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I'm not sure you get that kind of attention to detail without a crazy genius's ego.

• ahoyhere 16y ago
  You can get it anywhere you take a normal, passionate person and then don't rape that passion with stupid bosses and committees.
  • api 16y ago
    You need the crazy dictator's ego to suppress the formation of the normal corporate culture of stupid bosses and committees. MBAs and marketing droids are like mosquitoes on a warm summer night near a swamp, and you need eternal vigilance a lot of DEET to keep them away. The most valuable thing Jobs does is suppress the bozo explosion that invariably occurs at successful companies. http://blog.guykawasaki.com/2006/02/how_to_prevent_.html http://blog.guykawasaki.com/2006/02/how_to_prevent_.html
    • ahoyhere 16y ago
      Yes, totally -- but you presuppose that there has to be a large corporation to use passion at all. To create a perfect global supply chain that produces complex electronic devices -- yes. But not for lots of other things. You simply don't need the other people to begin with. If there's no middle management, you don't need a crazy genius to suppress its horribleness. I'm protecting my passion by quitting all client work. :) It made a real difference for me.