Steve Marriott

“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” (BrainyQuote). Steve Jobs, an American businessman and co-founder of Apple, overcame childhood struggles to become a very successful man. Eventually, he made it through college and helped with the development of Apple Inc., one of the most prosperous companies of the time. Along his journey of becoming a successful, many people doubted Jobs’ ability…

the course of this unit on biographies, autobiographies, and memoirs, I read Becoming Steve Jobs by Brent Schlender and Rick Tetzeli, which is about Steven Paul Jobs, cofounder of Apple, Inc., Pixar, and NeXT Computers. Throughout the book, Schlender and Tetzeli write about Steve’s life, from his early college days to the final days of his life. The book contains information on Steve’s founding of Apple with Steve Wozniak, then his first tenure at Apple, his founding of Pixar and NeXT, and his…

face then the officer said could he have a word with Michael, he told him that he had been in the Navy and if he still wanted to join up and needed any help with filling in any forms he would be happy to help him, As a teenager when Michael was nearly 15 years old he would came in from school and go straight up to his room where he would put his headphones on to listen to his music on his walkman while playing games on his spectrum or reading a book or fill the whole floor with all his star…

Despite the levels of tax evasion done by Apple to America, Apple is far worse in its taxes overseas. Apple not only hurts the US but also other countries like the UK, France, and Germany. In fact, according to a study done by the Huffington Post, Apple paid absolutely no corporate taxes in 2012 in the UK.” Despite making millions in profit in Britain, Apple paid no corporate taxes to the U.K. last year, according to company filings” (Huffington Post) The second way corporations evade paying…

After news of his arrest over a home-made alarm clock mistaken for a bomb, 14-year-old Muslim student Ahmed Mohamed of MacArthur High School in Irving, Texas received overwhelming support from notable people such as Obama, Zuckerberg, and a NASA engineer. In their respective social media accounts, the said famous individuals were reported to express their desire to meet the talented young man. According to Daily Mail, Obama tweeted that he found the juvenile’s creation as something cool and…

Seth Teller was an American computer scientist and professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1994 till 2014 when he died by suicide. In the 20 years of being a professor his research included everything from robotics, computer vision, and sensor networks. Mr. Teller received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley in 1992. He was also a postdoctoral researcher at the Computer Science Institute of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Princeton University’s…

Mac vs. PC After observing these Mac commercials, it was clear that they were taking clear shots at their competitors. I liked the humor they presented and how savage they were against the PC’s. I also like how they used Justin Long to play as the Mac which helped relate this to comedy for me because I’ve seen him in a lot of funny movies like the movie Waiting. I ended up watching all of the videos instead of just four and I didn’t regret it because although they may seem redundant to some, I…

I interviewed a colleague whose career followed an interesting arc into project management. Michael S. joined the US army immediately after graduating high school, and upon discharge in 1991, entered retail management. He first attempted to apply the discipline gained by his Army service as he faced the challenge of opening a chain of five music stores in five months. However, he recognized that repetitively opening retail locations within such a short timespan required defining and…

A few years ago, during my interim days between my entrepreneurial ventures, I left my long time position as the online marketing manager of a San Diego events company. I knew I wanted to find a position in digital marketing, so I found those companies I wanted to target and started making connections with them. Now, if you read my blog ....... you can guess I didn't go about my job search the traditional way, rather I reached out to the CEO's and top execs of companies. I found myself…

“Interview: Mary Kay Henry,” it talks about how does the Service Employees International Union measure the broader impact of raising the minimum wage to $15 in the cities and states that have done it? It is related to strategic management. Strategic management consists of the analyses, decisions and actions an organization undertakes to create and sustain competitive advantage. Specifically, it directed toward overall organizational goals and objectives; it includes multiple stakeholders in…