Lessons Learned from Steve Jobs

I recently spoke with several reporters about Steve Jobs' impact on healthcare, thanking him for the past 15 years of innovation. In preparing for those interviews, I reviewed Steve's career milestones.

In 1997, Apple Computer was in trouble. Its sales had declined from 11 billion in 1995 to 7 billion in 1997. Its energies were focused on battling Microsoft. It had lost its way.

Steve Jobs made these remarks at MacWorld 1997, a few months before becoming Apple's CEO. He outlined a simple go forward plan...