“With Steve Jobs stepping down from the CEO post at Apple, it’s a good time to take a look back at just how much he’s accomplished in 15 years,” VentureBeat writes.
“When Jobs returned to Apple in late 1996, the company was on death’s doorstep,” VentureBeat writes. “By 1998, Jobs had returned the company to profitability, and net profits have been on a steady upward march since 2001. What was the secret? According to former Apple executive Jay Elliot, it was a relentless focus on products.”
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VentureBeat writes, “But more importantly, says Elliot, Jobs’ success is due to the fact that he’s obsessed with the company’s products, and he is Apple’s primary customer… The question now is whether Apple can continue generating innovative new ideas with Jobs out of the CEO’s office. It will all depend on how well-built the structures are that he put into place. Only time will tell.”
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MacDailyNews Take: Apple owes everything to Steve Jobs.