The day Steve Jobs prank-called a Starbucks and ordered 4,000 lattes: The power of humour and storytelling


Steve Jobs introduced the original iPhone on January 9, 2007. — Apple

Steve Jobs hated PowerPoint. “People who know what they’re talking about don't need PowerPoint,” the Apple co-founder once said.

At the same time, Jobs loved presentations – especially product presentations. He loved building toward his iconic “one more thing ...” moments, bluffing a conclusion and then pretending to remember that, oops, he forgot to introduce the first MacBook Pro, or the first iPod Shuffle, or the iTunes Store.

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