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 Absolutely no nonsense when it comes to product design for APPLE.  When apple designs a product, they want no interference with the content and the user.  No buttons and no unnecessary interface.  Apple believes providing a slick and sexy platform and just getting out of  people's way. It allows people to touch the content and feel the product.  People should forget about the product when they use it.  All the social networks, communities or organizations should be built with such "superb simplicity". Build a platform and get out of their way.  That is the biggest reason why twitter is a hit and so is facebook.  And so is orkut not so sexy. 

Why very few Start up companies are successful? Why very few individuals are Billionaires? 9 out 10 companies fail within first five years of their formation and 9 out 10 such companies fail within 10 years. So is the success rate of new start up companies. Hence we do not see a Google, a Microsoft, an amazon.com every day being formed. Our lives are quite similar. Not everyone can become Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Albert Einstein or Warren Buffet. What sets them apart from the crowd? Successful Start ups and Billionaires have few things in common. 1) Clear cut goals 2) 3 year, 5 year, 10 year plans 3) Vision for the future 4) Strategic partnerships 5) Continuous improvement 6) Invest in R&D 7) Invest in Human capital 8) Invest in long term Assets 9) Hard work and persistent effort 10) Passionate How can these have an impact in our daily life and our career?

How passionate you are about anything you do? " You have to constantly worry about the work you are doing, otherwise rational people will just give up on the way " --Steve Jobs(CEO of Apple Inc.) The above quote was said by Steve Jobs on his interview along with Bill Gates(founder of Microsoft) on ALL THINGS DIGITAL. You can watch the video series here If your products are not "Remarkable" then your team is not passionate about it. Just think about any Apple products. Aren't those products truly amazing and sexy? Your mind should be filled with the product, your work, your organization, every effort you make then only you can be passionate about anything you do. You should be obsessed by your work so much that even in the middle of the night, you are excited and wake up to finish it. Then only you can be Passionate. Only Passionate people create remarkable products, products about which you can make a remark. When I want to get any kind of inspiration on de...