249 Steve Jobs In His Own Words — transcript highlights
Founders · David Senra · 2022-06-01
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What the transcript keeps returning to
Product
“I wanna build great products, and in o- order to build great products, I have to build a great company that has…”
The useful question here is not whether this sentence is a universal rule. It is what operating choice the episode places behind it: product.
Focus
“"People think focus means saying yes to the thing that you've gotta focus on.”
The useful question here is not whether this sentence is a universal rule. It is what operating choice the episode places behind it: focus.
People
“It's not about pu-cu-pop culture, it's not about fooling people, and it's not about convincing people that they want something that they…”
The useful question here is not whether this sentence is a universal rule. It is what operating choice the episode places behind it: people.
Persistence
“Let some other companies do that." And then I love this quote because this came a few years, about three years before…”
The useful question here is not whether this sentence is a universal rule. It is what operating choice the episode places behind it: persistence.
Capital
“And so I was like, all right, hopefully I, I get an insight into who he is f- you know, as he…”
The useful question here is not whether this sentence is a universal rule. It is what operating choice the episode places behind it: capital.
A BIPU connection
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What this page does not prove
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Source and attribution
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