MG has the canonical post on Apple’s first earnings report of the post Steve Jobs era. Read it and follow the links he includes. Cliff Notes version- the results were staggering.

As it turns out, these earnings were reported on the same day the State of the Union address was delivered. Steve’s widow, Laurene Powell Jobs, was in attendance and that was an unlikely coincidence given the following shout out:

You see, an economy built to last is one where we encourage the talent and ingenuity of every person in this country. That means women should earn equal pay for equal work. It means we should support everyone who’s willing to work; and every risk-taker and entrepreneur who aspires to become the next Steve Jobs

Politics aside, maybe that little thought on the next Steve Jobs is true.

But, maybe what the Apple earnings tell us is not that we need the next Steve Jobs but that there are potentially 1,000s of the next Steve Jobs already among us in need of the next Tim Cook.