Macintosh

3 statements across 2 episodes · 1 bullish · 0 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Nov 10, 2023 by Reid Hoffman · across every show →

Everything said about Macintosh, oldest first

Nov 10, 2023 neutral
Assertion Supported
Hoffman: Steve Jobs coined the 'better to be a pirate' tech ethos
“When Steve was building the first Macintosh, he coined the phrase, it's better to be a pirate than to join the Navy. The Mac team got on board, creating a homemade pirate flag with a rainbow-colored Apple logo as an eyepatch.”
Reid Hoffman Nov 10, 2023 ▶ 7:18 Uber’s Dara Khosrowshahi: Bringing a culture back from the brink | Masters of Scale
Apr 12, 2024 positive
Opinion
Kawasaki: Selling jewelry was harder than evangelizing the original Macintosh
“I think selling jewelry was harder because jewelry is, it's made of commodities, albeit valuable commodities like gold and diamonds, but you can stick that on a scale. Whereas with Macintosh, you know, we really had magic”
Guy Kawasaki Apr 12, 2024 ▶ 25:25 Guy Kawasaki on lessons from Apple, Canva, and his trailblazing journey in tech | Masters of Scale
Apr 12, 2024
Insight
Kawasaki: Incumbent companies must cannibalize their own products before competitors do
“If we don't cannibalize our business, Two guys or two gals in a garage are. So isn't it better that we create a Macintosh that kills an Apple II, or we create an iPhone, iPod, iPad that kills a Macintosh? Isn't it better we kill it than somebody else kills it?”
Guy Kawasaki Apr 12, 2024 ▶ 34:32 Guy Kawasaki on lessons from Apple, Canva, and his trailblazing journey in tech | Masters of Scale
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