American businesses lose an estimated $37 billion a year due to meeting mistakes.

Steve Jobs made sure Apple wasn't one of those companies.

Here are three ways the iconic CEO made meetings super productive:

1. He kept meetings as small as possible

Jobs kept meetings small.

In his book "Insanely Simple," longtime Jobs collaborator Ken Segall detailed what it was like to work with him.

In one story, Jobs was about to start a ..