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Leading Apple with Steve Jobs: Management Lessons from a Controversial Genius
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A former Senior VP of Apple shares how Steve Jobs motivated people to do the best work of their livesJay Elliot was hired personally by Steve Jobs, just in time to accompany him on the last of his historic visits to Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center, the visits that changed the course of computing. As Senior VP of Apple, Jay served as Steve's right-hand man and trouble-sho
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Hardcover, 192 pages
Published
September 25th 2012
by Wiley
(first published August 23rd 2012)
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A more accurate version of Steve Jobs behind the products
"Leading Apple with Steve Jobs" gives us an inside look from a Former VP of Apple within the early stages of the company. At first, this book is not expected to give you the nook and crannies of Steve Jobs autobiography. In addition, some autobiographies written for Steve Jobs may not be the most accurate representation of the events if it was not written under the guidance of Steve Jobs himself. In contrast, the autobiography of Elon Musk ...more
"Leading Apple with Steve Jobs" gives us an inside look from a Former VP of Apple within the early stages of the company. At first, this book is not expected to give you the nook and crannies of Steve Jobs autobiography. In addition, some autobiographies written for Steve Jobs may not be the most accurate representation of the events if it was not written under the guidance of Steve Jobs himself. In contrast, the autobiography of Elon Musk ...more

While there are some good insights into the Apple culture and history, the narrative came across a defense of Steve Jobs. Elliot's loyalty and admiration of his late boss is clear and the focus and tone of this book is more of a counterpoint to Isaacson's biography in his attempt to "set the record straight". Not a bad read, but not the leadership text expected.
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I loved it.
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Margaret Mead once said "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed it is the only thing that ever has". Apple and its group of pirates led by Steve Jobs did change the world.
Jay Elliot was Senior Vice President of Apple. He believes it was the most successful company in the history of business. Even if you don't believe this there is much to be learned from this book.
Starting with vision Elliot details the strength and depth of Job's vision fo ...more
Jay Elliot was Senior Vice President of Apple. He believes it was the most successful company in the history of business. Even if you don't believe this there is much to be learned from this book.
Starting with vision Elliot details the strength and depth of Job's vision fo ...more

This is a good look at leadership and "philosophy of life" through a lens of a close co-worker/friend of Steve Jobs. In some ways it is a "rebuttal" to Walter Isaacson's biography. ("Steve wasn't that mean.. Well, he could be abrasive.. That's not quite how the meeting went.. etc") In some ways I found it an interesting study in "perspective/memory" -- I wonder how much of Isaacson's point of view was "straight from Steve, filtered by time/memory" (or how much of Elliot's was). An interesting co
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every startup entrepreneurs should read this book by Jay as it gives a good insight of PRODUCT LEADERSHIP of Steve Jobs and his passion to create user friendly products. Concept of pirate organization based on true spirits of entrepreneurship and innovation has been explained in great detail by Jay. He has also outlined how Apple was different in its approach towards the business than the other Navy type traditional organization.

This is a different type of book than I normally read but I still enjoyed it. Its core message was motivation and inspiration. It had some great lessons for entrepreneurs but some of it was flat and unengaging. I also learned more about the Apple story and their history as a company. I also learned more about who Steve Jobs was as a person and leader. I took away some lessons and great quotes but I won't read it again.
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Great story about a true partnership. Jay Elliot does a good job walking the reader through the collaborative relationship he and Steve had. The book is a quick and easy read. Jay gives great examples of true applications to Steve's values and leadership principals that allows the reader to relate.
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Song of praise to Steve Jobs and apple, basically not a single negative word about Steve or Apple. Practical and useful tips and suggestions how to be Steve-like leader or start-up entrepreneur. In my opinion a bit superficial and written with rush. I did not like that the author glorified Steve and himself at every step, it was narcissist.

Sep 29, 2012
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Interesting, but obviously written by a fan of Steve Jobs rather than a critic.
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