Geoffrey Cain > Quotes

“engineer, along with a hundred others, began his hike that night near Samsung’s Everland theme park, traversing the mountains around Yongin—a distance of sixty-four kilometers (about forty miles)—through the day and overnight. The hike was designed to test the team’s mental toughness as they prepared to race forward making a 64K DRAM chipset, an early semiconductor used in calculators.”
― Geoffrey Cain, Samsung Rising: The Inside Story of the South Korean Giant That Set Out to Beat Apple and Conquer Tech

“Steve was building the future of American surveillance while snacking on Medjool dates and sipping at his favorite drink, carrot juice.”
― Geoffrey Cain, Steve Jobs in Exile: The Untold Story of NeXT and the Remaking of an American Visionary

“Whether through his intensity, his taste, or his insistence on discipline, Steve created a design culture that employees never forgot. Many loved the high standards and the pride that came from producing excellent work. Even years later, a number said that NeXT was the most magical place they’d ever worked. Nowhere else came close.”
― Geoffrey Cain, Steve Jobs in Exile: The Untold Story of NeXT and the Remaking of an American Visionary