2012
Copenhagen International Documentary Film Fes
入選
Directed by 保羅・森
成為墳墓中最富有的人對我來說毫無意義，能夠在晚上睡覺前說聲「我今天做了了不起的事」，這才是我在乎的。—— 賈伯斯，1993 年 5 月《華爾街日報》
We’re here to put a dent in the universe. Otherwise why else even be here? 活著就是為了改變世界，難道還有其他原因嗎？ —— 賈伯斯
貝佐斯—遺失的訪問 😌 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pgzi_jUBu9U
The “lost” Jeff Bezos 1997 interview just about a year after starting Amazon.Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. 你的人生有限，別浪費時間為他人而活。—— 賈伯斯
21:24 我身價超過一百萬美元時才23歲，24歲超過千萬美元，25歲就超過億萬美元，但那沒那麼重要，因為我從來就不是為了錢。—— 賈伯斯
You can't just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they'll want something new. 重新閱讀《賈伯斯傳》後有感。「詢問市場要什麼」等到找到答案時，市場的需求已經又改變了；產品要優先於市場需求之前、甚至是創造市場需求（ which is hard 🤧）
「百事可樂產品數十年不變很正常，最多是換個玻璃瓶。因此產品研發部門無足輕重，行銷部門才是要角。倘若已壟斷市場的 IBM 或全錄也採取同樣策略，就不妙了。」 這段Steve Jobs 在返回蘋果公司前一年(1996)的專訪，當時他還不知道自己一年後將以王子復仇之姿被邀請重新掌管蘋果電腦。整段專訪精彩，Jobs 幾乎有問有答，毫無隱瞞地陳述自己不同於其他創辦人對於經營的看法，一語道破許多企業後期，為了追求營收增加，過於強調行銷策略，導致公司喪失打造偉大產品的熱情和能力，忘記產品研發才是立業之本的盲點。 這位改變人類整個世代生活方式的男人，針對創意、商品與人的關係所做出的精闢剖析和遠見，身處21世紀的我們看來仍非常受用。
40:36 被遺棄、被選擇、很特別－這些概念成為了賈伯斯的一部份，也影響他對自己的看法。「我想，他想完全掌控自己製造的每一樣東西的那種強烈慾望，就來源於他的性格以及剛出生就被拋棄這件事。」跟喬布斯共事了很多年的德爾約克姆（Del Yocam）這麼說。格雷格卡爾霍恩（Greg Calhoun）看到了另一種影響，「他想控制外界環境，而且他把產品看做自己的一種延伸。」（《賈伯斯傳》，2011）
10:09 「你無法想象那給了我們多少信心。」沃茲也有同樣的感觸。「出售它們也許不是個好主意，但這讓我們看到，我的工程技術和他的遠見卓識結合起來，我們可以做出怎樣的一番事業。」他說。藍盒子的這段奇妙經歷為兩人之間即將誕生的合作關係建立了一個模板：沃茲尼亞克就是個文雅的天才，創造出一項很酷的發明，然後就算送給別人他也很高興；而賈伯斯會想出怎樣讓這個發明方便易用的方法，然後把它包裝起來，推向市場，賺上一筆。（《賈伯斯傳》，2011）
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