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Becoming Steve Jobs
- How a reckless upstart became a visionary leader
- Narrated by: George Newbern
- Length: 16 hrs and 20 mins
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Summary
We all think we know who Steve Jobs was, what made him tick, and what made him succeed. Yet the single most important question about him has never been answered.
The young, impulsive, egotistical genius was ousted in the mid-'80s from the company he founded, exiled from his own kingdom and cast into the wilderness. Yet he returned a decade later to transform the ailing Apple into the most successful company the world had ever seen.
How did this reckless upstart transform himself into a visionary business leader? The first comprehensive study of Jobs' career following his dismissal from Apple, written with unparalleled access and insight, Becoming Steve Jobs offers a startling new portrait of the most important business figure in modern history.
The most intimate biography yet of Jobs, written by the journalist who knew him better than any other, Becoming Steve Jobs draws on recently discovered interviews that have never before seen the light of day and answers for the first time the most pressing questions about what made this legendary business leader such a success.
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"Becoming Steve Jobs is fantastic. After working with Steve for over 25 years, I feel this book captures with great insight the growth and complexity of a truly extraordinary person. I hope that it will be recognized as the definitive history." (Ed Catmull, president, Pixar and Disney Animation)
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- ben grant
- 22-10-20
This is the Steve Job book to read
Having read first Walter Isaacson’s ‘Steve Jobs’ I then read this as someone I follow on social media had said this was better
They were right.
The account of Steve Jobs life is told better in this book; his successes and failures, his growth through his life from his early start in Apple up to his death.
I believe this account of Steve is less critical of his failures read in Walters book, and instead has a greater focus on the man who learnt, changed, adapted and morphed into a really inspirational guy
There are moments in Steve’s life that we’re included in this book that I feel are crucial to understanding Steve as a leader and innovator and without them, you could misunderstand the genius part of Steve Jobs.
Being an A hole is easy, but it’s the other side to Steve that is really given the stage, and it was great to hear
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- Slymother
- 25-05-15
A fascinating read.
Really enjoyed this book kept me interested to the end, a fascinating in sight into the life the this remarkable man.
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- Mr. N. Mckenna
- 05-09-15
Steve Jobs: The Man
This biography focuses more on the person Steve Jobs and portrays him as a more sympathetic human being than Walter Isaacson's biography does. The story of Apple, Pixar and Steve's personal life is less prominent in this biography.
This feels like a more human, realistic portrayal of Steve, but I think that Isaacson's bio is a more complete story.
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- riley36
- 17-01-19
if a Steve Jobs fan then a must
really enjoyed the story and background to Steve Jobs and his success.
very sad to listen to his final days.
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- Andrew Fenwick-Green
- 06-04-15
brilliant & the end was moving you have to get it
brilliant & the end was moving you have to get it
engrossed from start to end, despite knowing the end I so didn't want him to die!
alas this was real and we know he does. best jobs book out there!
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- Dimitrios Zacharopoulos
- 19-05-15
Absolutely Positively Excellent!
Completely enjoyed this book.
Demonstrates what force Steve Jobs was for the world and what influence he was to mankind.
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- Michael
- 01-04-15
Really good but..
Got a few little extras about Steve but not all that different from Walter Iassics book.
Good narration, let's see what the next book is like.
Going to listen to the book about the original Mac next!!!
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- Mr. N. P. Donnelly
- 07-04-15
Better than isaacson
Better than Isaacson, but makes a lot of unfounded claims, and the authors don't fully get tech or Apple itself.
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- Daniel Mortimer
- 11-01-24
Enjoyable account
This was an insightful and interesting view into the life and growth of Steve Jobs
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- Bash
- 02-04-15
The business
The book is much more about how Jobs the business person than the Walter Isaacson biography which concentrates on the life story. The final chapters are especially interesting.
The performance/reading was lacking in emotional pacing. It was almost robotic.
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