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Steve Jobs President & CEO, NeXT Computer Corp and Apple. MIT Sloan Distinguished Speaker Series

MIT Video Productions · 2M views · 2017-12-19 · 1:12:54

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Overview

A 1992 MIT Sloan talk and Q&A by Steve Jobs, then CEO of NeXT, covering NeXT's strategy, co-creating Apple, his ouster, and the value of direct experience. It ranges across technology, business and career advice.

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HN cites it as a primary source for Jobs's own views, pulling timestamps on topics like consultants, objects, NeXT's factory and Apple retail.

Recommended by 1 HN people across 1 months · HN mentions 2018–2025

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GeekyBear · 2021-12 · Recommendation

Another interesting resource is Jobs speaking at the MIT Sloan School of Management while NeXT was in the process of pivoting to enterprise rapid application development. [VIDEO]

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adeptima · 2025-01 · Reference

I knew the guy who worked with Jobs and hated him with passion. Let's keep the useful image parts. “How many of you are from manufacturing companies?” [Some hands go up.] “Oh, excellent. Where are the rest of you from? Okay, so how many are from consulting?” [A number of hands go up.] “Oh, that’s bad. Yeah, the mind is too important to waste—you should do something.” “I think that without owning something over an extended period of time—like a few years—where one has a chance to take responsibility for one’s recommendations, where one has to see those recommendations through all action stages, accumulate scar tissue for the mistakes, pick oneself up off the ground, and dust oneself off, one learns only a fraction of what one can.” [VIDEO]

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gofreddygo · 2023-02 · Reference

Instantly reminded me of Steve Jobs' quip and rant [1] on consulting and consultants. (skip to 15:20 if link doesn't automatically) [VIDEO]

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