Steve Jobs once said, “Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn't matter to me. Going to bed at night saying we've done something wonderful, that's what matters to me.” Apple is a company founded by a man named Steve Jobs, along with his longtime friend Steve Wozniak. Apple, since the beginning, has revolutionized the technology world through numerous computers, then it continued to “revolutionize the music industry with its iPod player and iTunes online store”(Derek, 2016). Apple incorporated, has shaped the way we look at computers, tablets, and music for the last 40 years. Apple started its journey with the Apple I, this is what put them on the map. Only 200 of these were made, but it raised enough money to fund the company's
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This was then done again by Microsoft, but in this case Steve Jobs accused Bill gates of stealing the idea from Apple, to which Bill Gates famously responded, “Well steve, I think it's more like we had this rich neighbor named Xerox and I broke into his house to steal the TV set and found out that you had already stolen it.” Jobs started his company in a garage with his friend Steve Wozniak and struggled to create the next everyday computer. Jobs thought that only the people crazy enough to think they could change the world are the ones that do. This mindset is what brought the company Apple to, within the next 10 years, become a multimillion dollar company. As a result of this, Steve Jobs decided to hire John Sculley, the head of Pepsi-Cola. Jobs said to Sculley "Do you want to spend the rest of your life selling sugared water, or do you want a chance to change the …show more content…
This failed miserably, which caused tension between Sculley and jobs. Soon after, Jobs, at the age of 30, was fired from the company that he built from scraps. Jobs went through months thinking he was a failure and a let down to the public, but one day he realized that he still loves what he does and he decided to start over. He went on to create NeXT and Pixar Animation Studios, this was his way of showing the public that he didn't just get lucky with Apple. Soon after, Apple, struggling financially, acquired NeXT which brought Steve Jobs along with it. Within the year, Jobs became the CEO of Apple and along came the most successful period in apple history.
Throughout Jobs’s life he had many struggles, but as he came to his end he had millions of dollars to support his family, he was the CEO of Apple, he was the largest shareholder of Pixar Animation Studios, and he was a member of Walt Disney's board of
This was then done again by Microsoft, but in this case Steve Jobs accused Bill gates of stealing the idea from Apple, to which Bill Gates famously responded, “Well steve, I think it's more like we had this rich neighbor named Xerox and I broke into his house to steal the TV set and found out that you had already stolen it.” Jobs started his company in a garage with his friend Steve Wozniak and struggled to create the next everyday computer. Jobs thought that only the people crazy enough to think they could change the world are the ones that do. This mindset is what brought the company Apple to, within the next 10 years, become a multimillion dollar company. As a result of this, Steve Jobs decided to hire John Sculley, the head of Pepsi-Cola. Jobs said to Sculley "Do you want to spend the rest of your life selling sugared water, or do you want a chance to change the …show more content…
This failed miserably, which caused tension between Sculley and jobs. Soon after, Jobs, at the age of 30, was fired from the company that he built from scraps. Jobs went through months thinking he was a failure and a let down to the public, but one day he realized that he still loves what he does and he decided to start over. He went on to create NeXT and Pixar Animation Studios, this was his way of showing the public that he didn't just get lucky with Apple. Soon after, Apple, struggling financially, acquired NeXT which brought Steve Jobs along with it. Within the year, Jobs became the CEO of Apple and along came the most successful period in apple history.
Throughout Jobs’s life he had many struggles, but as he came to his end he had millions of dollars to support his family, he was the CEO of Apple, he was the largest shareholder of Pixar Animation Studios, and he was a member of Walt Disney's board of