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risk taker because he made Apple stores, bought Pixar and he left Apple. Steve Jobs was a risk taker because he opened Apple stores. This was a risk because it was a different kind of store. It cost him a lot of money to make all of stores and even more money to pay the people that worked in the stores. He also needed to buy the land and the buildings. That is why this was a risk Steve Jobs’s second biggest risk was him buying Pixar. At the time Pixar was a small group of engineers but he…

Amanda Marie Marcotte is a well-known blogger and author, who definitely keeps the political topic of feminism in mind when she writes her books and blogs. While writing an essay about Pixar and its movie that brought in political views, she brought up some very good points. These political points included Wall-E with the mass consumerism problem and Brave with the feminist topic. Even though Amanda Marcotte mainly speaks on the feminist topic, she hit on some very good points when she brought…

person of the 20th century. However, out of all those intellectual people, Steve Jobs is the most prominent nominee for the 20th century. Steve Jobs was the co-founder of Apple Computers along with his high school friend, Steve Wozniak. By investing in Pixar, creating the successful iPhone, and being able to contribute to the development of modern/future technology, Steve Jobs is without a doubt the best nominee. As Steve Jobs worked for Apple, there came a time where he was blamed for Apple’s…

over the last decade. Major film studios, such as Disney and Pixar have released more 3D animated movies than ever before. Technology is advancing and consumers are demanding realistic animation along with this evolution. Based on the performance of recent 3D films, the trend of 3D animation is bound to continue and develop further. 3D animation’s influence on American society is growing with the help of the stable major corporations, Pixar and Disney. They have released a plethora of…

Brave, Home and Scotland Welcome to Scotland! In the movie, Brave by Pixar, the story of a mother and daughter’s struggling to communicate is infused with Scottish influences. Striving to preserving many Scottish tradition, Pixar showcases Scotland’s great symbol the kilt and masters the art of the great kilt. Magic an intricate part of Scotland, Pixar uses to enhance their story and add some enchantment. Capturing some of the essence of Scotland’s culture, Brave allows us a peek into a…

Steve Jobs was the creator of Apple and a multi multi millionaire. Him and his partner Steve Wozniak started their invention in Steve jobs parents garage. They're first apple invention was the apple 1 a small computer made out of mostly wood. Steve Jobs only was 56 when he died. He had gotten pancreatic cancer in 2004 a cancer that started in your pancreas. In 2004 he had tried to remove the pancreatic cancer in his body. In 2009 after taking another leave of absence from Apple, Steve Jobs had…

designers from lucasfilms to establish a small group called Pixar. “Steve Jobs purchases the Computer Graphics Division from George Lucas and establishes an independent company to be christened "Pixar." At this time about 44 people are employed.” (Pixar) The company began small with 10 minute shorts such as Tin Toy which later became the inspiration behind the first full length computer animated movie Toy Story. However before the Pixar began to gain notice in the eyes of the public it was a…

The person that I researched and wrote about for my book report is Edwin, or “Ed”, Catmull, the co-founder and president of Pixar Animation Studios. I have read several reviews regarding Catmull’s leadership tactics and how he makes it clear how the principles that he believes in, creativity and innovation, should be viewed as starting points rather than ends to be achieved in…

The first lesson that had an impact was Catmull’s advice to keep looking for problems before they surface and that many times problems are hidden. Catmull speaks several times of issues that he identifies and some that he did not see until they impacted the entire organization. During production of the first Toy Story Catmull had an open door policy and because of this he assumed any problems that arose would be brought to him. He was blinded by this policy and didn’t realize the rift that was…

the food into a liquid form to be eaten. While companies like Disney and Pixar is usually draw their cartoon figures with the tiniest of waists, the characters in Wall-E changed that stereotype. People believed that the creators of Wall-E were calling the human race out saying that people who are overweight do not have as much worth in society as slimmer people. Unfortunately a large majority of the population who watch Pixar movies today are overweight so immediately there was a sudden lashing…