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May 14, 2012Explorer
BenK wrote:
Apple Computer is a prime example. The board fired Jobs for a MBA, Sculley, who
ran that company via the bottom line and almost went broke till the board got
Jobs back, who ran the company via it's 'product', not the bottom line
To from almost broke to one of the most valuable corporations on the planet
in just a few years after Jobs came back (Job is brilliant, but he is
NOT a nice guy...I've negotiated against him to have him call my CEO
demanding I get fired)
Then there is the story of how a startup company tried to do an iPod about 4 years before Apple, and lost their shirts...
Or the story about how that was the only pony left in the Apple orchard when Jobs came back in...
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