Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs at NeXT

by Socrates
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This is a 20 minute video clip of Steve Jobs at NeXT. It was filmed by John Nathan for a TV series called Entrepreneurs produced by WETA in Washington D.C. NeXT is the company which Jobs started in 1985 after leaving Apple. It’s goal was the introduction of a computer that could be used for virtual simulation in academic institutions and universities across the world. While the NeXT computer was both late to and unsuccessful on the market place, the lessons learned and some of its software were crucial for Jobs’ eventual return to Apple and his consequent revolutionizing of a number of industries such as: the computer industry, the music industry, the motion picture industry, the telephone industry, and maybe even the retail industry and the publishing industry too… This clip is interesting because it gives us a rare [...]

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Steve Jobs: Misfit, Rebel, Troublemaker, Artist, Revolutionary, Visionary, Pirate and Madman

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Without any doubt Steve Jobs made a dent in the universe. It is easy to agree on that. The trouble arises when we try to unpack our fascination with him and figure out what kind of person he was. For me Steve was: “A crazy one. A misfit. A rebel. A troublemaker. A round peg in a square hole. The one who saw things differently. Who was not fond of rules, and had no respect for the status quo. You can quote him, disagree with him, glorify and vilify him. About the only thing you can’t do is ignore him because he changed things. He pushed the human race forward. And while some may see him as crazy, I see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.” [...]

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