I, Steve: Steve Jobs In His Own Words (In Their Own Words)

Drawn from more than three decades of media coverage—print, electronic, and online—this tribute serves up the best, most thought-provoking insights ever spoken by Steve Jobs: more than 200 quotations that are essential reading for everyone who seeks innovative solutions and inspirations applicable to their business, regardless of size.Jobs, who passed away on October 5, 2011 at the age of 56, co-founded Apple in 1976. He stepped down from that role in August 2011, bringing an end to one of the greatest, most transformative business careers in history. Over the years, Jobs gave countless interviews to the media, explaining what he called “the vision thing”—his unmatched ability to envision, and successfully bring to the marketplace, consumer products that people find simply irresistible.Jobs made an indelible mark in multiple industries, and played an enormous role in creating others. Consider how Jobs and Apple shaped the following fields: personal computers (laptop and desktop), apps (for multiple electronic devices), computer animation (Pixar), music (iTunes), telecommunications (iPhone), personal digital devices (iPod), books (iBook), and, most recently, tablets (iPad). Jobs was the greatest business visionary of our era.I, Steve is the perfect gift or reference item for everyone interested in this great American original. Introduction......Page 16 Anxiety before iPad Debut......Page 20 Apple’s DNA......Page 21 Being the Best......Page 22 Beyond Recruiting......Page 23 Branding......Page 24 Broad Life Experiences, Importance of......Page 25 Competition......Page 26 Computers as Tools......Page 27 Consumerism......Page 28 Contribution......Page 29 Creating New Tools......Page 30 Creativity and Technology......Page 31 Credo......Page 32 Customer Complaints......Page 33 David versus Goliath......Page 34 Deadlines......Page 35 Death......Page 36 Demise......Page 37 Design......Page 38 E-Book Readers......Page 40 Excellence......Page 41 Firing Employees......Page 42 Flash Crash......Page 43 Focusing on Product......Page 44 Forcing the Issue......Page 45 Getting It Right......Page 46 Grace Under Pressure......Page 47 Great Product Design......Page 48 Great Products......Page 49 Health Speculation......Page 50 Health, Taking Time Off for......Page 51 iCEO......Page 52 Innovation......Page 53 Insight......Page 55 Integration......Page 56 Interdisciplinary Talents......Page 57 Internet Theft and Motivation......Page 58 iPad Inspires iPhone......Page 59 iPod Touch......Page 60 iTunes......Page 61 Jobs’s Legacy at Apple......Page 62 Life’s Complications......Page 63 Losing Money......Page 64 Mac Cube......Page 65 Mac Legacy......Page 66 Marketing......Page 67 Microsoft’s Lack of Innovation......Page 68 Misplaced Values......Page 69 Money......Page 70 Motivating Employees......Page 71 Motivation......Page 72 Netbooks......Page 73 New Products......Page 74 Owning the User Experience......Page 75 PARC’s Graphical Interface......Page 76 Parochial Thinking......Page 77 Partnership......Page 78 Passion......Page 79 Perception......Page 80 Pixar......Page 81 Pixar’s People......Page 82 Pride in Product......Page 83 Process......Page 84 Product Design......Page 85 Product Innovation......Page 86 Product Integration......Page 87 Profit Sharing, Not Advances......Page 89 Real Estate Location......Page 90 Repeating Success......Page 91 Risking Failure......Page 92 Simplicity......Page 93 Software......Page 95 Stickiness......Page 97 Story, Importance of......Page 98 Sucker-Punched, Being......Page 99 Taking Stock of Apple......Page 100 Technology in Perspective......Page 101 “Think Different” Ad Campaign......Page 102 Thinking Through the Problem......Page 103 Toy Story 2......Page 104 Ubiquity of Mac......Page 105 Values......Page 106 Wisdom......Page 107 Zen......Page 108 Milestones......Page 110 End of an Era......Page 128 Citations......Page 130 About the Author......Page 160

The New York Times bestselling collection that "offers Jobs's views on life, death, technology and design, among other topics" ( The Washington Post ). Drawn from more than three decades of media coverage—print, electronic, and online—this book serves up the best, most thought-provoking insights ever spoken by Steve Jobs: more than two-hundred quotations that are essential reading for everyone who seeks innovative solutions and inspirations applicable to their business, regardless of size. Jobs, the longtime CEO of Apple, Inc., which he co-founded in 1976, stepped down from that role in August 2011, bringing an end to one of the greatest, most transformative business careers in history. Over the years, Jobs has given countless interviews to the media, explaining what he calls "the vision thing"—his unmatched ability to envision, and successfully bring to the marketplace, consumer products that people find simply irresistible. Jobs has made an indelible mark in multiple industries, and played an enormous role in creating others. Consider how Jobs and Apple shaped the following fields: personal computers (laptop and desktop), apps (for multiple electronic devices), computer animation (Pixar), music (iTunes), telecommunications (iPhone), personal digital devices (iPod), books (iBook), and, most recently, tablets (iPad). Jobs is the great business visionary of our era. "A new book revealing many of Steve Jobs' most illuminating quotes." —CNET "Steve Jobs, whose resume twice cites 'the vision thing, ' has given us some truly memorable quotes." —FoxNews.com "A 160-page collection of quotes from the most iconic product pitchman since P.T. Barnum." — The New York Observer BetaBeat blog

