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iCon Steve Jobs

The Greatest Second Act in the History of Business

By Jeffrey S. Young, William L. Simon

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| Hardcover | 9780471720836

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iCon takes a look at the most astounding figure in a business era noted for its mavericks, oddballs, and iconoclasts. Drawing on a wide range of sources, Jeffrey Young and William Simon provide new perspectives on the legendary creation of Apple, detail Jobs’s meteoric rise, and the devContinue

iCon takes a look at the most astounding figure in a business era noted for its mavericks, oddballs, and iconoclasts. Drawing on a wide range of sources, Jeffrey Young and William Simon provide new perspectives on the legendary creation of Apple, detail Jobs’s meteoric rise, and the devastating plunge that left him not only out of Apple, but out of the computer-making business entirely. This unflinching and completely unauthorized portrait reveals both sides of Jobs’s role in the remarkable rise of the Pixar animation studio, also re-creates the acrimony between Jobs and Disney’s Michael Eisner, and examines Jobs’s dramatic his rise from the ashes with his recapture of Apple. The authors examine the takeover and Jobs’s reinvention of the company with the popular iMac and his transformation of the industry with the revolutionary iPod. iCon is must reading for anyone who wants to understand how the modern digital age has been formed, shaped, and refined by the most influential figure of the age–a master of three industries: movies, music, and computers.

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  • Storia di un visionario

    Il libro fa un buon lavoro a ripercorrere la vita dagli albori fino al 2005 dell'icona Steve Jobs, i suoi successi, i suoi fallimenti, la sua personalità spigolosa.

    Alcune parti della storia non sono, a mio avviso, abbastanza approfondite, per esempio il rapporto con la Microsoft e Bill Gates, ... (continue)

    Il libro fa un buon lavoro a ripercorrere la vita dagli albori fino al 2005 dell'icona Steve Jobs, i suoi successi, i suoi fallimenti, la sua personalità spigolosa.

    Alcune parti della storia non sono, a mio avviso, abbastanza approfondite, per esempio il rapporto con la Microsoft e Bill Gates, e le dinamiche interne di NeXT; credo che però per il resto il libro è ben scritto e si poggia su "fonti" molto autorevoli.

    Una volta chiuso il libro ci si rende conto che la storia di Jobs è proseguita e ci sarà dunque bisogno di un nuovo libro per raccontarla, ma si riescono a capire meglio le dinamiche che portano ad essere Apple e Pixar ciò che sono: aziende un passo avanti agli altri.

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  • Un gran bel libro biografico, che prende dall'inizio alla fine, anche se non si è apple-maniaci, o forse proprio perchè non lo si è.
    Jobs come genio, o come pazzo?, come generoso o come egoista? come visionario, o come fortunato? Da leggere.

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    gluca said on Sep 4, 2007 | Add your feedback

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  • Hardcover 368 Pages
  • Edition: 1
  • ISBN-10: 0471720836
  • ISBN-13: 9780471720836
  • Publisher: Wiley
  • Pub date: May 23, 2005
  • Dimensions: 24 cm x 15 cm x 3 cm Just how big is that?
  • Also available as: Paperback and Audio CD
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