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Steven Paul Jobs (/dʒɒbz/; February 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011) was an American entrepreneur, business magnate, inventor, and industrial designer. He was the chairman, chief executive officer (CEO), and a co-founder of Apple Inc., CEO and majority shareholder of Pixar, a member of The Walt Disney Company's board of directors following its acquisition of Pixar, and the founder, chairman, and CEO of NeXT. Jobs and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak are widely recognized as pioneers of the microcomputer revolution of the 1970s and 1980s.

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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.

Country, Kids, Pessimistic, Remain, Somewhat, Views

Companies, as they grow to become multi-billion-dollar entities, somehow lose their vision. They insert lots of layers of middle management between the people running the company and the people doing the work. They no longer have an inherent feel or a passion about the products. The creative people, who are the ones who care passionately, have to persuade five layers of management to do what they know is the right thing to do.

Business, Ones, Passion, Passionately, Running, Work

I'm sure a lot of you had this experience when you're changing. You're growing as a person and people tend to treat you like you were 18 months ago, and it's really frustrating sometimes when you're growing up and you're more capable. It's the same thing with a company and the press. The press is going to have a lag time. The best thing we can do about the press is embrace them and do the best thing we can to educate them about our strategy. But to keep our eye on the prize, that is turning out some great products. the press and the stock prize will take care of themselves.

Capable, Eye, Growing Up, Inspirational, Products, Same

That's what Walt Disney did, and Hewlett and Packard, and the people who built Intel. They created a company to last, not just to make money. That's what I want Apple to be. "

Apples, Created, Hewlett, Packard, People, Want

For you to sleep well at night, the aesthetic, the quality, has to be carried all the way through.

Aesthetic, Best Job, Night, Sleep

That's why I think death is the most wonderful invention of life. It purges the system of these old models that are obsolete. I think that's one of Apple's challenges, really. When two young people walk in with the next thing, are we going to embrace it and say this is fantastic? Are you going to be willing to drop our models, or are we going to explain it away? I think we'll do better, because we're completely aware of it and we make it a priority.

Apples, Death, Inspiring, Priority, Thinking, Young

The things I've done in my life have required a lot of years of work before they took off.

Years, Done, Life, Required, Took

I've always wanted to own and control the primary technology in everything we do.

Control, Everything, Life, Primary, Technology, Wanted

My kids accuse me and my wife of being fascists and overly concerned about tech, and they say that none of their friends have the same rules. . . That's because we have seen the dangers of technology firsthand. I've seen it in myself, I don't want to see that happen to my kids.

Firsthand, Kids, Same, Seen, Technology, Wife

Focus does not mean saying yes, it means saying no.

Mean, Focus, Saying Yes, Saying

You'll see more and more perfection of that - computer as servant. But the next thing is going to be computer as a guide or agent.

Agent, Agents, Computer, Next, Perfection, See

To do anything of magnitude takes at least five years, more likely seven or eight. Rightfully or wrongfully, that's how I think.

Eight, Five, Rightfully, Seven, Thinking, Years

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?

Apples, Automotive, Business, Share, Success, Wrong

If we don’t cannibalize ourselves, someone else will.

Cannibalize, Ifs

Innovation has nothing to do with how many R amp&; D dollars you have. When Apple came up with the Mac, IBM was spending at least 100 times more on R & D. It's not about money. It's about the people you have, how you're led, and how much you get it.

Apple, Inspirational, Led, Mac, Money, Time

The customer is the final inspector.

Customer, Customers, Final, Finals, Inspector, Service Culture

Deciding what not to do is as important as deciding what to do.

Deciding, Inspirational, Inspire, Inspiring

The creative industries tend to dismiss technology as just something to buy and not understand how hard it is and how creative it can be as well.

Creative, Industries, Technology, Understand, Wells

It wasn't all romantic. I didn't have a dorm room, so I slept on the floor in friends' rooms, I returned coke bottles for the 5¢ deposits to buy food with, and I would walk the 7 miles across town every Sunday night to get one good meal a week at the Hare Krishna temple. I loved it.

Dorms, Food, Meal, Night, Sunday, Temple

I'm an optimist in the sense that I believe humans are noble and honorable, and some of them are really smart. I have a very optimistic view of individuals.

Believe, Humans, Optimistic, Smart, View

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