Teamwork In Steve Jobs And La Vida Robot

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Teamwork is the key to success. Walter Isaacson author of “Steve Jobs” and Joshua Davis author of “La Vida Robot” believe that a team has people that have a variety of skill. Having a person who savvy about business in key for a team. In “La Vida Robot” Oscar was one of the team's valuable members. According to Davis “He also helped persuade a handful of local business experts to donate. This shows that Oscar is savvy about business. He also convinced other kids like Lorenzo to join the robotics team. Even with the money the team still had a tight budget. So if he never got the money from the experts the team would be extremely short on money. This shows that at least one member in the team must be savvy about business.

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