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When the sales guys run the company, the product guys do not matter so much, and a lot of them just turn off.
Steve Jobs
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Steve Jobs
Age: 56 †
Born: 1955
Born: February 24
Died: 2011
Died: October 5
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Steven Paul Jobs
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