Companies that get confused, that think their goal is revenue or stock price or something. You have to focus on the things that lead to those.
TIM COOKCompanies that get confused, that think their goal is revenue or stock price or something. You have to focus on the things that lead to those.
TIM COOKWe can’t take all of our energy and all of our care and finish the painting, then have someone else put their name on it.
TIM COOKThey’re gobbling up everything they can learn about you and trying to monetize it. We think that’s wrong. And it’s not the kind of company that Apple wants to be.
TIM COOKI don’t think Apple has to own a content business.
TIM COOKPrice is rarely the most important thing. A cheap product might sell some units.
TIM COOKI think everyone has to ask, how do companies make their money? Follow the money. And if they’re making money mainly by collecting gobs of personal data, I think you have a right to be worried.
TIM COOKFrom an app point of view, if you looked at innovation on the PC, you’d be hard pressed to find companies innovating. The list is small.
TIM COOKOpen to everyone, regardless of where they come from, what they look like, how they worship or who they love.
TIM COOKIt’s the privilege of a lifetime for me to work with the most innovative people on Earth.
TIM COOKIf I’m working with you for several months on things, if I have a relationship with you, and I decide one day I’m going to sue you,
TIM COOKHonestly, we’ll compete with everybody. I love competition. As long as people invent their own stuff, I love competition.
TIM COOKI don’t consider myself an activist, but I realize how much I’ve benefited from the sacrifice of others.
TIM COOKI despise politics. There is no room for it in a company. My life is going to be way too short to deal with that.
TIM COOKI am driven by great work and seeing people do incredible things and having a part in that.
TIM COOKOur business is not based on having information about you. You’re not our product. Our product are these, and this watch, and Macs and so forth. And so we run a very different company.
TIM COOKHistory rarely yields to one person, but think, and never forget, what happens when it does. That can be you. That should be you. That must be you.
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