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"There is only one Steve Jobs and there is only one Apple. You’re never going to build something as cool as Steve, and as such there is no need for you to talk
by shaunxcode 18y ago
"There is only one Steve Jobs and there is only one Apple. You’re never going to build something as cool as Steve, and as such there is no need for you to talk about your product for five or ten minutes."
What a ridiculous statement. I don't want to get into the "power of positive thought" or something but seriously does anyone actually limit themselves like that? "I'll just plug away and hope to develop something mediocre that takes off.."??? If you aren't shooting to make THE coolest thing you can imagine why bother? And if you are why limit your imagination to be up to but not greater than some other persons imagination? Other than paying the bills etc. etc. but you get my point (but at that stage get a corporate job or make porn sites, seriously).
Also I disagree with the point that demoing google would have been as simple as "enter text press enter - wow results." Surely they would have had to demo WHY their results were more correct/ranked etc. to differentiate themselves from yahoo, lycos and who ever else was floating around in the search engine wars.
- mhartl 18y agoAlso I disagree with the point that demoing google would have been as simple as "enter text press enter - wow results." Exactly. Everyone's a retroactive genius on this one. But what would a cynical elevator pitch look like for Google in 1998? How about "We've built yet another search engine, in a market that has never shown even the potential for profit. Now give us some money."