Superlatives used to describe Steve Jobs:
Visionary
Hippie
Artist
Assaholic
Innovator
Technophile
Imaginative
Narcissist
Enlightened
Dishonest
Emotional
Unfiltered
Minimalist
Intuitive
Adopted
Inventor
Buddhist
Impatient
Iconoclast
Unhygienic
Simplified
Creative
Perfectionist
Controlling
Genius
Obsessive
Intense
Nasty
Focused
Steve Jobs took a startup from the garage of his family house to build the first trillion dollar company in the world.
The design strategy of Steve Jobs was to start from scratch, beginning a new product in completely original ways based on a notion of creating something people will want to use rather than merely improving an existing product. He did not do market testing or surveys, believing the purpose of an innovative company was to create its’ own markets by first creating a product people want. Steve Jobs likened himself to the conductor of an orchestra, not a specialist instrumentalist.
Steve Jobs was an innovator in 6 separate areas technology.
- personal computer with the Macintosh pioneered the effective use of the mouse and graphic user interface
2. tablet with the iPad used the touch screen to replace the mouse or stylus
3. smart phone merged the iPod, cellular phone, GPS. alarm clock, calendar, camera, and internet with a touch screen on a single device describes as the “most impactful tech product over the last decade.”
4. digital publishing with digital subscriptions and iBook
5. digital music with iPod, iTunes
6. digital computer animation with Pixar, a company with Jobs as CEO
source: Steve Jobs, Walter Isaacson, 2011.