Steve Jobs
The Visionary
The future, and what is barely possible, reads round the next corner.
Steve Jobs reads as The Visionary because his defining gift was anticipating what consumers wanted before they knew it themselves, translating abstract technological possibility into objects of cultural desire. At Apple he drove the creation of the Macintosh, the iMac, the iPod, iTunes, the iPhone, and the iPad, each redefining its category. His uncompromising aesthetic standards and famous Reality Distortion Field were not quirks but instruments, bending teams and markets toward a future only he could see clearly.
“We're gambling on our vision, and we would rather do that than make "me too" products. Let some other companies do that. For us, it's always the next dream.”
“You're ripping us off! I trusted you, and now you're stealing from us!”
“It is hard to think that a $2 billion company with 4,300-plus people couldn't compete with six people in blue jeans.”
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