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Tim Cook
American
Businessman
Born:
Nov 1
,
1960
Apple
Best
Great
People
Think
You
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I've always hated litigation, and I continue to hate it.
Tim Cook
Hate
Hated
Always
Continue
Litigation
You don't have to choose between doing good and doing well. It's a false choice, today more than ever.
Tim Cook
Today
Good
You
More
Between
Well
Doing
Doing Good
False
Than
Choice
Choose
Ever
I'd rather Apple cannibalize Apple than somebody else cannibalize Apple.
Tim Cook
Somebody
Else
Rather
Than
Apple
We're very simple people at Apple. We focus on making the world's best products and enriching people's lives.
Tim Cook
Best
People
World
Simple
Focus
Enriching
Making
Very
Products
Lives
Apple
I think of a traditional CEO as being divorced from customers. A lot of consumer company CEOs - they're not really interacting with consumers.
Tim Cook
Think
Consumer
Consumers
Divorced
Traditional
Lot
Being
Interacting
Customers
CEO
CEOs
Really
Company
It gives me a lot of energy to talk to developers or meet students in classrooms who are using our technology to help learn faster and better. Watching them pursue their passion.
Tim Cook
Me
Technology
Better
Passion
Energy
Faster
Meet
Our
Classrooms
Gives
Pursue
Students
Developers
Talk
Learn
Lot
Them
Help
Who
Using
Watching
Market in India is big enough for several brands. For us, it's about innovation, making best product, and making the ecosystem better and better. If we do that well, then more people will switch from Android to iOS.
Tim Cook
Best
Innovation
People
Better
Will
Big
Enough
Market
Several
Android
India
About
More
More People
Ecosystem
Well
Making
Big Enough
Brands
Then
Us
Product
Switch
If you look at the automobile in many countries, there is a certified pre-owned market for Lexus, BMW, and many other brands. When you buy a high-end smartphone, you can expect the same kind of a situation there.
Tim Cook
Buy
You
Situation
Other
Market
Kind
High-End
Countries
Look
Expect
Brands
Same
Automobile
Certified
Many
Augmented reality will take some time to get right, but I do think that it's profound.
Tim Cook
Time
Reality
Will
Think
Some
Take
Augmented
Augmented Reality
Get
Right
Profound
The kind of investors we seek are long term because that's how we make our decisions.
Tim Cook
Long
Our
Kind
Seek
Investors
Long-Term
Term
Make
Because
How
Decisions
You have to find the intersection of doing something you're passionate about and that, at the same time, is in the service of other people. I would argue if you don't find that intersection, you're not going to be very happy.
Tim Cook
Service
Time
You
Happy
People
Other
Would
Find
About
Something
Argue
Doing
Passionate
Very
Same
Going
Same Time
Intersection
I learned that focus is key. Not just in your running a company, but in your personal life as well.
Tim Cook
Life
Key
Focus
Personal Life
Running
Well
Learned
Personal
Just
Your
Company
I am who I am, and I'm focused on that, and being a great CEO of Apple.
Tim Cook
Great
Focused
Am
Being
CEO
Who
Apple
I don't think Apple has to own a content business.
Tim Cook
Business
Own
Think
Content
Apple
Our whole role in life is to give you something you didn't know you wanted. And then once you get it, you can't imagine your life without it. And you can count on Apple doing that.
Tim Cook
Life
You
Our
Once
Give
Something
Count
Know
Without
Doing
Role
Get
Wanted
Then
Your
Whole
Apple
Imagine
You know, this iPhone, as a matter of fact, the engine in here is made in America. And not only are the engines in here made in America, but engines are made in America and are exported. The glass on this phone is made in Kentucky. And so we've been working for years on doing more and more in the United States.
Tim Cook
You
Phone
Matter
Made
States
More
Only
More And More
Fact
Glass
Know
Doing
iPhone
Been
Years
America
Working
Engine
Engines
United
United States
Here
Kentucky
At one point in time, you had to choose, 'Do you want to do consumer or enterprise?' But the reality today is a bit different: Enterprises are a collection of consumers.
Tim Cook
Today
Time
You
Reality
Bit
Enterprise
Enterprises
Collection
Point
Consumer
Consumers
Had
Different
Want
Choose
When technological advancement can go up so exponentially, I do think there's a risk of losing sight of the fact that tech should serve humanity, not the other way around.
Tim Cook
Humanity
Losing
Think
Other
Way
Sight
Risk
Fact
Advancement
Around
Go
Up
Should
Exponentially
Tech
Serve
Technological
We have never said that we're perfect. We've said that we seek that. But we sometimes fall short.
Tim Cook
Sometimes
Fall
Seek
Perfect
Never
Said
Short
People like things they can do now, not just think about.
Tim Cook
People
Think
About
Like
Just
Now
Things
We collectively, to get things done, work together as a team. Because the work really happens horizontally in our company, not vertically. Products are horizontal. It takes hardware plus software plus services to make a killer product.
Tim Cook
Work
Together
Software
Our
Killer
Collectively
Horizontal
Plus
Takes
Make
Because
Vertically
Get
Done
Happens
Work Together
Really
Product
Products
Team
Company
Things
Services
Hardware
Every time I meet Prime Minister Modi and listen to him and then see his actions, including GST, I see bold things that I don't see in any other place. I am super impressed and optimistic.
Tim Cook
Time
Every
Other
Every Time
Meet
Minister
See
Super
Prime
Prime Minister
Him
Am
His
Impressed
Optimistic
Any
Listen
Any Other Place
Place
Then
Bold
Actions
Including
Things
It wasn't very long ago when you wouldn't even think about there being health information on the smartphone. There's financial information. There's your conversations; there's business secrets. There's probably more information about you on here than exists in your home.
Tim Cook
Health
Home
You
Business
Financial
Long
Think
Secrets
About
More
Exists
Very
Than
Being
Information
Conversations
Your
Even
Here
Our values are that we do think that people have a right to privacy. And that our customers are not our products.
Tim Cook
Privacy
People
Values
Think
Our
Customers
Products
Right
We don't collect a lot of your data and understand every detail about your life. That's just not the business that we are in.
Tim Cook
Life
Business
Every
Collect
Detail
About
Data
Understand
Lot
Just
Your
The pre-owned market allows us to reach customers who really want an Apple device but can't really reach that point. I think it is great for people, or otherwise, we wouldn't we doing it. If we were not proud of the product, we wouldn't be doing it.
Tim Cook
Great
People
Think
Otherwise
Market
Point
Device
Reach
Proud
Doing
Were
Want
Customers
Us
Really
Product
Who
Apple
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