John Sculley Quotes

Everything At Apple Can Be Best Understood Through The Lens Of Designing. Whether It's Designing The Look And Feel Of The User Experience, Or The Industrial Design, Or The System Design, And Even Things Like How The Boards Were Laid Out.

Apple No Longer Builds Any Products. When I Was There, People Used To Call Apple "a Vertically Integrated Advertising Agency," Which Was Not A Compliment.

Steve [jobs] And I Spent Months Getting To Know Each Other Before I Joined Apple. He Had No Exposure To Marketing Other Than What He Picked Up On His Own. This Is Sort Of Typical Of Steve. When He Knows Something Is Going To Be Important, He Tries To Absorb As Much As He Possibly Can.

The News Of My Pregnancy Spread Like A Forest Fire In Summer

The Japanese Always Started With The Market Share Of Components First. So One Would Dominate, Let's Say, Sensors, And Someone Else Would Dominate Memory, And Someone Else Hard Drives And Things Of That Sort.

The Mac Defined Personal Technology, And The Iphone Defines Intimate Technology As A Convergence Of Communications, Content And Location.

Health Care Missed The Pc And Internet Revolutions, But It Can't Afford To Miss The Cloud And Mobile Revolution.

The New Leaders Face New Tests Such As How To Lead In This Idea-intensive, Interdependent Network Environment

When I Was 5 Or 6 Years Old, I Never Wanted Toys; I Wanted Electrical Parts So I Could Build Things. And I Was Better At Taking Things Apart And Putting Them Back Together, But I Always Had Extra Pieces Left Over, So I Think It Was An Early Warning That I Was A Better Designer Than An Engineer.

It's An Amazing Time To Be An Entrepreneur Because Not Only Is The Stuff Getting More Capable And Powerful, But It's Becoming More Reliable And The Costs Are Coming Down Dramatically. So You Can Go Out As An Entrepreneur And Start A Company On A Credit Card And Go To Aws And A Few Other Services And Be Pretty Virtual And, Who Knows, You May Be The Next Steve Jobs.

I Was Recruited By Pepsi And Put Out In Pittsburgh, And I Worked In The Bottling Lines, And Then I Was Sent On To Phoenix, Arizona, Where I Also Drove Trucks And I Put Up Signs, Pepsi Signage, And I Was Then Sent On To Las Vegas For A Month Of Training, And Then I Finally Ended Up In Milwaukee. So I Got A Really Hands - On Introduction To The Soft-drink Industry. I Was So Appreciative Of The Fact That I Was Able To Not Only Learn A Business Through What I Learned At Business School, But I Was Able To Learn It With Hands-on Learning. I'm A Huge Believer In Hands-on Learning.

Microsoft's Philosophy Is To Get It Out There And Fix It Later. Steve [jobs] Would Never Do That. He Doesn't Get Anything Out There Until It Is Perfected.