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Steve's sales pitch on the NeXT operating system was dazzling," according to Amelio. " He praised the virtues and strengths as though he were describi...more

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As Friedland had done and as Jobs would learn to do, he was able to turn charm into a cunning force, to cajole and intimidate and distort reality with...more

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He knew that the best way to create value in the twenty-first century was to connect creativity with technology, so he built a company where leaps of ...more

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Despite being a denizen of the digital world, or maybe because he knew all too well its isolating potential, Jobs was a strong believer in face to fac...more

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There is something indefinable in an entrepreneur, and I saw that in Steve," he said. " He was interested not just in engineering, but also the busine...more

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The thing that struck me was his intensity. Whatever he was interested in he would generally carry to an irrational extreme." Jobs had honed his trick...more

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Steve's head dropped and stared at his feet. After a weighty, uncomfortable pause, he issued a challenge that would haunt me for days. " Do you want t...more