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May 2024
52m 29s

#349 How Steve Jobs Kept Things Simple

David Senra
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What I learned from reading Insanely Simple: The Obsession That Drives Apple's Success by Ken Segall.  ---- Learning from history is a form of leverage. —Charlie Munger. Founders Notes gives you the super power to learn from history's greatest entrepreneurs on demand. Get access to the World’s Most Valuable Notebook for Founders You can search all my notes a ... Show More
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