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Born in 1955 (the same year as Bill Gates), Steve Jobs is the co-founder and charismatic CEO of Apple Inc. He is one of the greatest innovators of Silicon Valley. Steve Jobs led the creation of the Macintosh, which was the first stable computer to have a GUI and a mouse. Subsequently, he was fired from the very company that he founded and went on to found another computer company called NeXT. Due to a miscalculated market approach, NeXT computers flopped due to their high price. However, he had another company called Pixar, which became his comeback.
Apple invited him back in 1997 and bought NeXT to create a new operating system, which became Mac OSX. Steve Jobs led Apple Inc. to create many new and innovative products including the iMac, iPod, iPhone, Apple TV, etc.
Steve Jobs is known for his domineering personality, but is also known for his keen vision in the technological future. He also the lowest paid CEO in the world with an annual salary of $1.
Apple invited him back in 1997 and bought NeXT to create a new operating system, which became Mac OSX. Steve Jobs led Apple Inc. to create many new and innovative products including the iMac, iPod, iPhone, Apple TV, etc.
Steve Jobs is known for his domineering personality, but is also known for his keen vision in the technological future. He also the lowest paid CEO in the world with an annual salary of $1.
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Steve Jobs: "Look, the Apple keyboard is not small enough. So instead of a regular QWERTY keyboard, I want to make it like a cell phone keypad, where each key has three letters."
Apple employees: "That's such a good idea, Steve! We're already getting good ideas. How about if we--"
Steve Jobs: "No! No! This is a stupid idea! You're all fired, you assholes! If I can't trust you to tell me when an idea is stupid, why are you here? Get out! Right now!"
Steve Jobs: "Look, the Apple keyboard is not small enough. So instead of a regular QWERTY keyboard, I want to make it like a cell phone keypad, where each key has three letters."
Apple employees: "That's such a good idea, Steve! We're already getting good ideas. How about if we--"
Steve Jobs: "No! No! This is a stupid idea! You're all fired, you assholes! If I can't trust you to tell me when an idea is stupid, why are you here? Get out! Right now!"
by Jeongf January 29, 2008