The longtime CEO of Apple, Inc., which he co-founded in 1976, Steve Jobs stepped down from that role in August 2011, not long before his untimely death on October 5, 2011, bringing an end to one of the greatest, most transformative business careers in history. Over the years, Jobs has given countless interviews to the media, explaining what he calls "the vision thing"--His unmatched ability to envision, and bring to the marketplace, consumer products that people find simply irresistible. Steve Jobs has made an indelible mark in multiple industries, and several of which he played an enormous role in creating. Consider the mark made by Jobs and Apple in the following fields: personal computers (laptop and desktop), apps (for multiple electronic devices), computer animation (Pixar), music (iTunes), telecommunications (iPhone), personal digital devices (iPod), books (iBook), and, most recently, tablets (iPad). Jobs is the greatest business visionary of this era. He has given us entertainment and productivity tools that fit seamlessly into our personal and professional lives, and transformed the ways in which we work and play. Drawn from more than three decades of media coverage--print, electronic, and online--this book serves up the best, most thought-provoking insights spoken by Steve Jobs: more than two hundred quotations that are essential reading for everyone who seeks innovative solutions applicable to their business, regardless of size Drawn from more than three decades of media coverage—print, electronic, and online—this book serves up the best, most thought-provoking insights ever spoken by Steve Jobs: more than 200 quotations that are essential reading for everyone who seeks innovative solutions and inspirations applicable to their business, regardless of size.

Jobs, the longtime CEO of Apple, Inc., which he co-founded in 1976, stepped down from that role in August 2011, bringing an end to one of the greatest, most transformative business careers in history. Over the years, Jobs has given countless interviews to the media, explaining what he calls "the vision thing”—his unmatched ability to envision, and successfully bring to the marketplace, consumer products that people find simply irresistible.

Jobs has made an indelible mark in multiple industries, and played an enormous role in creating others. Consider how Jobs and Apple shaped the following fields: personal computers (laptop and desktop), apps (for multiple electronic devices), computer animation (Pixar), music (iTunes), telecommunications (iPhone), personal digital devices (iPod), books (iBook), and, most recently, tablets (iPad). Jobs is the great business visionary of our era.

I, Steve is the perfect gift or reference item for everyone interested in this great American original
Drawn from more than three decades of media coverageprint, electronic, and onlinethis tribute serves up the best, most thought-provoking insights ever spoken by Steve Jobs: more than 200 quotations that are essential reading for everyone who seeks innovative solutions and inspirations applicable to their business, regardless of size. Jobs, who passed away on October 5, 2011 at the age of 56, co-founded Apple in 1976. He stepped down from that role in August 2011, bringing an end to one of the greatest, most transformative business careers in history. Over the years, Jobs gave countless interviews to the media, explaining what he called the vision thinghis unmatched ability to envision, and successfully bring to the marketplace, consumer products that people find simply irresistible. Jobs made an indelible mark in multiple industries, and played an enormous role in creating others. Consider how Jobs and Apple shaped the following fields: personal computers (laptop and desktop), apps (for multiple electronic devices), computer animation (Pixar), music (iTunes), telecommunications (iPhone), personal digital devices (iPod), books (iBook), and, most recently, tablets (iPad). Jobs was the greatest business visionary of our era. I, Steve is the perfect gift or reference item for everyone interested in this great American original. Drawn from more than three decades of media coverage#x97;print, electronic, and online#x97;this book serves up the best, most thought-provoking insights ever spoken by Steve Jobs: more than 200 quotations that are essential reading for everyone who seeks innovative solutions and inspirations applicable to their business, regardless of size. Jobs, the longtime CEO of Apple, Inc., which he co-founded in 1976, stepped down from that role in August 2011, bringing an end to one of the greatest, most transformative business careers in history. Over the years, Jobs has given countless interviews to the media A collection of thought-provoking direct quotes from Steve Jobs, 1955-2011, on topics related to business, technology, Apple and life, this book shares the unique perspective of our era's most remarkable business leader, in a gift format that should appeal to a huge audience of business readers and others "A collection of direct quotes from Steve Jobs on topics related to business, technology, Apple, and life"--Provided by publisher.