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Publication
HODDER & STOUGHTON (2001)
Description
"Based on the hugely popular cover story about Steve Jobs in Fast Company in May 2012, this is the behind the scenes account of how Steve Jobs arguably became the most famous and visionary CEO in history. Award-winning journalist Brent Schlender and veteran editor Rick Tetzeli have interviewed friends, industry insiders, and the people who knew Jobs best throughout his evolution as a CEO and leader. In addition Schlender, who knew Jobs personally for 25 years, has over 100 hours of interview tapes with Jobs to draw on, many hours of which have never before been transcribed"--
User reviews
LibraryThing member Whisper1
The third book I've read about Steve Jobs, the billionaire, reckless, nasty, sociopath technology guru, this one went more in depth about the personality of Jobs and his two-layered persona.
While most of the story of a man who left his first child behind, allowing her to live homeless and with a
Interestingly, the Pixar/Disney movie of The Toy Story, would not have been as good without Jobs changing the personalities of the characters. Disney needed Steve Jobs because the exceedingly great technology of Pixar is what brought the movie to one of the most money-making movies for Disney.
There is a story of the young Jobs as he is working his way through the technology world of California and realizing that he was brilliant but would never fit in. During a conference, Jobs in a menacing manner was screaming and yelling like a child. Made to leave the room and the conference, he was found outside crying in his car, interestingly telling the person who checked on him that he knew indeed that he didn't fit it and was really a dual person inside one body.
Next up, Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson, then I will have depleted my search to know the real man who was incredibly intelligent and equally as cruel and socially inept.
While most of the story of a man who left his first child behind, allowing her to live homeless and with a
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mother who tried, but just could not get her act together, this book was more in depth regarding the history behind the man.Interestingly, the Pixar/Disney movie of The Toy Story, would not have been as good without Jobs changing the personalities of the characters. Disney needed Steve Jobs because the exceedingly great technology of Pixar is what brought the movie to one of the most money-making movies for Disney.
There is a story of the young Jobs as he is working his way through the technology world of California and realizing that he was brilliant but would never fit in. During a conference, Jobs in a menacing manner was screaming and yelling like a child. Made to leave the room and the conference, he was found outside crying in his car, interestingly telling the person who checked on him that he knew indeed that he didn't fit it and was really a dual person inside one body.
Next up, Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson, then I will have depleted my search to know the real man who was incredibly intelligent and equally as cruel and socially inept.
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LibraryThing member iSatyajeet
You'll start reading it to learn about Jobs and finish having learned something about yourself!
LibraryThing member ladyars
Focuses a lot more on the business than Isaacson's book. But, as I imagined, it's too sappy at some points.
LibraryThing member knightlight777
The life of this extraordinary man, covered by a journalist who got ton know him, kinda. Jobs was as complex and driven as any man out there particularly in the busines world. This journalist gives some insights into the whys and wherefores of that drive and indeed that obsession with his idea of
Whatever one makes of Jobs, no one can deny his impact on the world. His rollercoaster ride is an amazing story and a history of the fascinating recent past and future of electronics, communications, and foresight.
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what should be. The complexity gave a man of seeming brilliance in business strategy and marketing. And by contrast a headstrong take no prisoners mentality that was not so appealing.Whatever one makes of Jobs, no one can deny his impact on the world. His rollercoaster ride is an amazing story and a history of the fascinating recent past and future of electronics, communications, and foresight.
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LibraryThing member sgsmitty
Not a lot new here other that those things covered by the news upon the book release, such as Cook offer a organ etc. More of a love fest to be sure, I think the Official Biography was much better.
LibraryThing member wagner.sarah35
This book focuses on Steve Jobs' business career, but offers a few interesting insights into Jobs' personal life as well. His beginnings as founder of Apple, being fired from the company he created, and his eventual return make for a story fit for fiction. The authors in this book key into Jobs as
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a figure of growth, someone who learned from his own mistakes and grew in his later years into an effective visionary and leader that he wasn't when he started Apple. I particularly enjoyed learning about the history of computing and Apple in particular, as this book offered a good overview of the company's recent history. A good read for those interested in technology and leadership. Show Less
Language
Original language
English
Physical description
480 p.; 6.77 inches
ISBN
144476201X / 9781444762013
DDC/MDS
| 338.7 |