"If you want to hire great people..." - Quote by Steve Jobs
If you want to hire great people and have them stay, you have to be run by ideas, not hierarchy. The best ideas have to win.
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“I admire Mark Zuckerberg... for not selling out, for wanting to make a company. I admire that a lot.”
“I have always said if there ever came a day when I could no longer meet my duties and expectations as Apple's CEO, I would be the first to let you know. Unfortunately, that day has come.”
“The people who are doing the work are the moving force behind the Macintosh. My job is to create a space for them, to clear out the rest of the organization and keep it at bay.”
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“I would rather hire a man with enthusiasm, than a man who knows everything.”
“Weighing too much on someone's talent and not someone's personality. I think it matters whether someone has a good heart.”
“Charlie [Munger] and I are not big fans of resumes. Instead, we focus on brains, passion and integrity.”
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“It's not about money. It's about the people you have, how you're led, and how much you get it.”
“When I hire somebody really senior, competence is the ante. They have to be really smart. But the real issue for me is, Are they going to fall in love with Apple? Because if they fall in love with Apple, everything else will take care of itself. They'll want to do what's best for Apple, not what's best for them, what's best for Steve, or anybody else.”
“I thought deeply about this. I ended up concluding that the worst thing that could possibly happen as we get big and as we get a little more influence in the world is if we change our core values and start letting it slide, I can't do that. I'd rather quit.”