In January 2007, Steve Jobs introduced the iPhone using a 2x2 matrix with these axes in the keynote:
◻️”smart” / “not so smart”
◻️ “hard to use” / “easy to use”
Apple has since sold more than $1 trillion worth of iPhones.
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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.”
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
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."