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Love him or hate him, you have to respect the infulence that Apple's Steve Jobs had in the tech industry. From the day he came back to Apple, he had a vision of where the company should be. He was never afraid to take a risk, and some of them paid off big time, iPod, iPhone, iPad for instance. They redefinced an industry.

When the iMac first came out and there was no floppy and this new thing called USB, people thought he was nuts. Today USB is a standard and floppy disks, well those are pretty much gone.

The iPod redefined how we listen to music, iTunes redefined how we buy it. While there were other MP3 players out before that, I did have RIO with 64MB of memory, the iPod made it easier to put your music on it and gave you more storage.

We can thank the iPhone for pushing the cell phone industry forward. It has set the standard. How many new phones are touch screens or have removed the hardware keyboard thanks to the iPhone?

While the tech world will never be the same, his influence will be felt for many more years. I have read stories that ask, "What will Apple do with Steve Jobs?" The answer is simple, continue to create products that consumers love and want.

The job of a GREAT leader is to build a team that share in their vision. Everyone at Apple has a certain DNA and that is partly to thank to Steve Jobs. I do not doubt that their future will continue to be bright. I fully trust that the management team knows what they were doing. They have been preparing for this day for years.

I have nothing but respect and admiration for Steve Jobs. I will miss the "Stevenotes" as they always left me with a sense of energy and excitement, a feeling similiar to when I was a kid on Christmas.

In his famous 2005 commencement speech at Standford, he left the graduating class with these words, "Stay foolish, stay hungry." Fantastic advice!

Here is their famous Think Different campaign with him narrating.

Thank you Steve Jobs for your impact on our technological lives and I wish your family all the best during this challenging time.

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