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Steve Jobs

Born: February 24, 1955

Died: October 5, 2011

Nationality: American

Occupation: Businessman, co-founder

Biography: Steven Paul Steve Jobs was an American businessman and technology visionary. He is best known as the co-founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of Apple Inc. Through Apple, he was widely recognized as a charismatic pioneer of the personal computer revolution and for his influential career in the computer and consumer electronics fields.

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Steve Jobs

“A lot of companies have chosen to downsize, and maybe that was the right thing for them. We chose a different path. Our belief was that if we kept putting great products in front of customers, they would continue to open their wallets.”

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Source/Notes: Interview with the New York Times (5 June 2007)

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Steve Jobs

“A lot of people in our industry haven't had very diverse experiences. So they don't have enough dots to connect, and they end up with very linear solutions without a broad perspective on the problem. The broader one's understanding of the human experience, the better design we will have.”

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Steve Jobs

“Again, you can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something - your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.”

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Source/Notes: Address at Stanford University (2005) - youtube.com/watch?v=UF8uR6Z6KLc

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“An iPod, a phone, an internet mobile communicator... these are NOT three separate devices! And we are calling it iPhone! Today Apple is going to reinvent the phone. And here it is.”

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Steve Jobs

“And it comes from saying no to 1,000 things to make sure we don't get on the wrong track or try to do too much. We're always thinking about new markets we could enter, but it's only by saying no that you can concentrate on the things that are really important.”

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Steve Jobs

“And no, we don't know where it will lead. We just know there's something much bigger than any of us here.”

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“Apple's market share is bigger than BMW's or Mercedes's or Porsche's in the automotive market. What's wrong with being BMW or Mercedes?”

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Source/Notes: Interview published in Macworld website, 2 February 2004, "Steve Jobs on the Mac's 20th Anniversary" by Jason Snell

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“As individuals, people are inherently good. I have a somewhat more pessimistic view of people in groups. And I remain extremely concerned when I see what's happening in our country, which is in many ways the luckiest place in the world. We don't seem to be excited about making our country a better place for our kids.”

- Steve Jobs

Source/Notes: Wired, 1996

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“Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected.”

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“Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn't matter to me. Going to bed at night saying we've done something wonderful, that's what matters to me.”

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Source/Notes: As quoted in: The Wall Street Journal (Summer 1993)

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Steve Jobs

“Bottom line is, I didn't return to Apple to make a fortune. I've been very lucky in my life and already have one. When I was 25, my net worth was $100 million or so. I decided then that I wasn't going to let it ruin my life. There's no way you could ever spend it all, and I don't view wealth as something that validates my intelligence.”

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“But Apple really beats to a different drummer. I used to say that Apple should be the Sony of this business, but in reality, I think Apple should be the Apple of this business.”

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“But innovation comes from people meeting up in the hallways or calling each other at 10:30 at night with a new idea, or because they realized something that shoots holes in how we've been thinking about a problem.”

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“Computers themselves, and software yet to be developed, will revolutionize the way we learn.”

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