Thesis on the biography of Steve jobs written by world famous Author Walter Issacson !!

1. Steve Jobs
By Walter Issacson
Presented By :
Preeti Gulati

2. Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone
else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living
with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the
noise of other’s opinions drown out your own inner voice.
And most important, have the courage to follow your heart
and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly
want to become. Everything else is secondary.”
Incredible words from an incredible Businessman
, Designer & Fellow Human STEVE JOBS allured
me much to select this Exotic book . Coz It is
often said Your name must not be a Name But it
must create a History ... Such a history has been
created by this Iron man Steve jobs . The creation

3. • This Book is based on 40 interviews
with jobs conducted over two years
, Interviews with One hundred Family
members , Friends , Adversaries
, Competitors & colleagues .
• This Book is About the Roller-Coaster
Life and searingly Intense Personality
of a Creative entrepreneur whose
passion for Perfection and ferocious
drive Revolutionized 6 Industries:
Personal Computers, Animated

4. BIOGRAPHY
o Born on February 24, 1955
o Adopted by Paul & Clara Jobs After a week of his
birth .
o Adoption was finalized under the condition that
Steven would attend college
o Worked with HP for summer internship after High
School.
o Dropped out of college after the very first semester.

5. o 1976: Started apple computers with Steve
Wozniak in 1976.
o 1984: Introduced Revolutionary Macintosh the
market.
o 1985: was forced to resign by the board of
directors of Apple computers.
o 1986: Founded Next Computers
o 1986: Co-founded Pixar Animation Studio.
o 1997: Next computers was sold to Apple &
Jobs became the CEO.
o 2001: launched revolutionary iPod
o 2007: Introduced 3G iphone, first of its kind in
the market.

6. TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP

7. COMPONENTS OF JOB’S
LEADERSHIP
• FOCUS
• PASSION
• INNOVATION
• INVOLVEMENT
• EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION
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8. JOB’S LEADERSHIP
• Like a transformational leader, he focuses on "transforming" others to help
each other, to look out for each other, to be encouraging and
harmonious, and to look out for the organization as a whole.
• At Apple, he is seen as a leader whose brilliance and idealistic vision of
"providing computers as a tool to change the world," drew other talented
people to him
• His Leadership creates valuable and positive change in the followers.
• In his leadership, he enhances the motivation, morale and performance of his
follower group. Some people also categorize him as a charismatic leader.
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9. Lessons From the life of steve in his
own words

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13. Innovation distinguishes between a leader
and a follower
- Steve jobs

14. “You can't just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the
time you get it built, they'll want something new” – Steve Jobs

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