Steve Jobs: In His Own Words

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Get inside the head of Steve Jobs: inventor, visionary, business mogul, and one of the most influential entrepreneurs in the world.

Drawn from more than three decades of media coverage, this tribute serves up the best, most thought-provoking insights ever spoken by Steve Jobs: more than 200 quotations that are essential reading for everyone who seeks innovative solutions and inspirations applicable to their business, regardless of size.

Jobs, who passed away on October 5, 2011, at the age of 56, cofounded Apple in 1976. He stepped down from that role in August 2011, bringing an end to one of the greatest, most transformative business careers in history. Over the years, Jobs gave countless interviews to the media, explaining what he called "the vision thing"-his unmatched ability to envision, and successfully bring to the marketplace, consumer products that people find simply irresistible.

Jobs made an indelible mark in multiple industries, and played an enormous role in creating others. Consider how Jobs and Apple shaped the following fields: personal computers (laptop and desktop), apps (for multiple electronic devices), computer animation (Pixar), music (iTunes), telecommunications (iPhone), personal digital devices (iPod), books (iBook), and tablets (iPad). Jobs was the greatest business visionary of our era.

Steve Jobs: In His Own Words is the perfect gift or reference item for everyone interested in this great American original.

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PRAISE FOR AGATE B2'S NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING SERIES, IN THEIR OWN WORDS:
"[I, Steve] is the same treatment given such luminaries as Winston Churchill, Abraham Lincoln and Christopher Hitchens and offers Jobs's views on life, death, technology and design, among other topics."--Timothy R. Smith, The Washington Post
"[Impatient Optimist] is like eating salted peanuts: Once you start reading, it's hard to stop."--Anne Fisher, CNN Money
"A new book revealing many of Steve Jobs' most illuminating quotes..."--Lance Whitney, CNET
"A 160-page collection of quotes from the most iconic product pitchman since P.T. Barnum."--Ben Popper, The New York Observer BetaBeat blog
"A much better Jobs product is coming soon. It'll entertain you for hours, and no--it is not a Jobs-branded iPad or anything similarly high-tech. It is, friends, an old-fashioned book!"--Hillary Reinsberg, Mogulite
"Inspirational reading pleasure."--Courtney Boyd Myers, The Next Web
"The kind of book that you read, think about, and then pass on to a friend or colleague...I learned a lot about Jobs' thinking process."--Allen Stern, CenterNetworks
"[Boy Billionaire] reveals the intimate thoughts and beliefs of the man who has arguably created one of the world's largest companies...and who is also one of the world's greatest social connectors."--Strategy Driven
"A short work to be dipped into for nuggets of business (or law firm) wisdom..."--Michael Roach, Law Technology News

Author Bio

George Beahm is the author or editor of more than 25 books, many of them companion volumes about well-known writers and public figures. He lives in Williamsburg, Virginia.