I grew up in North Carolina. My father was a salesperson; he sold textiles. — Parker Harris Copy Share Image
I remember my school had some of the first Apple IIs in North Carolina. I remember, when I first started using them, we were using a cassette tape to store programs because we didn't have floppy disk drives. — Parker Harris Copy Share Image
We're a very iterative company, so we jump on basically all new technology. — Parker Harris Copy Share Image
I grew up loving computers and math, actually. I also loved English literature and French, but I became obsessed with computers when the Apple… — Parker Harris Copy Share Image
We actually went public partly because we wanted companies to realise we were not going away. — Parker Harris Copy Share Image
By flattening time and space, social computing and business is unlocking credible potential within business. For example, individuals and organizations that weren't connected before… — Parker Harris Copy Share Image
We're paying a lot of attention to the iPad. But we're expanding that to a tablet focus. — Parker Harris Copy Share Image
Phones are a big deal, but tablets are an even bigger deal. So we're doing a lot of design work and experimentation around the… — Parker Harris Copy Share Image
What I'll take credit for is finding visionary people in the company, or bringing them in, and then empowering them to help me. — Parker Harris Copy Share Image
Looking at the trends that we have gone through as a company, where we started the company, it's all about cloud computing, and we're… — Parker Harris Copy Share Image
After the dotcom boom blew up, it increased the focus on questions like, 'Why should I trust you to help run my business? How… — Parker Harris Copy Share Image
Businesses can't afford to react to what their customers want; they need to anticipate their needs. — Parker Harris Copy Share Image
I was lucky enough to go see Steve Jobs with Marc Benioff. We were talking about the iPad, and one of the things Jobs… — Parker Harris Copy Share Image
