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We had nothing to lose and everything to gain.
Steve Jobs
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Steve Jobs
Age: 56 †
Born: 1955
Born: February 24
Died: 2011
Died: October 5
Computer Scientist
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Steven Paul Jobs
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What had been the focus of my entire adult life was gone, and it was devastating. I didn't really know what to do for a few months. I felt that I had let the previous generation of entrepreneurs down. I was a very public failure.
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Focus is about saying, No. And the result of that focus is going to be some really great products where the total is much greater than the sum of the parts.
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