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Podcast: Great Books Distilled: Summaries of Bestselling Business and Investing Books
Episode: Essay Breakdown: "Imitators take note — Steve Jobs was more than a showman" by Michael Moritz, Author of "Inside the Little Kingdom" and Partner at Sequoia Capital
Description: "It is easy to forget that, when he was a student, the man who brought us the Macintosh, iPhone and iPad (and, with his little finger, Pixar) collected bottle caps to make ends meet. The need to stretch every nickel informed the way Apple was run during the early days."In 2015, Mike Moritz wrote an opinion piece for The Financial Times called "Imitators take note — Steve Jobs was more than a showman." It's a great reminder that the best businesses — including Apple — are the most capital efficient businesses. That what matters isn't how much you raise, but the bu...