Great Marketing Cannot Sell A Pedestrian Product

There Are Just Moments When All The Stars Are Aligned For Breakthrough Products.

If We Hadn't Put A Man On The Moon, There Wouldn't Be A Silicon Valley Today

I Feel Most Badly, Though, [because] After 10 Years, I Was At The Company, I Wanted To Go Back To New York Where I Was From. Why I Didn’t Go To Steve Jobs And Say, ‘steve, Let’s Figure Out How You Can Come Back And Lead Your Company.’ I Didn’t Do That, It Was A Terrible Mistake On My Part. I Can’t Figure Out Why I Didn’t Have The Wisdom To Do That. But I Didn’t. And As Life Has It, Shortly After That, I Was Fired.

Implementers Aren't Considered Bozos Anymore

I Remember Going Into Steve's [jobs] House, And He Had Almost No Furniture In It. He Just Had A Picture Of Einstein, Whom He Admired Greatly, And He Had A Tiffany Lamp And A Chair And A Bed. He Just Didn't Believe In Having Lots Of Things Around, But He Was Incredibly Careful In What He Selected.