Steve Jobs By Chris Brady

The life of Steve Jobs in a Nutshell

• Born February 24, 1955

• Died October 5 2011

• Married Laurene Powel and had 3 kids

• Attended Alma College to obtain a master’s degree

• Co Founder of Apple

• Steve jobs was adopted

• Born in San Francisco CA

• He dropped out of Reed’s college

• He died of cancer in October 5th 2011

• (Right) Reed’s college

Lessons

• 5 things I lesson I have obtained

I. Just because school isn’t looking promise, does not mean there is no hope for you

II. Business booms in the technology industry

III. Importance of the technology business

IV. You don’t need to go to an amazing college, to be able to become a successful entrepreneur

V. I’ve learned that all great things, have small beginnings

Risk Taker

• Bought Pixar films from Lucas films, an unstable company.

• Pixar becomes one of the most iconic business in movie making to this date

• Created a new operating system for macs, in a market dominated by Microsoft’s windows

• In the year of 1976 AD Steve jobs created apple, a company for making personal computers. A market that wasn’t as popular as it is presently.

• Steve jobs switched out a lot of aspects of the Macintosh computer when first building it as the last moments

Top: The Macbook laptop, Above: the iconic logo of Apple inc.

Creativity

• Steve jobs thought outside of the box by creating a whole new operating system

• He never stopped at one product, he kept innovating the computer, until it had became the mac we know today

• His company expanded to make everything from computers, phones, laptops, and much more

• Let his company have a laid back atmosphere, t shirts and jeans. While all other companies in the market wore suite and ties

• Steve jobs created new and different inventions Above: Steve Jobs in younger years

Leadership

• He was the co-founder, CEO, and chairmen of one of the most valuable companies in the world

• Made executive decisions like buying Pixar

• He led his company into new markets, which all turned out to be successful

• While having cancer, he fought through it and improved his company

• Stayed with his company ever since it was founded

Independence

• Steve job’s had cancer, yet chose not to go to the doctors, because he believed he could handle it

• Made his own company, instead of becoming an employee of an existing one

• He made is company able to work without relying on other companies for help

• He created a company with very little help from others

• Only attended parties that had financial interest and never a for fun party

Below: Steve jobs and his wife, Laurene Powel

Friendliness

• Worked closely with Steve Woznika and Ronald Wayne to found Apple inc.

• Able to convince Disney and Lucasfilms for a partnership

• Married Laurene Powel and had 3 kids

• Overall with his company, he was not a very friendly person, based off the accounts of his employee

• He worked well with his original 2 co workers, Steve wozniak