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The relationship between Jobs and Apple hasn\u2019t always been a cosy, harmonious one.<\/p>\n
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In 1985, Jobs had a bust-up with then-CEO John Sculley, causing him to walk out of the company he co-founded. Rather than mope, he bought studio animation firm Pixar before returning to Apple in 1996.<\/p>\n
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He immediately binned a range of products that he felt were a waste of time and went about pointing Apple in a new direction, focusing on just four products, firstly with the brightly-coloured series of Macs and then onward to the iPod and beyond.<\/p>\n
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Whether it\u2019s taking an axe to Apple\u2019s product range or creating entirely new categories with devices such as the iPad, Jobs has never been afraid to think big.<\/p>\n
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Everything about Apple under his command has been geared towards the brave and genre-defining. Jobs\u2019 product presentations, to packed crowds, added a sense of theatre and occasion to the Apple brand.<\/p>\n
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That doesn\u2019t mean that ambition can be fulfilled without hard work. As Jobs put it: \u201cI\u2019m convinced that about half of what separates the successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Jobs may have a favourable image in the media, but those who have worked under him describe a man obsessed with perfection. As well as thinking big, Jobs liked to be across the detail too.<\/p>\n
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\u201cMy job is not to be easy on people,\u201d he once stated. \u201cMy job is to make them better.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Jobs\u2019 exit may have shocked many observers, given that his long absences from Apple in the past two years have never been fully articulated, but it\u2019s clear that a solid succession plan has been built behind the scenes.<\/p>\n
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Cook has already got runs on the board as acting CEO and will be tasked with driving the company forward, with help from Jobs as chairman.<\/p>\n
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If you fell under a bus, who would replace you? Hopefully, you will have an answer as Jobs did: \u201cMy job is to make the whole executive team good enough to be successors, so that\u2019s what I try to do.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Jobs made the black skivvy look his own. He probably has a wardrobe stuffed with hundreds of them.<\/p>\n
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Maybe you should adopt a distinctive style. Bow tie perhaps? Or maybe a hat worn at a jaunty angle?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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