Steve Jobs was an innovative mastermind with visions that helped change the world. He co-founded Apple inc. which is a well-known billion dollar company, and also invented products so popular, almost anyone you ask owns a product of his. In order to understand why Steve Jobs is an american cultural icon, one needs to have a description of his background and a critical analysis of his moral behavior. Born on the 24th of February, 1955, Jobs was born. Jobs biological parents were graduates of Wisconsin who could not afford a child at the time, so jobs was put up for adoption. Jobs got adopted by a new father which was a machinist who worked at a laser manufacturer called spectra physics and a new mother who worked as an accountant. Jobs was a frequent victim of bullying as a child, which prompted his parents to move homes from Mountain view, California to Palo Alto, California, which is now known as the Silicon valley. Jobs was even an intelligent young man, at the age of 8, jobs had tested well in formal schooling, teachers and faculty would often ask for permission if he could be moved up to high school level courses, but the parents refused to do so. Steve’s father would often work with his son on mechanical and electrical projects to help bring out steve’s interest in those specific areas. When Steve was in high school he had been assigned a project which would help him continue on his path of fame and fortune. He needed to design and build a mechanical machine. Prior to this project, Jobs would attend lectures and public meetings at the Hewlett-Packard headquarters, a electronics company also known as HP, which was not far from his home in Palo Alto. For the project, Jobs contacted the owner of HP asking for advice and resourc... ... middle of paper ... ...in Context. Web. 25 Nov. 2013. CustomCommentsTagsParentheticalEditDelete "Personal Computers." UXL Encyclopedia of U.S. History. Sonia Benson, Daniel E. Brannen, Jr., and Rebecca Valentine. Vol. 6. Detroit: UXL, 2009. 1222-1228. Student Resources in Context. Web. 25 Nov. 2013 CustomCommentsTagsParentheticalEditDelete "Profile: Steve Jobs of Apple." NBC Nightly News [Transcript] 25 Aug. 2011. Student Resources in Context. Web. 26 Nov. 2013. CustomCommentsTagsParentheticalEditDelete Roeper, Richard. "Steve Jobs' Impact Goes Far beyond Phones, Computers." Steve-Jobs'-impact-goes-far-beyond-phones,-computers. N.p., n.d. Web. 04 Mar. 2014. . WebsiteCommentsLinkTagsParentheticalEditDelete "Steve Jobs Biography." Bio.com. A&E Networks Television, n.d. Web. 24 Nov. 2013.
Steve Wozniak was the kind of person who liked to tell jokes and pull pranks at the schools he attended. During high school, he decided he wanted to become an engineer. He graduated with honors from Homestead High School, California in 1968. He tried to convince his family to send him to Colorado University for the engineering program, but his family encouraged him to go to a nearby community college in California instead. After going to the community college to register for classes, he found out that the calculus, physics, and chemistry classes he wanted to attend were all full. So Steve went back to his parents to tell them the news, and they agreed to send him to Colorado University for his first year of college. He was not a dedicated student, since he liked to pull pranks such as jamming residents' cable in the dorms. Regardless, he will land several engineering jobs which would eventually lead to the invention of the Apple Computer.
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Steve Jobs made many accomplishments during his lifetime. Jobs was one of the youngest millionaires in America. After one day of selling, Apple goes public and Jobs is worth $239 million and he is only 25 years old. In 1995 Jobs releases “Toy Story”, which is
“Computer themselves and software yet to be developed will revolutionize the way we learn we learn”(Jobs). Steve Jobs, co-founder, of Apple, lived up to his words and revolutionize modern technology. He is consider one of the greatest heroes and inventors the world has ever seen. Jobs was a man that wanted to change the world and make a difference, His intelligence, braveness, and perseverance empowered him to become the successful businessman he was.
Take a look at your phone. Now imagine what your life would be like if you didn’t have that simple, yet important device. Steve Jobs did many things to help change the way we live in his short life. This great man changed technology in ways that nobody else could. Mr. Jobs is responsible for most of your favorite children’s movies. Jobs also extremely enjoyed supporting his community and environment. It has been stated that Mr. Jobs has helped change America and really the entire world more than many people know.
Steve Jobs was a person with prodigious creativity and astonishing ideas about what the future should look like. He was a renowned innovator who reshaped entire industries by his intellectual mind, innovative ideas and unmatchable will-power, that gave consumers not only what they desired, but what they didn’t yet think they desired.
