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STEVE JOBS:THE EXCLUSIVE BIOGRAPHY (Old Edition) Hardcover – 24 October 2011
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- Print length656 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherLittle, Brown
- Publication date24 October 2011
- Dimensions16.3 x 5.1 x 23.4 cm
- ISBN-109781408703748
- ISBN-13978-1408703748
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From the author of the bestselling biographies of Benjamin Franklin and Albert Einstein, this is the exclusive biography of Apple's Steve Jobs, written with his full cooperation.
Based on more than forty interviews with Jobs conducted over two years - as well as interviews with more than a hundred family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues - this book chronicles the rollercoaster life and searingly intense personality of a creative entrepreneur whose passion for perfection and ferocious drive revolutionized six industries: personal computers, animated movies, music, phones, tablet computing, and digital publishing.
At a time when societies around the world are trying to build digital-age economies, Jobs stands as the ultimate icon of inventiveness and applied imagination. He knew that the best way to create value in the twenty-first-century was to connect creativity with technology, so he built a company where leaps of the imagination were combined with remarkable feats of engineering.
Although Jobs cooperated with this book, he asked for no control over what was written nor even the right to read it before it was published. He put nothing off limits and instead encouraged the people he knew to speak honestly. "I've done a lot of things I'm not proud of, such as getting my girlfriend pregnant when I was twenty-three and the way I handled that," he said. "But I don't have any skeletons in my closet that can't be allowed out."
Jobs speaks candidly, sometimes brutally so, about the people he worked with and competed against. Likewise, his friends, foes, and colleagues provide an unvarnished view of the passions, demons, perfectionism, desires, artistry, devilry, and obsession for control that shaped his approach to business and the innovative products that resulted.
Jobs could drive those around him to fury and despair. But his personality and products were all interrelated, just as Apple's hardware and software tended to be, as if part of an integrated system. His tale is thus both instructive and cautionary, filled with lessons about innovation, character, leadership, and values.
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- ASIN : 1408703742
- Publisher : Little, Brown (24 October 2011)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 656 pages
- ISBN-10 : 9781408703748
- ISBN-13 : 978-1408703748
- Item Weight : 937 g
- Dimensions : 16.3 x 5.1 x 23.4 cm
- Country of Origin : United Kingdom
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Walter Isaacson is writing a biography of Elon Musk. He is the author of The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race; Leonardo da Vinci; Steve Jobs; Einstein: His Life and Universe; Benjamin Franklin: An American Life; The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution; and Kissinger: A Biography. He is also the coauthor of The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made. He is a Professor of History at Tulane, has been CEO of the Aspen Institute, chairman of CNN, and editor of Time magazine.
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just few things to the people who are interested in this book,
first of all, I brought hardcover version because of the longevity. if I need a cheap version and portable, I also have an eBook version in my iPad so while traveling ill use that. and the hardcover version may last at least a decade with decent maintenance.
the reason why people like me buy hardcover is not because of premium feel instead we only buy books hardcover format if only we think that this book has content relevant to my life for at least a decade, so whenever I need some spark of idea or wisdom, I can easily go through this book whereas paperback is easily prone to damage as it is more fragile.
buy this book in hardcover only if you think you need this book for a long time.
if you are thinking of reading this book just for timepass or because it is popular book like that, then I suggest buying paperback but it's not a good investment though.
(Also, I am the type of person who only buys selected books in physical copy mostly hardcover (if it's under 1500RS) and other books in iPad, buying paperback books and dumping space is not recommended.)
also reselling paperback with decent price is hard in the market.


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The pages are yellowish although it's a original copy! The pages are thin. The publisher should not do cost cutting with this book least. User friendly is what Steve taught the world. [Hachette] India is poor not Indians!

Reviewed in India 🇮🇳 on 15 March 2023
But,
The pages are yellowish although it's a original copy! The pages are thin. The publisher should not do cost cutting with this book least. User friendly is what Steve taught the world. [Hachette] India is poor not Indians!

This is one of the best biography I've read yet. The writing style of author keeps reader spellbound like a movie, although its almost 600 pages long but never bores. Every facets of Steve Jobs life was detailed in this biography. A great book by author and a must read for anyone interested in technology, history, biography, leadership.
Now, about Steve Jobs, he was the Villain and Hero of his own story. A not so great or humble human being, who didn't accept his daughter for a long time, bashes his colleagues / subordinates / zero appetite to respect other's opinion or emotions or feelings. On the other hand, he was a great leader, business innovator who built great companies from scratch and definitely raised from ashes (Apple & Pixar).
How, under his leadership, Apple built first iPod, multi touchscreen phone, then Tablet and paved a way for other companies to follow. The way he built an integrated Apple ecosystem which is still very relevant even today and everybody aspire to use its product once in a while. Even the might of Android developed by Google or Microsoft were not able to leave Apple behind in the tech race. Steve Jobs dream to create a Company which will change the world and put a dent in the Universe is still at work and moving ahead undeterred.
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A surprising man for a surprising time.

