Steve Jobs
5 statements across 4 episodes · 2 bullish · 2 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Oct 27, 2023 by Dave Morin · across every show →
Everything said about Steve Jobs, oldest first
Oct 27, 2023 positive
Dave Morin: Steve Jobs was as obsessed with business as product
“Our partner at Offline worked with Steve for 28 years, and he will tell you that they were as obsessed in the early days at building an amazing product as they were at building an amazing business. They were constantly focused back and forth.”
Jun 21, 2024 negative
Morin: Steve Jobs Warned in 2008 That Facebook Would Become Like Cigarettes
“Dave and I both worked at Apple back in the day, and I remember the town hall that Steve spoke at in like, oh, seven, oh, eight, where he specifically pointed out that Facebook was going to be seeing the equivalent of cigarettes, and like how prescient was tha…”
Aug 16, 2024 negative
Brit Morin: Founders Should Stay Forever, but C-Level Executives Need Limits
“The founder should get to stay forever if they want, like Steve Jobs asks Zuck, you know, whatever. No, because the founder is like the leading vision that has to like carry the company onward forever, but these C-level people that are there for 2030, 40 years…”
Sep 6, 2024 neutral
Morin: Steve Jobs bypassed hierarchy for quarterly top 100 meetings
“There was like a central core that Steve would meet with on Mondays. And then, you know, once a quarter, he would meet with 100 people that weren't necessarily respected of the actual org structure. It was like more where the work is flowing to.”
Sep 6, 2024 positive
Morin: Founder mode means bypassing middle managers to reach workers directly
“One of the things that defines this idea of founder mode is skipping the organizational structure. And going directly to the people that do the work. And you know, this is famously how Steve Jobs did it with the top 100 at Apple. It's how Elon, I think, seems …”