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steve jobs on why xerox failed

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What it is

A short clip of Steve Jobs explaining why Xerox failed, arguing that product people lose out to sales and marketing people once a company becomes dominant.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN cites it as the standard explanation of how finance and sales take over a company, applied to Boeing and other declining firms.

  • 1 people recommended it
  • 1 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2024, last 2024

What HN commenters said

  1. “I keep this clip open in a browser tab so I can go back to it from time-to-time”

    Jobs on how product people lose out to sales and marketing

    aslatter, 2024-01 · Strong recommendation · in “Did a 1997 merger ruin Boeing?”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: steve jobs, xerox, company decline, product management, management

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