Gurley says Jobs's CEO execution level is unprecedented, crediting Cook's operational contributions.
“I don't know if whoever sees CEO execution of this level. Of course, it's not just the CEO execution. You got what Tim Cook's done in operation.”
Gurley cites Jobs' decision to exclude Flash from iPad as example of gutsy feature removal.
“The decision not to put flash in the iPad. Right. Here's a fundamental reason for that, but that's a gutsy bet.”
Gurley recounts learning Jobs personally decided which icons appear on the iPhone home screen.
“Because we've got some great companies, Zillow, OpenTable, and I love to talk to him about getting something on there. And he just starts laughing.”
Gurley notes Apple grew from $2 billion to $343 billion market cap under Jobs, exceeding Microsoft and Intel combined.
“started at $2,000,000,000 when in market cap when he came in. Today, they're three forty three and bigger than Microsoft and Intel combined.”
Gurley notes Apple started at $2 billion market cap when Jobs returned.
“You can only you can only say great things because the company I mean, to think about what this company has started at $2,000,000,000 when”
Gurley realized Elon uses time constraints like Jobs used physical constraints to force creative problem-solving.
“I realized what he's doing is the exact jobs would tell them the phone has to be this thick. And then their mind can only operate within that constraint. And Elon's doing that with time.”