I don't put that much stock or value in anything about Steve Jobs. After he died and lots of bio-type stuff started getting published, it quickly became obvious

I don't put that much stock or value in anything about Steve Jobs. After he died and lots of bio-type stuff started getting published, it quickly became obvious that he was a fairly avg businessman who succeeded only because he was lucky enough to surround himself with really smart people. Not to mention being in the right place at the right time. All of the "amazing" ideas I've heard of that Apple implemented were things that Steve Jobs A) didn't come up with himself but also B) actively fought against (but eventually conceded on some only after those around him made strong cases). Probably the best of those examples is the existence of 3rd party apps on the iPhone. Wasn't Jobs' idea, and he had to be convinced it was a good idea worth pursuing. In retrospect, if you had to point to one single decision that made the iPhone the market leader that it is today, it would be the app ecosystem.