Making an enduring company was both harder and more important than making a great product. — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
Great things in business are never done by one person, they're done by a team of people. — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
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… — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
I admire Mark Zuckerberg... for not selling out, for wanting to make a company. I admire that a lot. — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
The web is just going to be one more of those major change factors that businesses face every decade. — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
“It doesn't make sense to hire smart people and then tell them what to to , We hire smart people so they… — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations. — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
When you’re in a startup, the first ten people will determine whether the company succeeds or not. — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
Apple is the only company in the world that has all of that under one roof. We can invent a complete a… — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
I hate it when people call themselves 'entrepreneurs' when what they're really trying to do is launch a startup and then sell… — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
Woz and I started Apple in my parents' garage when I was 20. We worked hard, and in 10 years Apple had… — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
We have never worried about numbers. In the marketplace, Apple is trying to focus the spotlight on products, because products really make… — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
Not only was [Edwin Land] one of the great inventors of our time but, more important, he saw the intersection of art… — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
But Apple really beats to a different drummer. I used to say that Apple should be the Sony of this business, but… — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
To turn really interesting ideas and fledgling technologies into a company that can continue to innovate for years, it requires a lot… — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
I'd say we [Apple Inc.] are the most creative of the technology companies and definitely the most artist-friendly. Almost everyone in the… — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
My model for business is The Beatles. They were four guys who kept each other kind of negative tendencies in check. They… — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
We've had one of these before, when the dot-com bubble burst. What I told our company was that we were just going… — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
I was actually a fruitarian at that point in time. I ate only fruit. Now I'm a garbage can like everyone else.… — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
When you're in a start-up, the first ten people will determine whether the company succeeds or not. Each is 10 percent of… — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
Companies, as they grow to become multi-billion-dollar entities, somehow lose their vision. They insert lots of layers of middle management between the… — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
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… — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
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… — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
I'm convinced that about half of what separates the successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance… Unless you have a… — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
“You’ve got to find what you love. And that is as true for your work as it is for your lovers. Your… — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
“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… — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
If I knew in 1986 how much it was going to cost to keep Pixar going, I doubt if I would have… — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
What this means is that people are seeing a stable business, which is good, and a business that is in control, which… — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
Don't be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people's thinking. — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
Good PR educates people; that's all it is. You can't con people in this business. The products speak for themselves. — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
I try to get people to see what I have. . . . When you run a computer company, you have to… — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
We're not a media company. We don't own media. We don't own music. We don't own films or television. We're not a… — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
Everything is based on a simple rule: Quality is the best business plan, period. — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
I'm convinced that about half of what separates successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance. — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
Being an entrepreneur is like being a pirate. Go for the booty and discover new, uncharted lands. — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
It is hard to think that a $2 billion company with 4,300-plus people couldn't compete with six people in blue jeans. — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
Who wants a stylus. You have to get em and put em away, and you lose em. Yuck. Nobody wants a stylus. — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
The reason that Apple is able to create products like iPad is because we always try to be at the intersection of technology and… — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
I admire Mark Zuckerberg... for not selling out, for wanting to make a company. I admire that a lot. — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
If you want to hire great people and have them stay, you have to be run by ideas, not hierarchy. The best ideas have… — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
Everything around you that you call life was made up by people that were no smarter than you and you can change it, you… — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
“Innovation is not about saying yes to everything. It's about saying NO to all but the most crucial features.” — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
I have always said if there ever came a day when I could no longer meet my duties and expectations as Apple's CEO, I… — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
When you first start off trying to solve a problem, the first solutions you come up with are very complex, and most people stop… — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
I'm not dismissing the value of higher education; I'm simply saying it comes at the expense of experience. — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
“To YoYo Ma: "You playing is the best argument I've ever heard for the existence of God, because I don't really believe a human… — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
The most important thing is a person. A person who incites your curiosity and feeds your curiosity; and machines cannot do that in the… — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image