Zadafiya

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  GOVERNMENT ENGINEERING COLLEGE,BHAVNAGAR SUBMITTED BY:- ZADAFIYA VISHAL (110210111064)
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  The Life ofSteve Jobs Nick Adams Matthew Radke Stacey McMillin
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  Young Steven Jobs • Born on February 24th, 1955 in San Francisco, California • Put up for adoption a week after birth • Adoption was finalized under the condition that Steven would attend college
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  Education • Skipped5th grade • Took his first electronics class in high school • After school, attended lectures at the Hewlett-Packard company where he met Steve Wonzniak during work
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  Education (Cont.) •Graduated high school in 1972 • Enrolled in Reed College in Oregon • Dropped out after one semester • Slept on his friends dorm room floor and dropped in on classes of interest
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  The Beginning ofA Career • Returned to California in 1974 and was hired as a technician for Atari • Attended meetings at Wozniak’s “Homebrew Computer Club” • Steve convinced Wozniak to work with him in building computers
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  Apple • Bornon April 1st, 1976 • Apple I designed and prototype built • First single board computer with built-in video interface
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  Apple (Cont.) •AppleII designed in the following year •Operating System loaded automatically • Smaller Components & built-in circuitry • In 1976, Jobs looked to hire a public relations agency to help advertise
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  Smooth Sailing •Most investors turned Apple down • Retired Intel executive Mike Markkula decided to invest • Markkula became chairman of Apple in May 1977
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  Smooth Sailing (Cont.) • Became publicly traded company in 1980 • Launched LISA in 1983 • First commercial computer to use GUI •Unpopular due to its few software programs and high price
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  Smooth Sailing (Cont.) • Macintosh created to compete with PC • Marketed for friendliness, not just a mindless machine • Very popular – sold approximately 70,000 Macs in the first 100 days
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  The Downfall •Sales began to plunge • Wozniak quit Apple in 1985 • Board members of Apple met on May 28th, 1985 and each voted on the removal of Steve from the company
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  Still Looking Up • After taking time off, Jobs wanted to get back to Apple and his love for computers • Decided to start his own company • Founded NeXT Computer in 1989
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  Still Looking Up(Cont.) • NeXT turned a profit for the first time in 1992 • NeXT software needed to be made more reliable and compatible for consumers • Company slowly starts going downhill
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  Still Looking Up(Cont.) • Jobs was criticized for wasting money that belonged to the company in 1993 • Closed a NeXT factory in that February • Laid off half of the employees and stopped making computers
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  Still Looking Up(Cont.) • Jobs had to make drastic decisions • Microsoft purchased NeXT software • Microsoft came up with $150 million to stake in Apple • Saved a dying company.
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  Still Looking Up(Cont.) • Jobs management style had drastically changed • Relaxed and was open to suggestions • Employees commented that Jobs made experimenting with electronics fun
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  Still Looking Up(Cont.) • Jobs began looking into alternatives to Object Linking and Embedding • Created OpenDoc • Jobs was very serious about this
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  Still Looking Up(Cont.) • NeXT STEP software was being turned into Mac OS X • Under Jobs’ guidance the company increased sales • Introduced the iMac and other new products
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  Still Looking Up(Cont.) • Jobs held the title of ICEO • Very influential impact on the Apple company • By the year 2000, he created even greater advances in new technology
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  The New Beginning • In early 2000, Pixar leads animated film industry • Later that month, Jobs announced his return to the CEO position • Insisted on keeping his $1 annual salary
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  The New Beginning(Cont.) • Although his salary was low, the company granted him ten million shares of Apple stock worth hundreds of millions
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  The New Beginning(Cont.) • First project as CEO was the G4 Cube • Was too expensive and didn’t satisfy a certain market • Lasted only twelve months in Apple’s line-up
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  The New Beginning(Cont.) • The next step for Steve was his newest operating system, Mac OS X • The future of Apple
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  The New Beginning(Cont.) • Apple wanted software to sync up digital devices • Was turned down by most companies • Jobs took matters into his own hands and created iLife suite.
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  The New Beginning(Cont.) • In 2001, Jobs opened Apple retail stores so customers could: 1. Try out computers 2. Test software 3. Meet with salespeople • This was a large risk but he knew that people would want to buy them
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  Portable Audio Revolution • Less than a year after iTunes was released, Apple released the iPod •Originally only for Mac users • In July 2002, the new iPod was available for Windows users as well • Sales skyrocketed and 75% of MP3 players are iPods
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  Portable Audio Revolution(Cont.) • In eight weeks, five million songs were sold on iTunes • Took over 80% of the legal music downloading market
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  More Successful Changes • June 6th, 2005, Jobs announced switch from PowerPC chips to Intel chips. • This would conserve energy on PowerBook and iBook
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  More Successful Changes(Cont.) •October 2005, 5th generation of iPod was introduced •Could play music videos and TV shows • Jobs announced the opening of the iTunes video store
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  Pixar • Pixarwas Jobs’ second company • Swept the box office with its animated films • On January 24th, 2006, Disney bought out Pixar for $7.4 billion
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  Conclusion • Despitea recent scare with pancreatic cancer, Jobs is back in health and doing just fine • Jobs is an influential man who learned from his failures and gained maturity from them • True role model