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Tim Cook visited Germany and met Chancellor Angela Merkel during his Berlin visit to talk about security and privacy.

He also visited the city of Gersthofen near Augsburg where the glass for Apple’s new Campus 2 (Cupertino’s Spaceship, inspired by Steve Jobs) is produced by the German specialist SEELE. SEELE already delivered elements for the 5th Avenue New York Apple Store and many other stores in the USA, UK, China, and Germany.



Near to SEELE the Josef Gartner GmbH combines the glass with the metal frames and then ships it to Cupertino.

Germany is the mother of all mobile transportation prominently influenced by Karl Friedrich Benz, Gottlieb Daimler, and Ferdinand Porsche.



Is Apple really working on a car?

Some publishing media predict this.

Did Tim also visit Porsche’s HQ in Stuttgart in a secret mission?

Well, I don’t know it but he should go there because both companies and their early leaders have many things in common, the business strategy and some kind of DNA which is exemplary for a tremendous brand loyalty.

Related links …

Tim Cook about Privacy
Tim Cook
About Cupertino’s Spaceship

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of a top influencer of our times, a philosopher, an entertainer, a visionary, a genius.

Steve Jobs
born February 24, 1955 in San Francisco, CA, USA
died October 5, 2011 in Palo Alto, CA, USA

About Steve’s most creative period

Steve Jobs’ Timeline 2000-2011

And here is what Tim Cook tweeted today

Tim Cook about Steve’s birthday

Thanks, Steve.

This is the story about a lucky man who did the right thing at the right time:

In 1985 Apple had a promotion called Test Drive where you could borrow a Mac for the weekend from your local computer reseller. At the same time they had a sales contest for reseller sales people. I had just finished my undergraduate degree (Animal Science/Microbiology) and needed to make some money for grad school, so I went to work for a local computer reseller in Ames, Iowa (I was always the computer guy in the lab).

At the end of the sales contest I got a letter from Apple (I knew it was legit because it was done on a yet to be shipped LaserWriter) saying that I’d won and was invited to Cupertino (my first trip to California).

There were other winners from other regions (but I sold the most) and I got to have dinner with Steve and Mike Murray (VP of Marketing). As a guy that had been playing with Apple II’s since 1978, it was more than a dream come true. I was 24 years old, having dinner with Steve Jobs. I personally understand the term “reality distortion field”. I also spent the week with other sales and marketing execs at Apple in interviews, a tour of the factory and meetings at headquarters.

Steve gave me the keys to a Porsche 944 and then about 3 months later, Apple called back to see if I would consider moving to California and work at headquarters. I stayed for 10 years. After my second sabbatical, I helped found a new networking and communications company called Packeteer as CEO, took it public in 1999 and retired in 2002 at 41.

Lots of people can rightfully say that Steve Jobs changed their life.
(Source technologizer com)

… and me too after reading Steve’s commencement address at Stanford University and learning more about his life, his beliefs, and the company’s DNA which is still visible.

Summary …

That’s life.

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Apple and Porsche

About Steve Jobs

Apple’s Sponsoring

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Apple is a processor driven company.

The well-known abbreviation CPU which means Central Processing Unit in this case turns into Cupertino Processing Unit when looking on the leaders. Beside some iOS and OSX updates Apple also released a couple of human updates last year.

Responsibilities of Peter Oppenheimer, Chief Financial Officer, moved over to Luca Maestri. Within the CPU he now is the responsible Floating Point Unit.

Angela Ahrendts is the second new face joining the executive board in 2014. Sadly Lisa P. Jackson, Vice President for Environmental Initiatives, still isn’t part of the Executive board.

The Beatles …

CUPERTINO, California, May 28, 2014

“Apple today announced it has agreed to acquire the critically acclaimed subscription streaming music service Beats Music, and Beats Electronic, which makes the popular Beats headphones, speakers and audio software. As part of the acquisition, Beats co-founders Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre will join Apple.”

Eddy Cue

“Music is such an important part of Apple’s DNA and always will be.
The addition of Beats will make our music lineup even better, from free streaming with iTunes Radio to a world-class subscription service in Beats, and of course buying music from the iTunes Store as customers have loved to do for years.”

Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine joined Apple but nobody knows what their duties are.

And now, wow …

The Q1 results (Oct-Dec 2014, fiscal year ends September 30) of the company surpassed those of all times and all other companies in the world.

The iPhone 6 and 6 Plus primarily made this possible.

Cook already predicted the mother of all upgrades shortly after the iPhone event in September 2014. This is particularly true in China, where Apple reportedly sold more smartphones in the country than any other company in the last quarter.

It looks like Apple will be able to sustain this amazing growth.

“We certainly believe there are legs to it.”

Tim Cook said.

It’s widely expected that there are also delightful updates of the product line-up this year starting in April with the Apple Watch.

In September 2014 Apple won the Coolest Brand Award in the UK for the third consecutive year with Aston Martin and Nike in 2nd and 3rd place.

What makes this company successful?

Some answers can be found under ‘Related links’.

The mind map …

Feel free to download the mind map from my Box account in different file formats.

Related links …

The right decisions
Apple’s Key Events

Taking care of customers
Apple’s Customer Relationships

An outstanding design
Designed by Apple in California

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