Steve Jobs vis-a-vis Steven Paul Jobs- Born February 8, 1955.
Founder of the companies: “Apple”, “NeXT”, “Pixar”.
Died at the age of 56 at Palo Alto, California, US.
In all total he was not only a serious entrepreneur but also an innovative thinker & a crafty designer.
Being a power full speaker, he was also a good presenter.
BIRTH
Born at San Francisco, & adopted by Paul and Clara Jobs.
STUDIES
High school in the year 1972, enrolled for higher studies, but dropped out after one semester. Continued auditing classes at the Reed College in Portland, dealing with the hardships of sleeping on the floor in friend’s room & returning coke bottles for food and money.
INDIAN CONNECTION
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Steve Jobs & Steve Woznaik |
In 1974 Steve Jobs with his college friend visited India in search of spiritual enlightenment. Jobs left India after staying 7 months.
APPLE
Steve Jobs along with Steve Wozniak (his partner) formed the company in 1976 at their parent’s garage. Later developed it to “Macintosh”, making him a millionaire at just the age of 25.
REMOVED FROM THE COMPANY
Many of you might not know that Steve Jobs was moved out of his own company because of his irrational behaviour in 1985. But later in the year 1996 he was brought back. And during this gap years he had formed two new companies- NeXT & Pixar.
DISEASED
As we say everything is not based on Karma (endurance). Life too made Steve Jobs weak. In 2004, he was diagnosed with a rare form of pancreatic cancer. Luckily he was out of it with treatment. Also he had a liver transplant in 2009.
THE TECH EDGE
Earlier he did a lot in ‘NeXT’ & ‘Pixar’. The launching of “iPod” was also appreciated. But in June 29, 2007, the introduction of “iPhone” revolutionised the cellular world that left a mark of him on the people.
PASS AWAY
In August 2011, Steve Jobs resigned as the CEO of APPLE, which was associated with his health drop. He knew his time was near and also he said-‘He could no longer meet his duties and expectations as Apple’s CEO’. And later this year in 5th October he passed away at his California home.
The demise of Steve Jobs stunned the whole world which was never before for any dignified person. Thousands of people just flow out towards the Apple stores to pay homage to the tech man. I myself was online the day when he passed away. I was breathing heavily with the sad news & confirming every report about him on the internet. It took almost a week to get away from the mental depression.
Later the biography called “Steve Jobs” written by Walter Isaacson (Author of Benjamin Franklin & Albert Einstein) was released on October 24, 2011. It’s a brilliant book, topping the best seller so far its release.
Also a film is also going to be released by Sony.
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The Technology Reform. Courtesy: " The Telegraph" |
Some of the best quotes:
“Do you want to spend the rest of your life selling sugared water or do you want a chance to change the world?” – Steve Jobs’ famous question to John Sculley, former Apple CEO
“I didn’t see it then, but it turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything. It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods of my life.” - Steve Jobs’ Stanford Commencement Address
“I’m convinced that about half of what separates the successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance.”
“Innovation has nothing to do with how many R&D dollars you have. When Apple came up with the Mac, IBM was spending at least 100 times more on R&D. It’s not about money. It’s about the people you have, how you’re led, and how much you get it.” - Fortune, Nov. 9, 1998
“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of other’s opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.” - Steve Jobs’ Stanford Commencement Address
“Here’s to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes… the ones who see things differently — they’re not fond of rules… You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can’t do is ignore them because they change things… they push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do.” – Think Different, narrated by Steve Jobs
“Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations.” – Via
Steve Jobs said "creativity is just connecting things."
The Macintosh
The Stanford Speech by Steve Jobs
The iPhone Presentation
This is my small tribute to this great man. I am sure you all would have got a very good reading.
"R.I.P Steve Jobs"