple device, and the way to do that is to get really good at marketing."
from Passion & Pain by Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Alara added 5mo ago
Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn’t really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while. That’s because they were able to connect experiences they’ve had and synthesize new things. And the reason they were able to do that
... See morefrom Steve Jobs on Creativity by Farnam Street
Alara added 9mo ago
And that’s a model that can work, as Steve Jobs once explained:
If you keep your eye on the profit, you’re going to skimp on the product. But if you focus on making really great products, then the profits will follow.
from You Are Your Business Model - by recently noted
Alara added 9mo ago
- If you want to reap the benefits of Simplicity, think big—but don’t act that way. As Steve Jobs proved, one of the most effective ways to become a big business is to maintain the culture of a small business
from Insanely Simple: The Obsession That Drives Apple's Success by Ken Segall
Alara added 9mo ago
- In an interview with Walter Isaacson, Steve Jobs claimed that his greatest product was Apple the organization. I [Walter Isaacson] once asked Steve Jobs, you know, what product are you proudest of? And I thought he might say the iPod or the iPhone or the iPad, whatever, the Mac. He said, “You know, making a product is hard but making a team that ca... See more
from The Best Product? A Great Team
Alara added 9mo ago