A Jobless World?
“No one wants to die… And yet death is the destination we all share.” – Steve Jobs, 2005.
Some remember him by his contagiously emotion-evoking speeches, others simply see him as the man behind the iPhone; however, few can pinpoint how he became so successful.
When it all began.
Steve was a realist. Jobs realized that Apple and Microsoft were engaged in a senseless rivalry, when they are in fact targeting different market demographics. Despite the inevitable disappointment of Apple stockholders, Jobs announced that Microsoft would be investing Apple, at the MacWorld Expo in Boston.
Steve could take a beating. Many laughed at the idea of selling music over the Net when iTunes first launched. However, iTunes’s growing popularity gave rise to harsh, but unavoidable criticism. Sharing the perspectives of many other artists, Jon Bon Jovi argued that iTunes has changed the music-buying experience for the worse.
Steve was ultimately a visionary. Despite the overwhelming number of competition and disheartening echoes of disbelief, Steve’s legacy has given us a clear example of what a tightly held idea can become.
Re: “Steve Jobs’ Legacy“, Emmanuel Samoglou, Blog and Analysis, Canadian Business.