Steve Jobs on Failure

The Santa Clara Valley Historical Association conducted an unscripted film interview with Steve Jobs in 1994. In this film clip from that interview, Steve discusses his thoughts on the topic of failure. This is a segment from the full unscripted interview. Steve Jobs 1994 Interview Interview date: November 11, 1994 Interviewer: John McLaughlin, Historian and President of the Santa Clara Valley Historical Association Interviewer’s question:  “Correct me if I’m wrong. When you were starting Apple, or maybe beforehand, the rumor that I heard was that you went to talk to like Gordon Moore and Bob Noyce, and at Xerox PARC. And actually, these doors were open to you, which is unusual. I believe it’s unusual compared to other places in the world where you can call the CEO of a company and say . . .“ Transcript: “I’ve actually always found something to be very true, which is most people don’t get those experiences because they never ask. I’ve nev