The Genesis of Apple
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should be run. Having lost favor with Markkula and Jobs, and ush with
valuable stock, Scott realized, The problem with Apple is there’s only 24
hours in a day, and if the job’s not fun, it’s time to leave.” In March,
Markkula took over as president, and Jobs replaced Markkula as chairman.
Scott remained at Apple because the company was in the middle of a
secondary offering of 2.6 million shares of common stock, but after that
was completed in May, he red off the following memo to the executive
staff on July 17:
When I joined Apple four and a half years ago, I did so to learn and to
have fun. The most important thing I’ve learned has been that the things
most important to me, no amount of money ...