Transcript
Introduction
"He had neither Ellison's conspicuous consumption needs nor Gates' philanthropic impulses nor the competitive urge to see how high on the Forbes list he could get. Instead, his ego needs and personal drives led him to seek fulfillment by creating a legacy that would awe people. A dual legacy, actually, building innovative products and building a lasting company. He wanted to be in the Pantheon with, indeed a notch above, people like Edwin Land, Bill Hewlett and David Packard. And the best way to achieve all this was to return to Apple and reclaim his kingdom."
Welcome to Founders, my podcast about the biographies of entrepreneurs and founders. For every podcast, I read the life story of someone who created something special, and then I share some of the ideas that I found interesting from the book. Now what I just read to you is an excerpt from the book, Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson. And I wanted to start there today because of this idea that I've talked about on several podcasts before. And the idea that books are the original hyperlinks. That they can lead you from one idea to another idea or from one person to another person allowing you to go deeper in whatever subject you're learning about.