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Twilight of the Elites
Chris Hayes
The Results We measured the success of the transformation by the number of customers, the revenue, and the shareholder value. With the Creative Suite, there were 6 million customers. With the Creative Cloud, by the end of 2021, there were 26 million subscribers. With the Creative Suite, revenue hit $2 billion a year. With the Creative Cloud, we recorded $11.5 billion in 2021. During this time, Adobe's market cap grew from $13 billion to $269 billion. The business outcomes were clear, and this transformation is considered one of the most financially successful in industry history.
Keep showing up. 99% of success is just showing up. In fact, most success is just persistence.
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Kevin Kelly
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