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The Life of Steve Jobs

The Life of Steve Jobs. Zachary Fromartz. Childhood. Born on February 24 th , 1955 in San Francisco, California Put up for adoption a week after birth Adoption was finalized under the condition that Steven would attend college. Education. Skipped 5 th grade Took his first electronics

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The Life of Steve Jobs

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  1. The Life of Steve Jobs Zachary Fromartz

  2. Childhood • 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

  3. Education • Skipped 5th 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 • 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

  4. Apple • Born on April 1st, 1976 • Apple I designed and prototype built • First single board computer with built-in video interface • Apple II 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

  5. Smooth Sailing • Most investors turned Apple down • Retired Intel executive Mike Markkula decided to invest • Markkula became chairman of Apple in May 1977

  6. 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

  7. Why Apple so great with Graphics? • Most important was it was easy to learn at the time compared to other computers • First commercial computer to use GUI • Macintosh created to compete with PC • Very popular – sold approximately 70,000 Macs in the first 100 days

  8. Presenting Products • Jobs was extremely enticing when he was presenting his products • Created a story to tell his audience • He is famous for his product demonstrations not just for his work

  9. 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

  10. Pixar • Pixar was Jobs’ second company • Jobs became a major shareholder in 1986 • Swept the box office with its animated films • On January 24th, 2006, Disney bought out Pixar for $7.4 billion

  11. Conclusion • Due to pancreatic cancer, he past away 1955-2011 • Jobs is an influential man who learned from his failures and gained maturity from them • True role model

  12. The new I….. • What I think apple will be trying to get into is the gaming console market • Only Sony and Microsoft are in the running • Since gaming consoles sync with phones and other devices, this is right up Apple’s alleyway

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