The death of Steve Jobs, on October 5, 2011, was a before and after for the company he founded with Steve Wozniak. Many have been those who have wanted to get a slice of his death, from journalists to Hollywood studios. The first film to hit the market was Jobs, starring Ashton Kutcher, which passed through cinemas around the world without pain or glory.
Just a few weeks ago Steve Jobs was released, starring Michael Fassbender and based on the script by Aaron Soorking, Author of the Official Biography on the Life of Steve Jobs. This biography is based on the interviews that Soorking had with Jobs during the years 2009 and 2010. When the book was published, many were the voices that affirmed that the book was far from telling the reality about the person of Steve Jobs.
The Steve Jobs book, written by Brent Schlender and Rick Tetzeli tries to show us the figure of Steve Jobs, what was Jobs really like and not how he believed himself to be and, for this, they have many testimonies from their closest associates. It is a book that tells us about the person, not the character. Schlender is one of the most important journalists in the technology industry in addition to writing The Wall Street Journal and Fortune magazine. He has been in contact with Jobs since he founded Next after leaving Apple.
Rick Tetzeli has been an executive at Fast Company dedicated to technology analysis for more than two decades. Like Schlender, Rick also writes for Fortune. Both writers they are very influential people in the tech community.
This book tries to reflect the life of Steve Jobs, from his beginnings in the world of technology until his death, trying to be as objective as possible, avoiding false controversies. The 25 years of friendship between Brent and Jobs allow us to know what Steve Jobs was really like both in personal life and at work. In addition, this book tries to solve all those questions that were left unanswered with the death of Jobs in 2011.
Then we leave you some of the most relevant opinions about this book:
Indispensable for all those who almost obsessively follow the pulse of Apple… This is a multifaceted portrait of an almost mercurial Jobs that covers his entire evolution, from his take-off to his premature death.
Brad Stone, New York Times Sunday Book Review
If you are interested in learning more about the life, business strategies, successes and failures of Steve Jobs, it is clear that you have to dedicate your time to The Steve Jobs Book.
Jeremy Horwitz, 9to5Mac
Steve Jobs's book does not absolve its protagonist of his troubles, but it shows that his successes were innumerable.The Economist,
This book is published by the Malpaso publishing house and has a price of 19,50 euros.
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