Steve Jobs

3 statements across 2 episodes · 1 bullish · 0 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement May 20, 2022 by Tony Fadell · said 23 times in 8 episodes since 2021 · across every show →

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2025 3 mentions in 1 episode

What Steve Jobs Knew About Innovation That You Don't · Joe Lonsdale Nov 21, 2025 · 3 mentions · from 0:08
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2023 5 mentions in 4 episodes 1 per episode

Ep 61: High School Dropout to Billion-Dollar Startup; the Story of Guillermo Rauch & Vercel · Joe Lonsdale Jun 11, 2023 · 2 mentions · from 19:28
Ep 70: Andrew McAfee on the Science Behind the World's Most Valuable Companies · Joe Lonsdale Nov 15, 2023 · 1 mention · from 16:52
Ep 58: Private Markets Outperform Public But They're a Mess! Eliot Hodges Is Fixing That. · Joe Lonsdale May 17, 2023 · 1 mention · from 24:20
Why This Social Justice Activist Became an Entrepreneur Instead · Joe Lonsdale Mar 15, 2023 · 1 mention · from 20:21
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2022 14 mentions in 2 episodes 7 per episode

Legendary iPod & iPhone Creator Tony Fadell Shares His Design Secrets · Joe Lonsdale May 20, 2022 · 13 mentions · from 13:43
Rep. Ro Khanna & Joe Lonsdale Debate Income Inequality and Regulating Big Tech · Joe Lonsdale Jan 14, 2022 · 1 mention · from 16:41
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2021 1 mention in 1 episode

Dr. Rick Klausner: Curing Cancer, Reprogramming Cells, and the Incredible Biotech Revolution · Joe Lonsdale Jun 29, 2021 · 1 mention · from 13:40
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Everything said about Steve Jobs, oldest first

May 20, 2022 positive

Assertion Not checkable as stated

Andy Rubin pitched Android to Apple before selling it to Google

“I got a couple of calls from Andy Rubin at the time, who I worked with at General Magic, working on Android before Android was bought by Google. And so that was really like, Steve, we should listen to this.”

Tony Fadell May 20, 2022 ▶ 23:45 Legendary iPod & iPhone Creator Tony Fadell Shares His Design Secrets · Joe Lonsdale

May 20, 2022

Assertion Supported

Fadell built a secret Windows iPod project despite Steve Jobs' opposition

“And we actually had, I'd bring it up and Steve was like, over my dead body. And so I still created a skunkworks program in the back.”

Tony Fadell May 20, 2022 ▶ 14:49 Legendary iPod & iPhone Creator Tony Fadell Shares His Design Secrets · Joe Lonsdale

Nov 21, 2025 neutral

What-if

Ridley: A personal computer pioneer would have emerged without Steve Jobs

“If Steve jobs hadn't existed, there would still have been a hero of the personal computer.”

Matt Ridley Nov 21, 2025 ▶ 29:00 What Steve Jobs Knew About Innovation That You Don't · Joe Lonsdale

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