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Editor's Pick: Under the Shadow of Steve Jobs: Why Trump May Be Unbeatable

Under the Shadow of Steve Jobs: Why Trump May Be Unbeatable

Rob Enderle May 2, 2016 9:57 AM PT
	One of the frustrating things for me during Steve Jobs' time was that most of the folks who watched Apple go from nearly dead to the most valuable company in the world didn't seem to see anything really unusual. It was more like they were watching a great tennis player and seemingly concluding, "damn, what luck!" However, it requires a particular set of skills to do what Jobs did. [More...]

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