Money and Finance
-Thomas William Phelps, 100 to 1 in the stock market
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Excerpt from Isaacson’s biography of Steve Jobs:
At the end of the presentation someone asked whether he thought they should do some market research to see what customers wanted. “No,” he replied, “because customers don’t know what they want until we’ve shown them.”
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- The Real Leadership Lessons Of Steve Jobs - By Walter Isaacson
Found via The Big Picture. His saga is the entrepreneurial creation myth writ large: Steve Jobs cofounded Apple in his parents’ garage in 1976, was ousted in 1985, returned to rescue it from near bankruptcy in 1997, and by the time he died, in October...
- Thomas W. Phelps On Trends
“Since for all men the visibility of the future is zero beyond this instant, assumptions as to how long observed trends will continue must be based on probabilities which in turn have been derived from the past and hence may not apply to the future....
- Thomas W. Phelps Quote
“….when any rule or formula becomes a substitute for thought rather than an aid to thinking, it is dangerous and should be discarded.” -Thomas William Phelps, 100 to 1 in the stock market ...
- American Icon - By Walter Isaacson
The saga of Steve Jobs is the Silicon Valley creation myth writ large: launching a start-up in the proverbial garage and building it into the world's most valuable company. He didn't invent many things outright, but he was a master at arranging...
Money and Finance
Phelps and Jobs on the customer
“The point to keep in mind is that how much it costs to produce anything means little or nothing unless you know what people will pay for it now and in the future. In business, it is bad luck to tell people what they should want instead of trying to give them what they do want. That is what we mean when we say the customer is king. There has never been a successful revolution against him.”
-Thomas William Phelps, 100 to 1 in the stock market
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Excerpt from Isaacson’s biography of Steve Jobs:
At the end of the presentation someone asked whether he thought they should do some market research to see what customers wanted. “No,” he replied, “because customers don’t know what they want until we’ve shown them.”
- A Few Quotes On Achieving Success...
“The difference between successful people and really successful people is that really successful people say no to almost everything.” –Warren Buffett “Whenever you do any one thing intensely over a period of time you have to give up other lives...
- The Real Leadership Lessons Of Steve Jobs - By Walter Isaacson
Found via The Big Picture. His saga is the entrepreneurial creation myth writ large: Steve Jobs cofounded Apple in his parents’ garage in 1976, was ousted in 1985, returned to rescue it from near bankruptcy in 1997, and by the time he died, in October...
- Thomas W. Phelps On Trends
“Since for all men the visibility of the future is zero beyond this instant, assumptions as to how long observed trends will continue must be based on probabilities which in turn have been derived from the past and hence may not apply to the future....
- Thomas W. Phelps Quote
“….when any rule or formula becomes a substitute for thought rather than an aid to thinking, it is dangerous and should be discarded.” -Thomas William Phelps, 100 to 1 in the stock market ...
- American Icon - By Walter Isaacson
The saga of Steve Jobs is the Silicon Valley creation myth writ large: launching a start-up in the proverbial garage and building it into the world's most valuable company. He didn't invent many things outright, but he was a master at arranging...