1. Many people think that Steve Jobs is a person they should emulate, but they have a false picture in their heads of what Steve Jobs was. They believe he dreamed perfect ideas out of his head and into the world.Â
2. Often, people look at the iPhone as an ideal example of that, but they look at the iPhone today. Your iPhone today is magical, but the first iPhone sucked in almost every way.
3. They donât realize that Steve Jobs WASNâT somebody who was NOT iterating, who just imagined you perfection minute one. Steve Jobs was iterating every step.
4. Do you remember the first iPhone?Â
No 3G. When 3G was a standard feature, you had that excellent internet browser, but you can only use it on EDGE, which means it fucking sucks.
One carrier. Oh, you donât have this carrier? â Sorry, switch carriers, figure that out.
Horrible battery life. The screen cracked all the time. No App Store; you canât even download other apps.
5. If you are the person who is saying: âThe product has to be this way because of what I said. Fuck the customers, fuck everyone else, fuck you, just make the product the way I want it to be!â â Youâre being the fake Steve Jobs.
6. The Real Steve Jobs released a shitty MVP that was revolutionary but still pretty shitty. And every year iterated it until you have the thing in your pocket right now, which is pretty damn good.
7. The Real Steve Jobs iterates and talks to customers. Fake Steve Jobs just dreams and creates art. Donât be the Fake Steve Jobs.
