Steve Jobs was often late. Apple has not always been first to market with cutting edge
technology. Often it turned up when the party had got going but before it was in full swing.
Apple brought some of its key products to market only when it knew it could wrap around
them a supportive system which would deliver content and services to customers with one
hand and with the other collect all their credit card details.
The Apple that started making computers to sit on desktops was a product company. The
Apple that has become the most valuable company in the world does something different:
it creates products that are entry points to systems. It is a systems innovator…
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For too long, too many of us have been entranced by heroes. Perhaps it’s our desire to be saved, to not have to do the hard work, to rely on someone else to figure things out. Constantly we are barraged by politicians presenting themselves as heroes, the ones who will fix everything and make our problems go away. It’s a seductive image, an enticing promise. And we keep believing it. Somewhere there’s someone who will make it all better. Somewhere, there’s someone who’s visionary, inspiring, brilliant, trustworthy, and we’ll all happily follow him or her. Somewhere…
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