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Steve Jobs Quotes about Business

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Great things in business are never done by one person, they're done by a team of people.

Great things in business are never done by one person, they're done by a team of people.

Teamwork, Business, People

"60 Minutes", www.cbsnews.com. 2003.

The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle.

Motivational, Business, Work

If you keep your eye on the profit, you’re going to skimp on the product. But if you focus on making really great products, then the profits will follow.

Inspirational, Business, Eye

Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.

Inspiring, Business, Work

Steve Jobs (0101). “Motivating Thoughts of Steve Jobs”, p.37, Prabhat Prakashan

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?

Success, Business, Bmw

If a user is having a problem, it's our problem.

Business, Problem, Entrepreneurship

"Apple’s “Just Encase” Answer to iPhone 4 Complaints". Live Blog, allthingsd.com. July 16, 2010.

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.

Inspirational, Business, Educational

Steve Jobs (0101). “Motivating Thoughts of Steve Jobs”, p.32, Prabhat Prakashan

Why join the navy if you can be a pirate?

Business, Humorous, Small Jobs

Steve Jobs (0101). “Motivating Thoughts of Steve Jobs”, p.68, Prabhat Prakashan

The problem with the Internet startup craze isn't that too many people are starting companies; it's that too many people aren't sticking with it. That's somewhat understandable, because there are many moments that are filled with despair and agony, when you have to fire people and cancel things and deal with very difficult situations. That's when you find out who you are and what your values are.

Business, Difficult Situations, Agony

Steve Jobs (0101). “Motivating Thoughts of Steve Jobs”, p.69, Prabhat Prakashan

To turn really interesting ideas and fledgling technologies into a company that can continue to innovate for years, it requires a lot of disciplines.

Success, Business, Technology

"Speaking Out: Apple's and Pixar's Steve Jobs". Bloomberg interview, www.bloomberg.com. August 25, 2003.

The cure for Apple is not cost-cutting. The cure for Apple is to innovate its way out of its current predicament.

Business, Cutting, Best Job

Steve Jobs (0101). “Motivating Thoughts of Steve Jobs”, p.23, Prabhat Prakashan

Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations.

Inspirational, Wisdom, Business

"Steve Jobs, the Journey Is the Reward". Book by Jeffrey S. Young, 1988.

When you're young, you look at television and think, there's a conspiracy. The networks have conspired to dumb us down. But when you get a little older, you realize that's not true. The networks are in business to give people exactly what they want.

Business, Thinking, Best Job

"Steve Jobs: The Next Insanely Great Thing". Interview With Gary Wolf, www.wired.com. February 1, 1996.

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.

Business, Reality, Thinking

"Steve Jobs: `There's Sanity Returning'". Bloomberg interview, www.bloomberg.com. May 25, 1998.

The system is that there is no system. That doesn't mean we don't have process. Apple is a very disciplined company, and we have great processes. But that's not what it's about. Process makes you more efficient.

Business, Mean, Technology

"The Seed of Apple's Innovation". Bloomberg interview, www.bloomberg.com. October 12, 2004.

Microsoft has had two goals in the last 10 years. One was to copy the Mac, and the other was to copy Lotus' success in the spreadsheet - basically, the applications business. And over the course of the last 10 years, Microsoft accomplished both of those goals. And now they are completely lost.

Business, Years, Two

Steve Jobs (0101). “Motivating Thoughts of Steve Jobs”, p.58, Prabhat Prakashan

Pixar is seen by a lot of folks as an overnight success, but if you really look closely, most overnight successes took a long time.

Business, Long, Looks

You're missing it. This is not a one-man show. What's reinvigorating this company is two things: One, there's a lot of really talented people in this company who listened to the world tell them they were losers for a couple of years, and some of them were on the verge of starting to believe it themselves. But they're not losers. What they didn't have was a good set of coaches, a good plan. A good senior management team. But they have that now.

Senior, Business, Couple

"Steve Jobs: `There's Sanity Returning'". Bloomberg interview, www.bloomberg.com. May 23, 1998.

I was actually a fruitarian at that point in time. I ate only fruit. Now I'm a garbage can like everyone else. And we were about three months late in filing a fictitious business name so I threatened to call the company Apple Computer unless someone suggested a more interesting name by five o'clock that day. Hoping to stimulate creativity. And it stuck. And that's why we're called Apple.

Business, Creativity, Garbage Cans

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.

Running, Business, Passion

So when these people sell out, even though they get fabulously rich, they're gypping themselves out of one of the potentially most rewarding experiences of their unfolding lives. Without it, they may never know their values or how to keep their newfound wealth in perspective.

Business, People, Perspective

Steve Jobs (0101). “Motivating Thoughts of Steve Jobs”, p.68, Prabhat Prakashan

A lot of people think big business in America is a bad thing. I think it's a really good thing. Most people in business are ethical, hard-working, good people. And it's a meritocracy.

Business, Hard Work, Thinking

"Steve Jobs: The Next Insanely Great Thing". Interview with Gary Wolf, www.wired.com. February 1, 1996.

Pretty much, Apple and Dell are the only ones in this industry making money. They make it by being Wal-Mart. We make it by innovation.

Money, Business, Apples

There's a lot of symbolism to your return. Is that going to be enough to reinvigorate the company with a sense of magic?

Business, Symbolism, Magic

"Steve Jobs: `There's Sanity Returning'". Bloomberg interview, www.bloomberg.com. May 23, 1998.

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