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Cue: Tim Cook and Steve Jobs share an unmatched work ethic
“When people ask me what's the difference between Tim and Steve, the reality is that's not the right question. The question is what's the same things between Tim and Steve. And you know, their work ethic, they worked harder than anybody. They were completely fo…”
Cue: Consistent uniform pricing removes customer purchase friction
“When the price is 99 cents and it's consistent, you never have to think about price. And so you would preview a song, decide whether you like it or not. And if you did, you bought. And so there was never any transaction, a billing transaction that you had to t…”
Cue: Apple sold one million iTunes songs in its first six days
“And I asked them, you know, what's, what's success for you guys in, in this business? And they said, well, if you could sell, you know, a million songs in, in a month, any time in the first six months that's success for us. So I came back, I said, okay, that's…”
Eddy Cue: Apple Sold $1M of iMacs on Online Store Launch Day
“And we had sold a million dollars worth of IMAX and we were high fiving each other and going, this is amazing.”
Eddy Cue: Windows iTunes brought non-Apple users into Apple's ecosystem
“Not only did we do it for the Mac, but we also did it for Windows. And so it opened Apple to a We have a whole new ecosystem of customers that had never used our products before, but were using iTunes and iPod for the first time.”
Cue: 30% of Formula 1 Viewers Use Multiview on Apple
“We've done three races so far. The ratings are way above what they've ever been in the U.S., and, ah, so, and we're just getting started, but things like Multiview, 30% of the people watching F-one races, ah, are watching with Multiview, so they can get differ…”