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“We've had one of these before, when the dot-com bubble burst. What I told our company was that we were just going to invest our way through the downturn, that we weren't going to lay off people, that we'd taken a tremendous amount of effort to get them into Apple in the first place; the last thing we were going to do is lay them off.”

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Steve Jobs was an American entrepreneur, inventor, and business leader. He co-founded Apple Inc. and led the company to launch revolutionary products such as the Macintosh computer, iPod, iPhone, and iPad. Known for his innovative spirit and exceptional business acumen, Jobs had a profound impact on the modern technology industry. more

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