“Apple was very close to bankruptcy and to irrelevance [but] you learn a lot about life through death, and I learnt a lot about vital corporations by experiencing a non-vital corporation. You would have thought that, when what stands between you and bankruptcy is some money, your focus would be on making some money, but that was not [Steve Jobs’] preoccupation. His observation was that the products weren’t good enough and his resolve was, we need to make better products. That stood in stark contrast to the previous attempts to turn the company around.”
![“Apple was very close to bankruptcy and to irrelevance [but] you learn a lot about life through death, and I learnt a lot about vital corporations by experiencing a non-vital corporation. You would have thought that, when what stands between you and bankruptcy is some money, your focus would be on…” quote by Jonathan Ive](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/b13/jonathan-ive-3015_apples_apple-was-very-close-to-bankruptcy-and-t_1983293.jpg)
![“I don't think Steve [Jobs] started Apple as a scam. But he understood early on the power of marketing. The idea of the computer as a bicycle for the human mind - I think that was something he believed.” quote by Alex Gibney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/3c0/alex-gibney-7495_apples_i-don-t-think-steve-jobs-started-apple-a_1785708.jpg)
