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Author Schlender, Brent, author.

Title Becoming Steve Jobs : the evolution of a reckless upstart into a visionary leader / Brent Schlender and Rick Tetzeli.

Publication Info. New York : Crown Business, [2015]

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Edition First edition.
Description 1 online resource (viii, 447 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (chiefly color)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 427-431) and index.
Contents Steve Jobs in the Garden of Allah -- "I didn't want to be a businessman" -- Breakthrough and breakdown -- What's next? -- A side bet -- Bill Gates pays a visit --Luck -- Bozos, bastards, and keepers -- Maybe they had to be crazy -- Following your nose -- Do your level best -- Two decisions -- Stanford -- A safe haven for Pixar -- The whole widget -- Blind spots, grudges, and sharp elbows -- "Just tell them I'm being an asshole."
Summary "Based on the ... cover story about Steve Jobs in Fast Company in May 2012, this is the behind-the-scenes account of how Steve Jobs arguably became the most famous and visionary CEO in history ... Brent Schlender and veteran editor Rick Tetzeli have interviewed friends, industry insiders, and the people who knew Jobs best throughout his evolution as a CEO and leader. In addition, Schlender, who knew Jobs personally for 25 years, has over 100 hours of interview tapes with Jobs to draw on, many hours of which have never before been transcribed"-- Provided by publisher
Note Print version record.
Subject Jobs, Steve, 1955-2011.
Apple Computer, Inc. -- Management.
Computer engineers -- United States -- Biography.
Businesspeople -- United States -- Biography.
Leadership.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Business.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- Computer Industry.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Rich & Famous.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS/Industries/Computers & Information Technology.
Jobs, Steve, 1955-2011. (OCoLC)fst01774553
Apple Computer, Inc. (OCoLC)fst00591864
Businesspeople. (OCoLC)fst00842980
Computer engineers. (OCoLC)fst00872093
Leadership. (OCoLC)fst00994701
Management. (OCoLC)fst01007141
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form Downloadable e-Book.
Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
Biographies.
Added Author Tetzeli, Rick, author.
Added Title Steve Jobs : the evolution of a reckless upstart into a visionary leader
Other Form: Print version: Schlender, Brent. Becoming Steve Jobs. First edition 9780385347402 (DLC) 2014031660 (OCoLC)856980982
ISBN 9780385347419 (electronic bk.)
0385347413 (electronic bk.)
Music No. EB00557837 Recorded Books
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