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Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview
, subject: Steve Jobs interview film
A Steve Jobs source David repeatedly uses for lessons about team friction, asking for help, authenticity, and care in one's work.
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About this work
Most of the interview was shelved after brief excerpts appeared in a television series, then recovered and released in 2012. Jobs discusses Apple's early years, his career setbacks, and his view of the technology industry's future.
Why explore it
Best if you want a compact primary-source view of Steve Jobs's thinking about teams, initiative, authenticity, and craft
Key themes
- Friction can polish a team
- Ask, act, and care about the work
Evidence and original sources
This record is supported by 4 public evidence rows linked to original Founders episodes.
- Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, Max Levchin (PayPal) — David applies Jobs's rock-tumbler metaphor from Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview to teams of talented people whose friction and collaboration polish both their ideas and one another.
- Yvon Chouinard (Patagonia) — David applies Jobs's just-ask lesson, which he tentatively attributes to The Lost Interview, to Patagonia leader Kris McDivitt's practice of asking experienced people for help.
- Steve Jobs (Make Something Wonderful) — David draws a founder theme of authenticity and care in one's work from a Lost Interview quote.
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