Arthur Rock famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Steve Jobs is a national treasure. He is so visionary, and so bright. I had to fire him, though.
-- Arthur Rock

#Jobs #Fire #Visionaries
You know, a lot of people are just interested in, in building a company so they can make money and get out.
-- Arthur Rock

#Money #People #Building
Well, I was born and raised in Rochester, New York.
-- Arthur Rock

#New York #Born #Rochester
I mean I wasn't a founder in the sense that I contributed anything scientifically but in the sense that I signed the corporation papers and, and owned founder's stock.
-- Arthur Rock

#Mean #Paper #Corporations
My father was an immigrant from Russia and my mother was first generation.
-- Arthur Rock

#Mother #Father #Russia
The cost of a semiconductor chip fabrication plant doubles every four years.
-- Arthur Rock

#Years #Four #Cost
Killing Intel, I, I just had to resign from the Apple Board.
-- Arthur Rock

#Apples #Boards #Killing
People come in with business plans and, I mean I know that no one is going to meet everything they say in a business plan but you got to have something to, to guide towards.
-- Arthur Rock

#Mean #People #Guides
And what I'm interested in is investing in people.
-- Arthur Rock

#People #Investing
So I, I knew something in a business sense about semiconductors and I appreciated their possibilities.
-- Arthur Rock

#Appreciated #Possibility
Which, the first meeting with anybody is, you know, everybody is on their best behavior. It's only after you get to know them for a while that you figure out.
-- Arthur Rock

#Firsts #Behavior #Figures

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