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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.]]> 2005 3 0 false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 07 22:55:55 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 08 06:46:23 -0700 2009 more...]]> 77829513 2711552 1089771 0471720836 9780471720836 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180899798m/1089771.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180899798s/1089771.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1089771.iCon_Steve_Jobs_The_Greatest_Second_Act_in_the_History_of_Business 3.61 18 iCon takes a look at the most astounding figure in a business era noted for its mavericks, oddballs, and iconoclasts. 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Several stories worth noting:
1. How he had orchestrated his return to (his) company Apple.
2. The "partnership" with Microsoft which he used...more...]]> 49878760 2108483 49312 0471787841 9780471787846 36 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170358362m/49312.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170358362s/49312.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49312.iCon_Steve_Jobs_The_Greatest_Second_Act_in_the_History_of_Business 3.71 267 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.]]> 2005 4 0 false Fri Mar 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 20 11:28:18 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 20 11:29:42 -0700 2009
A must read for apple fans !"]]> 81102246 1358209 49312 0471787841 9780471787846 36 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170358362m/49312.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170358362s/49312.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49312.iCon_Steve_Jobs_The_Greatest_Second_Act_in_the_History_of_Business 3.71 267 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.]]> 2005 4 0 false Tue Dec 15 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Dec 15 11:37:06 -0800 2009 Tue Dec 15 11:38:30 -0800 2009 26931622 644298 49312 0471787841 9780471787846 36 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170358362m/49312.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170358362s/49312.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49312.iCon_Steve_Jobs_The_Greatest_Second_Act_in_the_History_of_Business 3.71 267 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.]]> 2005 4 0 false Mon Jun 09 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 10 23:48:30 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 10 23:51:35 -0700 2008
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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.]]> 2005 4 0 false Mon Feb 23 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Mar 12 19:31:12 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 12 19:31:12 -0700 2009 76095279 2889809 49312 0471787841 9780471787846 36 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170358362m/49312.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170358362s/49312.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49312.iCon_Steve_Jobs_The_Greatest_Second_Act_in_the_History_of_Business 3.71 267 iCon takes a look at the most astounding figure in a business era noted for its mavericks, oddballs, and iconoclasts. 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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.]]> 2005 3 0 false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 29 04:53:41 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 30 10:44:28 -0700 2009 52658254 1936572 49312 0471787841 9780471787846 36 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170358362m/49312.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170358362s/49312.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49312.iCon_Steve_Jobs_The_Greatest_Second_Act_in_the_History_of_Business 3.71 267 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.]]> 2005 0 0 false Tue Apr 14 11:38:19 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 14 11:38:45 -0700 2009 20193296 1084321 49312 0471787841 9780471787846 36 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170358362m/49312.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170358362s/49312.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49312.iCon_Steve_Jobs_The_Greatest_Second_Act_in_the_History_of_Business 3.71 267 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.]]> 2005 3 0 false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Apr 14 21:18:39 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 06 16:15:23 -0700 2008
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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.]]> 2005 3 0 false Thu Apr 09 13:52:28 -0700 2009 Wed May 13 08:13:38 -0700 2009 13629814 831340 49312 0471787841 9780471787846 36 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170358362m/49312.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170358362s/49312.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49312.iCon_Steve_Jobs_The_Greatest_Second_Act_in_the_History_of_Business 3.71 267 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.]]> 2005 5 0 false Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Sat Jan 26 10:41:41 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 26 11:01:33 -0800 2008 30008151 1418273 49312 0471787841 9780471787846 36 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170358362m/49312.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170358362s/49312.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49312.iCon_Steve_Jobs_The_Greatest_Second_Act_in_the_History_of_Business 3.71 267 iCon takes a look at the most astounding figure in a business era noted for its mavericks, oddballs, and iconoclasts. 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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.]]> 2005 4 0 false Tue Aug 12 21:54:51 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 12 21:56:48 -0700 2008 7517517 524614 49312 0471787841 9780471787846 36 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170358362m/49312.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170358362s/49312.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49312.iCon_Steve_Jobs_The_Greatest_Second_Act_in_the_History_of_Business 3.71 267 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.]]> 2005 3 0 false Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Tue Oct 09 23:55:19 -0700 2007 Sun Nov 11 16:58:25 -0800 2007 2389830 153046 49312 0471787841 9780471787846 36 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170358362m/49312.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170358362s/49312.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49312.iCon_Steve_Jobs_The_Greatest_Second_Act_in_the_History_of_Business 3.71 267 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.]]> 2005 4 0 false Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Jun 26 04:27:42 -0700 2007 Tue Jun 26 04:30:33 -0700 2007 This book outlines the biography of Steve Jobs, and his comeback after being ousted from Apple - a company the he founded....

A compelling read if you like Steve Jobs.
I wuld also recommend the movie "Pirates of Silicon valley".]]> 29081583 1388218 49312 0471787841 9780471787846 36 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170358362m/49312.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170358362s/49312.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49312.iCon_Steve_Jobs_The_Greatest_Second_Act_in_the_History_of_Business 3.71 267 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.]]> 2005 4 0 false Wed Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Sat Aug 02 16:56:59 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 02 16:58:13 -0700 2008 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1089771