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by VinzO 5143 days ago
He also picked Sculley. I hope he learnt from his mistake. Anyway I guess it will be very difficult to find someone with a vision for new products as good as he had.
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Yes

But when Jobs picked Sculley, he was young and inexperienced. He probably had never worked with 'an MBA' so he didn't know what to watch for

Also, the relationship with Sculley went downside fast. When things don't match, this is usually what happens.

Sculley actually had a great 'product guy' for a while in JL Gassee. The Mac II and Powerbook lines were excellent, and the profits were huge. It was only later on when things started going off the rails.