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This is one of the best interviews I've ever read/seen from him. Why? because it's different. It really seems it was made in a very pessimist time for him, he didn't even believed he could revolutionize anything anymore with tech.

It's amazing the passion he had for design in the product creation.

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He learned some humility back then in NeXT when not much went as planned for him, a quality, which would help him in later years in Apple. Jobs himself said that this experience was necessary and would define his future years.

This shows that nearly every bad thing that happens to you ends at some point, and it is up to you to convert it to something good.

>>He learned some humility back then in NeXT when not much went as planned for him, a quality, which would help him in later years in Apple. Jobs himself said that this experience was necessary and would define his future years.

Could you expand on this? Was it a move to more consumer testing and validation of product development ideas, or something else?

I remember reading that in the "Steve Jobs" by Isaacson book. Basically, pre-NeXT jobs was a douche thinking that he is above everyone and everything. While some of this didn't change later, he began to appreciate other people more and learned how to find and take care of great people that helped build the empire that Apple is today.

By insuring they couldn't find better jobs elsewhere.

In case anyone is wondering what you mean:

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/04/24/us-apple-google-se...

Personal development that changed how he approached business. It helps to not frame things in terms of startups/business. Getting kicked out of Apple and failing initially at NeXT was a major let-down that showed (most importantly to himself) that he was fallible. He probably knew he wasn't always right, but if just about everything you touch goes fairly well, it's pretty tough not to get a big head about it. This derailed that train.

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