OT: Steve Jobs

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People tend to forget that Jobs is responsible for 2 insanely great, insanely successful companies: Apple and Pixar. He bought Pixar for $10M and sold it for over $7B 20 years later. Cha-ching.

A world without Steve Jobs? There would have been no “Toy Story” — kids wouldn’t have gotten to watch Buzz and Woody! I don’t even want to imagine such a miserable place…

[briansd1]

I still have not watched or read Harry Potter.

I know I’m missing out and must be living under a rock.

[briansd1]

I still have not watched or read Harry Potter.

I know I’m missing out and must be living under a rock.

[briansd1]

I still have not watched or read Harry Potter.

I know I’m missing out and must be living under a rock.

[briansd1]

I still have not watched or read Harry Potter.

I know I’m missing out and must be living under a rock.

[briansd1]

I still have not watched or read Harry Potter.

I know I’m missing out and must be living under a rock.

[outtamojo]

[quote=afx114]What other CEO in the history of the universe has taken their company from near bankruptcy to being the most valuable company in the world in less than a decade? Whether you love or hate Apple and their products, there is no denying the absurdity and amazingness of that accomplishment. Or maybe that’s just Steve deploying his reality distortion field on me yet again.[/quote]

Lol hadn’t heard that one in a while. (reality distortion field).

[outtamojo]

[quote=afx114]What other CEO in the history of the universe has taken their company from near bankruptcy to being the most valuable company in the world in less than a decade? Whether you love or hate Apple and their products, there is no denying the absurdity and amazingness of that accomplishment. Or maybe that’s just Steve deploying his reality distortion field on me yet again.[/quote]

Lol hadn’t heard that one in a while. (reality distortion field).

[outtamojo]

[quote=afx114]What other CEO in the history of the universe has taken their company from near bankruptcy to being the most valuable company in the world in less than a decade? Whether you love or hate Apple and their products, there is no denying the absurdity and amazingness of that accomplishment. Or maybe that’s just Steve deploying his reality distortion field on me yet again.[/quote]

Lol hadn’t heard that one in a while. (reality distortion field).

[outtamojo]

[quote=afx114]What other CEO in the history of the universe has taken their company from near bankruptcy to being the most valuable company in the world in less than a decade? Whether you love or hate Apple and their products, there is no denying the absurdity and amazingness of that accomplishment. Or maybe that’s just Steve deploying his reality distortion field on me yet again.[/quote]

Lol hadn’t heard that one in a while. (reality distortion field).

[outtamojo]

[quote=afx114]What other CEO in the history of the universe has taken their company from near bankruptcy to being the most valuable company in the world in less than a decade? Whether you love or hate Apple and their products, there is no denying the absurdity and amazingness of that accomplishment. Or maybe that’s just Steve deploying his reality distortion field on me yet again.[/quote]

Lol hadn’t heard that one in a while. (reality distortion field).

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[quote=CONCHO]People tend to forget that Jobs is responsible for 2 insanely great, insanely successful companies: Apple and Pixar. He bought Pixar for $10M and sold it for over $7B 20 years later. Cha-ching.

A world without Steve Jobs? There would have been no “Toy Story” — kids wouldn’t have gotten to watch Buzz and Woody! I don’t even want to imagine such a miserable place…[/quote]
A world without Pixar, we still have Kungfu Panda, Shrek, Aladin, Lilo & Stitch, Mulan, the Lion King, etc. Doesn’t sound too miserable to me. Aladin and Kungfu Panda > Toy Story IMHO.

Jobs is great, no doubt about that, but he’s no Gates, Brin/Page, and to a lesser extent Zuckerberg. I see Jobs in similar light Jack Welch than the the guys I listed above. When Jack Welch took over GE, GE was about $1/share. When he left GE, it was about $40/share. At the peak, it was ~$55/share. When Jobs took over Apple, it was about $10/share, now it’s ~$400/share. They both have great stories of turning around nearly bankrupt companies. But Gate, Brin/Page, and to a lesser extent Zuckerberg formed a company from their “garage” and have a company that lead their respective industry. Jobs and Gates were starting out the same time and we all know how that battle turned out. At the peak, MSFT has a market cap of $488B, while Apple’s current peak is $355B.

