Steve Jobs

7 statements across 6 episodes · 2 bullish · 2 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Nov 4, 2020 by David Friedberg · said 137 times in 51 episodes since 2020 · across every show →

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brought up most by Jason Calacanis (44), Chamath Palihapitiya (37), David Sacks (14), Marc Benioff (10), Pat Gelsinger (8), David Friedberg (8), Roelof Botha (5), Keith Rabois (5)

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2026 16 mentions in 7 episodes 2 per episode
2025 20 mentions in 7 episodes 3 per episode
2024 54 mentions in 12 episodes 5 per episode
2023 9 mentions in 7 episodes 1 per episode
2022 13 mentions in 9 episodes 1 per episode
2021 23 mentions in 7 episodes 3 per episode
2020 2 mentions in 2 episodes 1 per episode

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Everything said about Steve Jobs, oldest first

Nov 4, 2020 positive
Opinion
Friedberg: Donald Trump is like Steve Jobs in how he warps reality
“He is like Steve Jobs. He warps reality, and he tells everyone, I am going to win.”
David Friedberg Nov 4, 2020 ▶ 57:47 E11: Election Night Special featuring Phil Hellmuth, Bill Gurley, Brad Gerstner & more!
Jun 13, 2021
What-if
Chamath: The iPhone would never have existed without Steve Jobs
“The iPhone would never have happened had it not been for Steve Jobs.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Jun 13, 2021 ▶ 1:21:32 E35: Biogen's controversial Alzheimer's drug approval, the billionaire space race, Bitcoin & more
Jun 13, 2021 negative
What-if
Sacks: Apple employees would race back if Steve Jobs were alive
“If Steve were still around, those Apple employees would be racing back to the office because they'd be so excited about what they're working on.”
David Sacks Jun 13, 2021 ▶ 1:22:19 E35: Biogen's controversial Alzheimer's drug approval, the billionaire space race, Bitcoin & more
Sep 18, 2021 negative
Opinion
Sachs: Media overlooked Theranos red flags to champion a female Steve Jobs
“Now, did gender play into it? Yeah, but I think not necessarily in the way that Ellen Powell thinks in this sense that the media wanted to believe so badly that the next Steve Jobs was going to be a woman that they kind of look past what should have been stari…”
David Sacks Sep 18, 2021 ▶ 1:18:56 E47: Facebook's week from hell, Ellen Pao on sexism in Elizabeth Holmes coverage, Newsom wins & more
Aug 11, 2023 positive
Disclosure
Friedberg: Steve Jobs' biography transformed his management style at Climate Corp
“Reading about how jobs ran his management team, it actually changed my behavior going into the office. I took a very different approach, and I saw the results almost immediately.”
David Friedberg Aug 11, 2023 ▶ 6:36 E141: State of Series A's, VC dry powder, IPO window opens + more with Bill Gurley & Brad Gerstner
Apr 24, 2026 neutral
Assertion Supported
Chamath: Steve Jobs returned zero capital to Apple shareholders as CEO
“Look at the amount of money that Steve Jobs returned to shareholders in his tenure at Apple. It's easy to count. It was zero.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Apr 24, 2026 ▶ 54:40 SpaceX-Cursor Deal, SaaS Debt Bomb, New Apple CEO, SPLC Indictment, Colon Cancer Spike
Jul 15, 2026
Assertion Supported
Gelsinger: Steve Jobs secretly ported four Mac OS releases to x86
“And I remember that Steve said, I've been working on that the last four releases. He had been preparing the core technologies inside of Apple For something that might happen in the future, you know, and he was already, you know, to me, I just remember, I was j…”
Pat Gelsinger Jul 15, 2026 ▶ 7:00 Former Intel CEO on What Went Wrong, What's Next + Lovable CEO on the Real Promise of Vibe Coding
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