349 How Steve Jobs Kept Things Simple — transcript highlights
Founders · David Senra · 2024-05-20
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What the transcript keeps returning to
Product
“But Steve would just talk about why the product needs to exist, how the product worked, and why it is different and…”
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
“So whatever product or feature that we are focused on, we're gonna be focused on that for the entire quarter.”
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
“And so Michael in the documentary is talking about why, uh, you know, when they're winning championships, when they're-- when all the…”
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
“And so I remember when I read that for the first time, and th- I think this is episode 204, so a…”
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
“In his 1997 shareholder letter, he says, he quotes, he, he attributes it to Pascal in the letter, that, "I would have…”
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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