Dave WordenTriumph Business Solutions · Founder

Apple & Steve Job's failures, and the lessons that led to MASSIVE SUCCESS.

6 Aug 2025 · 1 min

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In this monologue, the speaker explores Steve Jobs' distinctive vision of blending technology with art, arguing that Apple’s products were designed to be more than functional devices—they serve as personal expressions of the consumer’s identity. The talk highlights how Jobs introduced color and aesthetic considerations to computers, exemplified by the early Macintosh’s orange shell, and how this artistic focus set Apple apart from competitors focused solely on technical superiority. The speaker also examines the concept of failure through Jobs' own experience of being fired from Apple, describing it as a setback rooted in misaligned expectations rather than an inherent flaw. This reframing of failure underscores the idea that challenging conventional standards can lead to innovative breakthroughs, as later evidenced by Apple’s resurgence and the acquisition of Pixar.

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What is also interesting is that Steve Jobs was vehement about a standard for at least for Apple, I assume for Pixar too. But for Apple it was. How I define it is the blending of technology and art. Where every other organization, IBM, all these other companies that made technology, was about the best tech, so to speak, Steve Jobs said the most artful tech, and I'm not saying that was his words, but you can see the products it made became a representation of who you are as a consumer. The Apple phone is not just a phone, it's an expression of who I am. The first Mac I had had an orange kind of shell to it. Wherever the computer was off, white or black, he was the first to add color, figuratively and literally. I wonder if having this again beacon of where you head allows you to navigate failures. Next was a failure defined as it was not a sustainable company. Kudos to them. It was acquired by Apple. Steve Jobs was a failure according to the Apple leadership when he was first fired. But in the moment the were probably right, like based upon their rules and expectations and and all the stuff they had, he wasn't a fit. So a failure can simply be a setback. And it could be because the judgments around you are wrong. It could be because the instruction set you followed wrong. Or maybe it's just everyone's following the generic instruction set of make it a black or white computer and someone's got to be the first to say that is a failure the way we've been doing it and introduce something new.