#390 Rare Steve Jobs Interview

I read this interview with Steve Jobs right after reading Jeff Bezos' shareholder letters for the fourth or fifth time, and something jumped out at me. Something that both Bezos and Jobs had in common is this relentless pursuit of To work with the very best people. From his very first shareholder letter. Jeff emphasized the importance of having the very best team. He wrote

Setting the bar high in our approach. To hiring has been. And will continue to be the single Most important element of Amazon's success. Bezos' focus on talent is just like this quote from Steve Jobs that happened in an interview Steve gave

That very same year, he said. I think I've consistently figured out who the really smart people were to hang around with. You must find extraordinary people. The key observation is that in most things in life The dynamic range between average quality and the best is at most

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