[an]

[quote=CONCHO]People tend to forget that Jobs is responsible for 2 insanely great, insanely successful companies: Apple and Pixar. He bought Pixar for $10M and sold it for over $7B 20 years later. Cha-ching.

A world without Steve Jobs? There would have been no “Toy Story” — kids wouldn’t have gotten to watch Buzz and Woody! I don’t even want to imagine such a miserable place…[/quote]
A world without Pixar, we still have Kungfu Panda, Shrek, Aladin, Lilo & Stitch, Mulan, the Lion King, etc. Doesn’t sound too miserable to me. Aladin and Kungfu Panda > Toy Story IMHO.

Jobs is great, no doubt about that, but he’s no Gates, Brin/Page, and to a lesser extent Zuckerberg. I see Jobs in similar light Jack Welch than the the guys I listed above. When Jack Welch took over GE, GE was about $1/share. When he left GE, it was about $40/share. At the peak, it was ~$55/share. When Jobs took over Apple, it was about $10/share, now it’s ~$400/share. They both have great stories of turning around nearly bankrupt companies. But Gate, Brin/Page, and to a lesser extent Zuckerberg formed a company from their “garage” and have a company that lead their respective industry. Jobs and Gates were starting out the same time and we all know how that battle turned out. At the peak, MSFT has a market cap of $488B, while Apple’s current peak is $355B.

[an]

[quote=CONCHO]People tend to forget that Jobs is responsible for 2 insanely great, insanely successful companies: Apple and Pixar. He bought Pixar for $10M and sold it for over $7B 20 years later. Cha-ching.

A world without Steve Jobs? There would have been no “Toy Story” — kids wouldn’t have gotten to watch Buzz and Woody! I don’t even want to imagine such a miserable place…[/quote]
A world without Pixar, we still have Kungfu Panda, Shrek, Aladin, Lilo & Stitch, Mulan, the Lion King, etc. Doesn’t sound too miserable to me. Aladin and Kungfu Panda > Toy Story IMHO.

Jobs is great, no doubt about that, but he’s no Gates, Brin/Page, and to a lesser extent Zuckerberg. I see Jobs in similar light Jack Welch than the the guys I listed above. When Jack Welch took over GE, GE was about $1/share. When he left GE, it was about $40/share. At the peak, it was ~$55/share. When Jobs took over Apple, it was about $10/share, now it’s ~$400/share. They both have great stories of turning around nearly bankrupt companies. But Gate, Brin/Page, and to a lesser extent Zuckerberg formed a company from their “garage” and have a company that lead their respective industry. Jobs and Gates were starting out the same time and we all know how that battle turned out. At the peak, MSFT has a market cap of $488B, while Apple’s current peak is $355B.

[an]

[quote=CONCHO]People tend to forget that Jobs is responsible for 2 insanely great, insanely successful companies: Apple and Pixar. He bought Pixar for $10M and sold it for over $7B 20 years later. Cha-ching.

A world without Steve Jobs? There would have been no “Toy Story” — kids wouldn’t have gotten to watch Buzz and Woody! I don’t even want to imagine such a miserable place…[/quote]
A world without Pixar, we still have Kungfu Panda, Shrek, Aladin, Lilo & Stitch, Mulan, the Lion King, etc. Doesn’t sound too miserable to me. Aladin and Kungfu Panda > Toy Story IMHO.

Jobs is great, no doubt about that, but he’s no Gates, Brin/Page, and to a lesser extent Zuckerberg. I see Jobs in similar light Jack Welch than the the guys I listed above. When Jack Welch took over GE, GE was about $1/share. When he left GE, it was about $40/share. At the peak, it was ~$55/share. When Jobs took over Apple, it was about $10/share, now it’s ~$400/share. They both have great stories of turning around nearly bankrupt companies. But Gate, Brin/Page, and to a lesser extent Zuckerberg formed a company from their “garage” and have a company that lead their respective industry. Jobs and Gates were starting out the same time and we all know how that battle turned out. At the peak, MSFT has a market cap of $488B, while Apple’s current peak is $355B.

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