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Founders: #235 Steve Jobs (The Pixar Story)

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[00:00:00] Steve Jobs had been hunting for a CFO of Pixar and reached out to Jordan, who agreed to meet Jobs for breakfast. I show up in my suit jacket, Jordan recalled, and Jobs walks in in torn clothes 20 minutes late. Jobs had only two interview questions for Jordan. Question 1. You went to Stanford Business School in the late 80s, and then you're in the center of the company creation universe, in the most exciting time in the world. And you became a fucking management consultant? Question two. How could you work at Disney for eight years? [00:00:33] Those guys are fucking bozos. Jordan…

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