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The Knowledge Project · September 1, 2026 · 1h 3m
Steve Jobs in Exile
Geoffrey Cain spent years reconstructing the decade Steve Jobs spent outside Apple. NeXT lost money for years, co-founders left, investors lost faith, and at one point Jobs was a weekend away from shutting the company down. Cain reveals how those failures forged the leader Apple needed, covering everything from NeXT's impossible design to Pixar's rescue, Jobs's intellectual combat style, and the moment at rock bottom that changed everything.
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The episode argues that the failures Jobs experienced at NeXT and his near‑bankruptcy taught him the lessons that later saved Apple.
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