Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs

by Walter Isaacson

14 mentors recommend this 665 pages

Based on more than forty interviews with Jobs conducted over two years -- as well as interviews with more than a hundred family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues -- Walter Isaacson has written a riveting story of the roller-coaster life and searingly intense personality of a creative entrepreneur whose passion for perfection and ferocious drive revolutionized six industries: personal computers, animated movies, music, phones, tablet computing, and digital publishing. At

ISBN: 9788202369873

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Ed Zschau

Ed Zschau

Politics & Government

"Ed Zschau mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast."

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Scott Adams

Scott Adams

Comedy

"I’m fascinated by the discussion of how Jobs developed what became known as the Reality Distortion Field. Apparently Jobs had a lifelong battle with reality and won."

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"I’m fascinated by the discussion of how Jobs developed what became known as the Reality Distortion Field. Apparently Jobs had a lifelong battle with reality and won."

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George Raveling

George Raveling

Sports

"When I read this book I was so blown away. I had underlined about three-quarters of the book."

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Chris Fussell

Business & Entrepreneurship

"Really did a good job of capturing the way that an innovation leader’s mind works."

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Scott Belsky

Scott Belsky

Business & Entrepreneurship

"Scott Belsky mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast."

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Brian Chesky

Brian Chesky

Business & Entrepreneurship

"For Chesky, a source may come in the form of a biography of a business hero such as Steve Jobs or Walt Disney."

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Gary Vaynerchuk

Gary Vaynerchuk

Business & Entrepreneurship

"I've read 3 business books in my life. If you call Steve Jobs a business book."

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Ray Dalio

Ray Dalio

Finance & Investing

"I noticed a number of similarities between [Steve Jobs and I], especially when [the author] quoted Jobs’s own words. [...] but to be clear, I didn’t think that Bridgewater or I held a candle to Apple and Jobs."