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Steve Jobs: Sale/Marketing People vs. Product People

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What it is

A short clip of Steve Jobs explaining how sales and marketing people take over mature companies from product people, leading to product decline.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN cites it whenever a company stagnates, from Intel to Boeing, to explain what happens when salespeople or finance run the business.

  • 1 people recommended it
  • 1 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2020, last 2026

What HN commenters said

  1. “I think this Steve Jobs clip explains it pretty well.”

    Jobs on sales people versus product people explains Intel's stagnation.

    jonplackett, 2020-11 · Recommendation · in “Go standard library benchmarks – Intel vs. M1”

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

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