Research Paper (postgraduate) from the year 2011 in the subject
Biographies, grade: A, University of Illinois at Chicago, language:
English, abstract: Steve Jobs was an influential entrepreneur, investor
and innovator who is considered to have been one of the most brilliant
and powerful men in the worlds of business and technology. Job's career
had more triumphs than defeats and was he stands out as one person who
revolutionized numerous fields. Compared with other leading
technologists and entrepreneurs, Jobs was able to achieve great success
in distinctly different industries. Being a strongly opinionated
perfectionist clearly driven by success in any venture he undertook,
Jobs was able to transform, at global scales, a number of industries.
Walter Isaacson, a notable biographer recognizes Jobs as a creative
entrepreneur whose passion and ferocious drive revolutionized six key
industries including; phones, digital publishing, tablet computing,
animated movies and personal computers (Blumenthal, 2012). Jobs is, the
ultimate icon of entrepreneurship, inventiveness and applied
imagination, an individual who could best create value by integrating
creativity, technology and entrepreneurship skills.