Jobs believed that focusing on making profit directly leads to cutting corners and juicing revenues with inferior cost management; in contrast, focusing obsessively on creating an insanely good product ensures that profits follow naturally, avoiding the path to disaster.

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Speaker

Walter Isaacson

Evidence Quote

if you really focus on making profit you're going to cut corners you're going to do things you'll juice up your revenues you'll cut your costs a little bit you'll make a profit but that way is a path to disaster

Source

What You Can Learn From History's Greatest Innovators | Walter Isaacson | The Knowledge Project 121The Knowledge Project Podcast
Created: 8/12/2026, 10:30:56 PM

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