Technology has developed over the years and now more than ever it is impacting our interaction to other people on a daily basis. A major entrepreneur who has revolutionize technology is Steve Jobs the founder of Apple. Steve Jobs is known as a creative genius and has developed various tools in personal computing, music and communication. From his first personal computer in 1976 to the success of the iPhone product line launch in 2007. Over the past years, millions have benefited from his products and he has become an inspiration to many people. Steve Job’s passion towards computers and phones were showed throughout his career. As an article showed in MasterMind by Geroge Strawn. It has mentioned that one of the terms associated with Jobs was that he was “visionary, creative and
In conclusion, Steve Jobs is the most important entrepreneur of the 20th and 21st centuries. He created many technological advances, paved the way for new technology in the future, and co-founded Pixar Animation Studios. Sadly, he died on October 5, 2011 due to pancreatic cancer. His inventions revolutionized the way people live and Apple will keep coming up with better, more efficient products. It has to be remembered though, that Steve Jobs was the original mastermind behind the technology and is the reason why technology is the way it is
Steve Jobs was born on Feburary 24, 1995 in Green Bay Wisconsin. His biological mother put him up for adaptation, because she could not care for him and give him a good child hood. She requested that her son to be placed with a well-educated family. When Steve Jobs was growing up he Didn’t have any friends so he wandered to neighbors garages looking to learn more about electronics because a lot of them were engineers. Steve jobs liked fiddling with electronics so much that he spent his time after school at the packyard electronics company learning more in depth about how to make electronic devices. Steve jobs had a hard time focusing in class. Until his fourth grade teacher found a way to get him to focus in class it was by bribing him to do his work. That worked so well that the school recommended him to skip fifth grade and go straight to junior high. Steve jobs told his parents he did not like the school that he was going to, and wanted to change schools. Steve Jobs and his parents moved to silicon valley where there was a premiere school for electronics and technology. He found a friend when he was in high school that was a geek just like him, that friend was Stephen Woznick. Stephen Woznic...
"THE LEGACY OF STEVE JOBS." Narr. GUY RAZ. All Things Considered. 05 Oct. 2011. Transcript. eLibrary. Web. 20 Feb. 2014.
1955 February 24 Steve Jobs was born. The world not knowing what potential this baby has. Steve Jobs has everything it takes to be considered a hero. A hero of our generation. Steve has inspired millions and revolutionized the way we listen and communicate. Steve Jobs is the best example of the american dream. From having just an idea to making it become a reality Steve Jobs is truly a hero. From the inventions he started with to letting people all over the world use his products to help better the world. It takes a lot of hardships and determination to be as successful as steve jobs.
Apple’s sophisticated products like the, MacBook’s and the Ipod’s were not the case in the early 1990’s. There were plain and un-sophisticated Gadgets which could only perform limited functions. The passion and desire of one man to create something new and interesting changed this. Steven Paul "Steve" Jobs was an American entrepreneur, marketer, and inventor, who were the co-founder, chairman, and CEO of Apple Inc. To put it into Simple words, he was the man who reduced the world into a phone. Through Apple, he is widely recognized as a charismatic and design-driven pioneer of the personal computer revolution and for his influential career in the computer and consumer electronics fields,
On February 24, 1955, Steve Jobs was born to Joanne Schieble. She was just twenty-three and attending graduate school in Wisconsin when she found out she was pregnant. Her father did not approve of this for she was not married. After Schieble’s father scolded her she moved to San Francisco to avoid her father’s death stare. When she arrived in San Francisco a local doctor took her in and helped her arrange an adoption. Originally Schieble was going to let a lawyer and his wife to adopt, but they later changed their minds. It was after that when Clara and Paul Jobs, a modest San Francisco family with some high school education decided to adopt Steve. Little did they know about how tough it would be to raise him.
Steve Jobs imagined life as a big puzzle that had to be put together without looking at a picture. Being a kid who was adopted right after being born is not something many kids have to deal with, but like Jobs, many that are put in that situation become successful people. Not knowing what the future holds is okay because no one picks their first choice even after doing it many times. By introducing computers, smartphones and music-downloading programs, it allowed many people to connect in a whole new way. Steve Jobs was an influential American because he helped develop the technology industry and created things no one would have ever thought of.
Steve’s eye for the beauty within technology and his passion for the user experience are they key factors to Apples success. Steve jobs had a rather unique and controversial leadership style that was highly scrutinized by his board of directors as wells as his employees, but ultimately led to the companies success. Jobs leadership could be defined by saying he used the Relational Leadership Model or the Transformational Leadership Model, or even the Great Man Leadership Model, but the truth was that Steve Jobs did not fit into just one of these model. Jobs had a philosophy and leadership style that was authentic and indecent which caused a great deal of friction within Apple. Jobs was known for scourging his employees, working them to death, and then throw them away when he was done with them.