Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs
My friends, You have heard and read many inspiring stories . Similarly I am going to tell you a story of a true legend and a true visionary. This is a story about a journey of a human who changed the lives of millions of people.
Steve Jobs was born on February 24, 1955. He was an American entrepreneur, businessman, inventor, and industrial designer. His unwed mother decided to put him for adoption immediately after Steve was born because he was "an unexpected baby".
At the age of 10, Jobs was deeply involved in electronics and befriended many of the engineers who lived in the neighborhood.He had difficulty making friends with children his own age, however, and was seen by his classmates as a "loner." Jobs had difficulty functioning in a traditional classroom, tended to resist authority figures, frequently misbehaved and was suspended a few times.
Later in the year, He went to college but decided to drop out because it was too expensive. during this period ,he didn’t have a dorm room, so he slept on the floor in friends’ rooms, he returned coke bottles for the 5¢ deposits to buy food with, and he would walk the 7 miles across town every Sunday night to get one good meal a week at the Hare Krishna temple.
At the age of 10, Jobs was deeply involved in electronics and befriended many of the engineers who lived in the neighborhood.He had difficulty making friends with children his own age, however, and was seen by his classmates as a "loner." Jobs had difficulty functioning in a traditional classroom, tended to resist authority figures, frequently misbehaved and was suspended a few times.
Later in the year, He went to college but decided to drop out because it was too expensive. during this period ,he didn’t have a dorm room, so he slept on the floor in friends’ rooms, he returned coke bottles for the 5¢ deposits to buy food with, and he would walk the 7 miles across town every Sunday night to get one good meal a week at the Hare Krishna temple.
At 20, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak started a company in a garage on April 1, 1976 after Steve saw a computer Wozniak designed for himself. Jobs named their company – Apple in memory of a happy summer he had spent as an orchard worker in Oregon.
Later that year, the duo debuted the Apple I at the Homebrew Computer Club in Palo Alto, California. A local store offered to buy 50 machines and to finance the production, the duo had to sell their most expensive possessions. Jobs sold his Volkswagen van while Wozniak sold his Hewlett-Packard scientific calculator.
The company's second product called Apple II became such a hit that it is credited to be the best selling computer in the 1970s and early 1980s.
By 1982 however, his company sales sagged in the face of competition from IBM’s new PC.
In 1984, the world watched the greatest innovation of human life, Steve Jobs introduced the Macintosh computer in january. By April 1984 the company sold 50,000 Macintoshes.
After 10 years, starting from 2 kids working in a garage, Apple computer had grown into a $2 billion dollar company with over 4000 employees.
Later that year, the duo debuted the Apple I at the Homebrew Computer Club in Palo Alto, California. A local store offered to buy 50 machines and to finance the production, the duo had to sell their most expensive possessions. Jobs sold his Volkswagen van while Wozniak sold his Hewlett-Packard scientific calculator.
The company's second product called Apple II became such a hit that it is credited to be the best selling computer in the 1970s and early 1980s.
By 1982 however, his company sales sagged in the face of competition from IBM’s new PC.
In 1984, the world watched the greatest innovation of human life, Steve Jobs introduced the Macintosh computer in january. By April 1984 the company sold 50,000 Macintoshes.
After 10 years, starting from 2 kids working in a garage, Apple computer had grown into a $2 billion dollar company with over 4000 employees.
An internal power struggle in Apple ended with Jobs being stripped of his duties in 1985 and so he left the company, The company he started, he was fired from it. But according to steve, it was the best thing that could have ever happened to him
The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything. It freed him to enter one of the most creative periods of his life, he said.
After then, he started two new company NEXT and PIXAR. Pixar Animation Studios, which is popular for its production of animated films such as The Incredibles and Toy Story. Later pixar was bought by Walt Disney Studios for $7.4 billion in stock, making Jobs the biggest individual shareholder at Disney.
In 1996, Apple announced that it would buy NeXT for $427 million. The deal was finalized in February 1997, bringing Jobs back to the company he had cofounded. At the 2000 Macworld Expo, Jobs officially dropped the "interim" modifier from his title at Apple and became permanent CEO.
Steve introduced the technology that is iPod portable music player, iTunes digital music software, and the iTunes Store, iPhone, a multi-touch display cell phone , macbook ,ipad etc.
After then, he started two new company NEXT and PIXAR. Pixar Animation Studios, which is popular for its production of animated films such as The Incredibles and Toy Story. Later pixar was bought by Walt Disney Studios for $7.4 billion in stock, making Jobs the biggest individual shareholder at Disney.
In 1996, Apple announced that it would buy NeXT for $427 million. The deal was finalized in February 1997, bringing Jobs back to the company he had cofounded. At the 2000 Macworld Expo, Jobs officially dropped the "interim" modifier from his title at Apple and became permanent CEO.
Steve introduced the technology that is iPod portable music player, iTunes digital music software, and the iTunes Store, iPhone, a multi-touch display cell phone , macbook ,ipad etc.
Steve Jobs, founder of Apple Computer Corporation, was one of the most successful entrepreneurs. His success story is legendary.
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