Awkward Reality #483

If you think your employees are passionate about earnings per share, you’re out of touch.

When recruiting John Sculley from Pepsi, Steve Jobs asked, “Do you want to sell sugar water for the rest of your life, or do you want to come with me and change the world?” Most employees paid no attention to your last quarter’s earnings-per-share. But they’ll tell the next generation how their new product turned an industry upside-down.

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