Re:Steve Jobs' memo to startups
by RussRomStanBety on Monday October 31, 2011 @02:54PM
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I don't think Steve Jobs would ever say anything of sorts. Jobs did the exact same thing with NeXT. Does that mean that he didn't consider himself an entrepreneur? Human emotion plays a big role in our decision making and you can't have the same feelings for every project you start.
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He didn't start NeXT with the intention of selling it. He was trying re-create Apple from scratch. Instead he ended up parlaying it into a take-over of Apple and re-created it from within.
I'm not weighing in on the definition of "entrepreneur" here, just pointing out why NeXT isn't a counter example.
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Steve Jobs did not just get a job at Apple and go back to gruntwork or managing a subsidiary. No, he took back the company and reshaped it.
If he had been unable to direct Apple in the direction he wanted after the reverse takeover, I doubt he would have accepted it.