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Steve Jobs
Book • 2011
This biography, based on more than 40 interviews with Steve Jobs and over 100 interviews with family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues, provides a riveting story of Jobs' roller-coaster life and intense personality.
It highlights his passion for perfection, his ferocious drive, and how he revolutionized six industries: personal computers, animated movies, music, phones, tablet computing, and digital publishing.
The book explores Jobs' contradictions, his 'reality distortion field,' and the lessons about innovation, character, leadership, and values that can be drawn from his life and career.
It highlights his passion for perfection, his ferocious drive, and how he revolutionized six industries: personal computers, animated movies, music, phones, tablet computing, and digital publishing.
The book explores Jobs' contradictions, his 'reality distortion field,' and the lessons about innovation, character, leadership, and values that can be drawn from his life and career.
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David Senra as a biography of Steve Jobs where he discusses Steve's talent for spotting markets with second-rate products.
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Mentioned by David Senra to illustrate Steve Jobs' ability to identify markets with second-rate products and find simple solutions.
David Senra to illustrate Steve Jobs' ability to identify markets with second-rate products and find simple solutions.1,977 snips
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