WHAT ARE THE FACTORS THAT CONTRIBUTED TO SUCCESS AND FAILURE OF STEVE JOBS AS A TECHNOPRENUER?
I think all of us encountered success and failure
in our life and this are only a test, remember GOD will never gave
as problem that we can’t surpass. Base on my own understanding,
as a reader the factors that contributed to success and failure of steve
jobs such as: faith, passion, determination, Innovation and vision.
Jobs didn’t always know what he was doing in life. A college
dropout, many gave up on him and had little faith in his abilities. But, Jobs
didn’t give up on himself. He continued pursuing avenues that he found
interesting, trusting that in the end it would be more meaningful and even
perhaps useful. He soon learned that everything in his life, even the most
terrible things, seem to happen for a reason and he is now able to place a
certain amount of trust in the uncontrollable. “Your work is going to fill
a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what
you believe is great work,” says Jobs. From his first days working at his
father’s workbench, Jobs knew that his future lay in the creation of things. It
wasn’t until he met Wozniak in 1968 that he knew what those things were –
personal computers. They first set their company in the garage of Steve
Wozniak’s father. Despite failures such as Apple III and being fired from the
company he helped found, Jobs managed to come back out on top because he knew
that he didn’t want to devote his life to anything but his passion. He kept his
eyes and ears open and had the courage to seize new opportunities as they came
along. Whether risky or outright foolish, Jobs was from then on out determined
to follow his intuition in guiding his business decisions. When
other CEO's were focusing on sales and financing, Jobs was concerning
himself with the next big thing. Personally meeting with suppliers and
suppliers’ suppliers, Jobs made it his top priority to keep on top of the next
frontier. By filling his company with only the brightest of people, Jobs
continues to work towards ensuring Apple a place at the top of the market for
years to come. An open mind and the ability to put new twists on old techniques
was one of the key distinguishing factors between Jobs and his competitors.
From cute and utilitarian ads to those that appealed to counterculture
rebellion, Jobs’ vision was integrated into every aspect of the company’s
strategy. If you dreamed of changing the world, then Jobs was out to prove any
way he could that you needed an Apple computer to do it. Good Communicating
Skills and charisma: Steve Jobs has the charm and ability to convince people.
Mr. Jobs has the power to convince investors to have their partnership with him
to make a good business production and convinced people that they need his
products. On top of that he makes himself presentable in front of other people
by cutting his hair off, shaving his beard and wearing business suites.
Management: As I’ve seen in the movie Steve Jobs was not the main inventor but
his high school friend Steve Wozniak. Even though he is not really the main
inventor of their product he manages to take their business into the next
level. Good management is very important in a company and Steve Jobs did a
great job in managing Apple. Cleverness: Without this, Steve Jobs could not
think innovative ideas to make great products that would help people’s lives
made better. If Steve jobs can do anything, I know we can do it :)
