“You can't just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they'll want something new.”

— Steve Jobs

Interview with Inc. Magazine for its "The Entrepreneur of the Decade Award" (1 April 1989) http://www.inc.com/magazine/19890401/5602.html <br class="br">1980s <br class="br">Variant: You can't just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they'll want something new.

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