Steve Jobs

Listening to customers yields success

Companies tend to focus too much on their product or service, forgetting to listen to what customers are telling them. This often results in declining revenue and profit.

The goal of any business is to make money, but that objective is easier to reach when we listen to customers and know and understand their needs. The best way to do this is by listening to what they tell us. More often than not, in the course of a conversation, a customer will divulge information that is vital to our overall success.

Consider three areas related to customers:

Lifelike Steve Jobs doll.

Steve Jobs action figure pulled from market

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- The company that began advertising for an incredibly lifelike Steve Jobs doll won't sell the figurines after all because of pressure from family and Apple lawyers.

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In this Sept. 5, 2007, photo, Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduced the Apple Nano.

Pancreatic cancer a relatively swift killer

It's claimed the lives of many well-known celebrities, including Steve Jobs, Michael Landon and Patrick Swayze. This year, it will inflict its wrath on approximately 44,000 people. Of those, 37,000 will lose their lives.

Pancreatic cancer isn't as rare as you might think. According to the American Cancer Society, it's the fourth-leading cancer killer in the U.S. In addition, it's a grim disease. The five-year survival rate, if found early enough, is about 25 percent.

(PAUL SAKUMA/The Associated Press) In this Sept. 9, 2008 file photo, Apple CEO Steve Jobs talks about iTunes 8 at an event in San Francisco. Jobs’ entree into the music world was more than a success _ it was a phenomenon. Today, iTunes owns the majority of the digital sales market, has redefined listening experience, and has for all purposes become the way that music is consumed.

iTunes great for Apple, but was it for music biz?

NEW YORK — When Apple rolled out iTunes for the masses in the spring of 2003, the music industry was at a point of transition — and chaos.

FILE - In this March 2, 2011 file photo, Apple Inc. Chairman and CEO Steve Jobs waves to his audience at an Apple event at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater in San Francisco. Apple Inc. on Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011 said Jobs is resigning as CEO, effective immediately. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Steve Jobs resigns as Apple CEO

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Steve Jobs has resigned as CEO at Apple, the company he co-founded at age 21 and turned into an international business icon, known for its tremendous profits and elegantly designed devices like the iPhone, iPad and Mac computers.

(The Associated Press)

Q&A: Does Apple have to release health info about CEO Steve Jobs?

NEW YORK -- Steve Jobs is the public face of Apple, but that doesn't mean investors get to know every last detail about the CEO's health.

Jobs announced this week he is taking his third medical leave from the company he started in 1976.

No date was given for when he will return. No information was provided about what was wrong. No interim CEO was named, though Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook will be responsible for Apple Inc.'s day-to-day operations.

Apple CEO Steve Jobs takes medical leave

SEATTLE -- Apple Inc. co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs sent a note Monday to employees saying he's taking a second medical leave of absence in two years so he can focus on his health.

No further information about his current condition was provided. Apple spokesman Steve Dowling would not directly answer questions about Jobs' health or whereabouts, referring only to the text of the brief note.

Jobs said he will continue as CEO and be involved in major de

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