What It’s Like to Design Apple’s Retail Stores Alongside Steve Jobs

Tim Kobe, CEO of Eight Inc. and X Eight Ventures, discusses what it means to successfully adapt your design plans.

By David Meltzer Nov 21, 2019
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On this episode of The Playbook, Tim Kobe, CEO of Eight Inc. and X Eight Ventures, shares his ideas on:

  • Why a career in design should be treated as a lifelong learning opportunity [3:07].
  • The importance of prototyping offline before launching a product or location [8:29].
  • What it means to connect to your customers by designing human experience [11:44].
  • How Steve Jobs taught him to focus on people with his design and not profit [14:00].

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On this episode of The Playbook, Tim Kobe, CEO of Eight Inc. and X Eight Ventures, shares his ideas on:

  • Why a career in design should be treated as a lifelong learning opportunity [3:07].
  • The importance of prototyping offline before launching a product or location [8:29].
  • What it means to connect to your customers by designing human experience [11:44].
  • How Steve Jobs taught him to focus on people with his design and not profit [14:00].

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David Meltzer

Co-Founder of Sports 1 Marketing, Speaker, Author and Business Coach at Sports 1 Marketing
David Meltzer, co-founder of Sports 1 Marketing and host of Entrepreneur's podcast, "The Playbook", is a Top 100 Business Coach, global public speaker and three-time international best-selling author who has been honored by Variety as "Sports Humanitarian of the Year".

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