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Believed first and foremost in making great things before making money. Pretend to be completely in control and people will assume that you are. The goal of starting a company is to make something you believe in and that will last, not to get rich. Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication - "less but better". To be truly simple, you have to go really deep. Design must reflect a product's essence. Good execution is as important as a great idea. A-players like to work together, not tolerate B-players. You can't afford to tolerate the B-players. Even the aspects that remain hidden should be done beautifully - a great carpenter isn't going to use lousy wood for the back of a cabinet just because it isn't seen (how many CEO's behave like that as opposed to finding cost-cuts?). Don't accept "no" for an answer, even if it means adopting a "reality distortion field". Deciding what not to do is as important as deciding what to do. People who know what they're talking about don't need PowerPoint. If something isn't right, you can't just ignore it and say "we'll fix it later" - that's what other companies do! Motivations really matter - if you don't love music, don't create a music product. The best way to begin a speech is to say "let me tell you a story", because nobody wants a lecture. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way to avoid the trap of thinking that you have something to lose: memento mori. "Here's to the crazy ones".

Like he did with Franklin and Einstein, Isaacson has done a masterful job of weaving the myriad, intertwining threads of a lifetime into a cohesive and coherent narrative. I can only begin to fathom the colossal amount of work that went into organising the contents of 40+ interviews into robust prose such as this.
Steve Jobs was a complicated, conflicted, genius, he was an abusive, unpredictable, visionary pioneer. Narcissistic and egotistical, but also determined and passionate about moving humanity forward. In brief, Jobs was a lot of things.
Prior to my reading this book, I did not fully grasp the degree to which Jobs and his company revolutionised so many industries, ranging from personal computers to music to tablets and software.
Coming out of this book, I'm still uncertain as to whether I should view Steve as flawed hero or a likeable villain -- but perhaps the hallmark of a truly great biography is that it conveys the true depth of every individual, one which surpasses unidimensional categories and value judgements.
Massive, massive recommend from me!

After reading this book, I am full of admiration for the genius of this man and the incredible legacy he has left behind for us all. I was fortunate, in that we chose it for our Self Development bookclub, and were therefore able to stretch it over 5 sessions. It allowed us to do justice to the book.

What shines through is Jobs’ unique personality which enabled him to achieve great things, namely ground breaking digital products combined with ground breaking designs with an emphasis on purity and simplicity. Uniquely Jobs worked at the interface of art and technology.
Oh, and did I fail to mention that he also, and at the same time! developed a world-class animation film company that slapped Disney around the face.
Now of course Jobs did not achieve all of these single-handedly he made great partnerships and then selected A players to be on his team. Jobs’ uniqueness is the way that he brought out the best of people’s abilities; he regularly made them go further than they thought they as people could go and that it was possible to go period. How he did this is not particularly pretty with a combination of staring, timed silences and simply telling somebody that what they had produced what s**t and that they could do a whole load better. Jobs’ world was black or white, something was either great or s**t and his opinion on a person or their work could vacillate between the two within the space of one working day! He said it like it was and regarded it as his job to do this.
He must have been a boss from hell but yet so great was his enthusiasm and so great was the product that was being developed that people stepped up to the plate to deliver. Their job satisfaction was in the delivery and getting that final ounce of praise, even if on occasion Jobs’ took all of the credit.
He was also a charismatic and fearless negotiator who would charm and bully the necessary people to get the best deal.
By him not shilly-shallying around and taking people’s feelings into account and being fearless he was able to achieve greatness.
Jobs’ attention to finite detail and laser-like focus was such that he would not baulk from going to a major re-design, just weeks away from the launch of a product. Design meant everything to him.
His laser-like focus enabled him to block out of his life things that he did not want to deal with. Most notably this occurred in his personal life when he was deciding whether to marry Laurenne Powel, or, most dramatically his own health. We’ll never know whether if Jobs had had the surgery on his pancreas when his doctors first advised him to have it, he would still be here continuing to develop great products.
The last one hundred pages left me with a heavy heart. It is within these pages that Jobs’ battle with cancer is recounted. I found myself willing him to beat the cancer, whilst knowing that he was already dead. His passing is a great loss because of the uniqueness that I have described above, namely the dove-tailing of art and technology.
So even if you’re a non-techy you will still enjoy this book. I highly commend it to you.