strategy+business issue 67 S UMMER 2012 The Steve Jobs Way Leaders can learn a lot from the late Apple CEO‚ but not all of it should be emulated. by JON KATZENb A CH reprint 12201 Leaders can learn a lot from the late Apple CEO‚ but not all of it should be emulated. by Jon Katzenbach S teve Jobs’s business feats were legendary long before he died in October 2011. Apple Inc.‚ considered a niche player for much of its history‚ is the most valuable company in the world
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Bill Gates Bill Gates was an individual who changed technology and he made it easy for people to live their lives and work. Bill Gates was born in 1955 on October 28 and he was a very argumentative child. When Bill was just 13 he started working on code. He was banned from his school’s computers for the rest of the year because he hacked into companies and changed their work. Bill dropped out of harvard to fulfill his dream to make his own company. Bill is a very competitive person who always
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Bill Gates was born on Oct. 28‚ 1955. He grew up in Seattle with his two sisters. Their father‚ William H. Gates II‚ is a Seattle attorney. Their late mother‚ Mary Gates‚ was a schoolteacher‚ University of Washington regent‚ and chairwoman of United Way International. Gates attended public elementary school and the private Lakeside School. There‚ he discovered his interest in software and began programming computers at age 13. In 1973‚ Gates entered Harvard University as a freshman‚ where he lived
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family.[3][4] Gates is one of the best-known entrepreneurs of the personal computer revolution. He is widely respected for his foresight and ambition.[5][6] He is also frequently criticized as having built Microsoft through unfair or unlawful business practices. Since amassing his fortune‚ Gates has pursued a number of philanthropic endeavors‚ donating large amounts of money to various charitable organizations and scientific research programs through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation‚ founded
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Plan of this presentation 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. Difficult words/phrases True or false statements Early life Founding of Apple Founding of NeXT Inc. Founding of Pixar Return to Apple Wealth Menagement style Health issues and death True or false statements Difficult words/phrases dropping out – To withdraw from participation‚ as in a game‚ club‚ or school. to lure - Something that tempts or attracts with the promise of pleasure
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Des Dearlove Doing Business the Bill Gates Way 1. Explain what you think is interesting about Bill Gates and his career. William Henry Gates III was born on October 28‚ 1955 in Seattle‚ Washington. Bill Gates was born into a very intellectual and well educated family. Throughout the book‚ we receive an impression of him as a very curious person who always seeks for new knowledge. At the age of eight or nine‚ he began to read his family’s encyclopaedia and his interest in technology at a very
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REPORT‚ BILL GATES 1. Mini Biography Bill Gates is known for his company Microsoft‚ his participation in the computer revolution‚ and for being the youngest self-made billionaire in history. In 1986‚ he launched Microsoft Windows‚ a program that is one of the most used operating systems in the world. Many of today’s adult‚ and perhaps in particular today’s young adults‚ remember the exciting introduction of personal computers using Microsoft software. Childhood William (Bill) H. Gates was
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Steve Jobs "The best leader of 05" Steve Paul Jobs is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Apple Inc‚ which he co-founded with Steve Wozniak in 1976 when he was just 21 years old. Steve Jobs is also the co-founder of Pixar Animation Studios which has grossed more than $4 billion and has won 20 Academy Awards so far. In 2006‚ Pixar merged with The Walt Disney Company and Steve Jobs now serves on the Walt Disney Company’s board of directors and is the largest individual share holder of Walt Disney
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Personality traits of bill gates Strategic thinker- The purpose of this report is to explore the published work on strategic leadership in order to develop an inventory of qualities‚ skills and behaviours that define and explain the concept of strategic leadership. A full review of literature on this topic aims to shed light on this definition. Having discussed and defined this concept the report will then focus on Bill Gates‚ former CEO of the Microsoft Corporation‚ with the aim of
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Dominique McCraven Public Speaking 9:00am Professor Dr. Dupree Above other companies why do people chose apple products? Topic: Steve Jobs and Apple General Purpose: Explain the distinction of Apple products. Specific Purpose: To inform the general public of the reasons why consumers predominantly prefer to use Apple products rather than competing corporations’ products. Thesis Statement: The Apple Corporation exceeds competing companies in product sales because of the company’s
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