Identity & Culture1 book · 2 highlights

Paper Napkin Ideas Over Boardrooms

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Steve Jobs' Chef (translated) by Edited by Nikkei Business Publications — book cover

Steve Jobs' Chef (translated)

Edited by Nikkei Business Publications · 2 highlights

  1. “It also seems they talked about work. At one point, they were busy writing something on a paper napkin from the store. It seems that in Silicon Valley, groundbreaking ideas often emerge outside the office, and paper napkins become perfect notepads in such situations. In museums and the like, paper napkins with scribbles are sometimes displayed reverentially as “historical materials.” At that time as well, the paper napkin left on the table was filled with numbers and arrows. I thought (maybe it’s something important) and kept it for a while, but it eventually disappeared somewhere.”

  2. “When looking at the endlessly blue skies of California, it’s a mystery how you can feel, (Well, it’ll work out somehow). Perhaps the exceptional amount of entrepreneurship around here is related to such weather.”

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