“Every once in a while, a revolutionary product came along, that changes everything, and Apple has been … very fortunate; it’s been able to introduce a few of these into the world. “ (“Steve Jobs introducing the iPhone”)
What continued was a loud cheering and clapping by the attendant of the Apple 2007 keynote, one of the most important events held by Apple, the world’s current most valuable company (“The World's Most Valuable Brands”) where Apple introduced the first iPhone. The voice of the man was Steve Job, the former CEO Apple. Born on February 24, 1955 in San Francisco, California, he was often credited for the success behind Apple’s products. However, not many people know the truth behind Steve Jobs and the real work that he did. This report will cover a brief summary of the success story of Steve Jobs from the beginning of his life until his death.
The beginning of Steve Job's life was quite unfortunate. His biological parent gave hip up on adoption the day he was born. He was then adopted by Paul and Clara Jobs. Instead of playing fetch with his dad, Steve and his father worked on electronics in their garage and that was the beginning of Steve Jobs’ love for electronics. When he was 13, he was called by Bill Hewett and he was offered a summer job at HP factory. He invented 'blue box' with Steve Wozniak where people can make phone calls for free. He dropped out of college at the age of 19. He then stole the credit for his friend's invention (game). He lied to both Atari and his friend, Steve Wozniak, by telling Atari that he made the game and told Wozniak that Atari only gave him $700 when he actually received $5000 from Atari. A few years later, he tried to find enlightenment in India and became a Buddhist i...
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...Steve touched the hearts of million and inspired kids to work hard. People these days make apps and try to be as good as Steve. He will always be an amazing man and a influential person to millions.
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Steven Paul Jobs, co-founder, chairman, and CEO of Apple Inc. was born February 24, 1995, and died of cancer on October 5, 2011. Apple Inc., and considered a niche player for much of its history, is the most valuable company in the world by market capitalization as of this writing. Jobs is widely recognized as a pioneer of microcomputer revolution of the 1970s, along with Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak. Jobs made a vast amount of accomplishment in technology which has improved many people’s lives across the nation, he was an exemplary leader, and the utmost CEO ever. Steve Jobs changed several industries in so many ways. According to the article it states, “Steve Jobs was certainly a willful and driven leader,
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Elliot, Jay (2012). Leading Apple with Steve Jobs: Management Lessons From a Controversial Genius. Retrieved from http://www.eblib.com
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Steve Jobs (CEO and chairman of Apple Inc.) was an American entrepreneur and inventor. He was born in February 24, 1955 and founded Apple Inc. with his high school buddy Steve Wozniak in 1976. But later in 1976, when Apple was about to bankrupt he returned to it as advisor and Interim CEO. He made Apple profitable from near bankruptcy by 1998 (Walter Isaacson, 2013). From (1996-2011), he proved himself as one of the best engineering leaders of the world and made Apple the most innovative company of the world.
Steve Jobs is the world's top master who has the most communication skills, the best at speaking. For him, he movement of the language at ease, the scene of the control and the emotional mobilization of the people are spontaneous. His speech is very affectionate, appealing and thoughtful, and the highly communicative statement makes the audiences feel as comfortable as the spring breeze. In each of his speeches, people cheered and crazy for Jobs and his products. In fact, whenever there is a major product release, Steve Jobs will personally battle, and share the amazing and stunning new creation of Apple with the whole world.
...t cell phones. Then, in 2010 Jobs outdid himself by introducing the iPad. It was a perfect gadget for all gamers, geeks, or people who just wanted this amazing technology at their fingertips. The iPad had a significantly larger screen than the iPhone and was capable of holding more data.
In 1976, Steve Jobs founded Apple Computer with his friend Wozniak in the garage of Job’s parents. In 1984, Jobs introduced the Macintosh to the world. It was a very innovative and good product but sales were not strong. Apple’s board wanted to Jobs to step down from his position. In 1985, Steve Jobs founded NeXT Inc. Steve was able to create technologically advanced product but the cost was too high to be successful. Company made first profit after 10 years of operation. In 1997, NeXT Inc was acquired by Apple Inc. In 1986, Jobs bought The Graphics Group. In 1995, the first film, Toy Story, came out. It was a big success and Pixar became one of the biggest animations producing company in the market. Jobs had opportunity to return to Apple, after Apple decided to purchase NeXT Inc. After Jobs returned to Apple, He started to invent new product. iMac was introduced to market and Jobs became permanent CEO of Apple. Apple started to expand their expertise under Jobs guidance. Apple started to introduce digital appliances like iPod, portable music player. In 2007, Apple introduced the iPhone, the very first multi-touch display cellphone. iPod and iPhone completely changed world. These inventions were not only a better product but also new way...
Instead of asking customers what features they thought they might like to have in a mobile phone, Steve Jobs was the market researcher for Apple. His innovative thought process and realizing he was creating a product that people would want, allowed him to ask himself every morning what he wanted in the current device in design (Gobble, 2012). Arriving at the Apple office he would pass along his idea and the engineers were then expected to incorporate the idea into the device. Instead of creating brand new products, Jobs and Apple excelled at taking half conceived ideas and rebuilding them into products that are done properly and in a way the consumer wants (Gobble,